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Scientists from Cornell University, working with an international research team, have found a surprising new way to track mercury pollution: tree rings. By studying trees in the Peruvian Amazon, ...

Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South, according to a new study. Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South, according to a new Cornell University study.

Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South, according to a study conducted in the Peruvian Amazon and published ...

By examining mercury concentrations in tree rings, they concluded that some species could bear witness to illegal mining activities. For hundreds of years, the Amazon has been exploited for its gold.

Although annual tree rings can tell researchers when mercury levels began rising, they can’t necessarily offer precise locational directions to the illegal miners. At the same time, higher ...

More information: Ficus insipida tree rings as biomonitors for gaseous elemental mercury in the artisanal gold mining-impacted Peruvian Amazon, Frontiers in Environmental Science (2025). DOI: 10. ...