Tree Rings Track Atmospheric Mercury Cheaply

ENN
Apr 9, 2025, 3:25 pm145 pts
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 April 8 in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science.

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