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Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2022.
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Abstract
- The Peruvian Amazon is facing the highest known input of mercury pollution of any ecosystem globally. Intact forests located near artisanal gold mining are particularly at risk from this toxin.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.3ad923b92c5c482498fd4978901f65fb
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27997-3