Tree rings track atmospheric mercury cheaply
April 08, 2025
April 08, 2025
ITHACA, New York, April 8 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Tree rings track atmospheric mercury cheaply
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.
Computer models suggest that atmospheric mercury can potentially . . .
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Tree rings track atmospheric mercury cheaply
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.
Computer models suggest that atmospheric mercury can potentially . . .