From above, the Amazon rainforest appears as a dense, emerald-green paradise, but as the plane descends, the damaged ...

Mercury pollution accumulated in trees could offer a new way to keep tabs on destructive gold mining operations in the Amazon rainforest. “We could potentially see whether mining is starting to ...

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.

Gold mining has ramped up across the Amazon rainforest in recent years, leaving devastated landscapes behind. Small-scale—and usually illegal—mining operations dredge the mineral from subsoil or river ...

As gold prices surge, so has illegal mining in South America, destroying forests and polluting rivers, but women in eastern ...