Mercury is a global pollutant that poses significant risks to human health and the
environment. Natural sources of mercury include volcanic eruptions, while anthropogenic …

With the rapid expansion of artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in the Brazilian
Amazon, an increasing number of studies have attempted to estimate the impacts and socio …

The past decade witnessed the initiation and boom of the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold
Mining (ASGM) activities in the hyper-arid southern Egypt. The ores are mined in the Eastern …

The aim of this study was to assess the health risk attributable to the consumption of mercury-
contaminated fish for the urban and non-urban populations living in the Roraima state …

This study provides a fresh perspective on the main drivers of illegal mining in the Amazon
Biome, with special emphasis on developments on Indigenous Lands (ILs). It focuses …

The Amazon forest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, which houses about 10% of
the Earth's biodiversity and 16% of the world's total river discharge into the oceans …

Illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) activities have serious environmental
and health consequences. In this study, we developed a framework for calculating the …

Lakes as essential ecosystems for diverse life forms, including humans, have suffered
altered morphology with adverse effects on biodiversity including amphibians and …

A new species of Corydoras is described from the rio Xingu and rio Tapajós basins, Pará
State, Brazil. The new species can be promptly distinguished from its congeners by the …

The Yanomami are one of the oldest indigenous tribes in the Amazon and are direct
descendants of the first people to colonize South America 12,000 years ago. They are …