I often use the rose twist technique when I want to finish the wire and create a motifs. For this design, because there are ...

Full tutorial video link above the title In the video I use : 20 gauge ( wire diameter 0.8mm ) : 45cm( 18 inch), 2 x 4cm( 1,5 ...

The Main Trail is the crown jewel of this woodland wonderland – a gentle 1.5-mile loop that delivers maximum awe with minimum ...

Scientists from Cornell University, working with an international research team, have found a surprising new way to track mercury pollution: tree rings. By studying trees in the Peruvian Amazon, ...

Stone County, MO (April 10, 2025) – A single-vehicle crash on Wednesday afternoon left three young men seriously injured when their vehicle veered off the roadway and collided with a tree. The crash ...

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. Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – 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 Cornell University study.

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny ...

By examining mercury concentrations in tree rings, they concluded that some species could bear witness to illegal mining activities. For hundreds of years, the Amazon has been exploited for its gold.

More information: Ficus insipida tree rings as biomonitors for gaseous elemental mercury in the artisanal gold mining-impacted Peruvian Amazon, Frontiers in Environmental Science (2025). DOI: 10. ...

Gerson added that using tree rings to measure mercury could be useful for monitoring progress toward the Minamata Convention on Mercury, an international agreement to address human-caused mercury ...

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