In the depths of the Amazon rainforest, trees may be quietly recording one of the region’s most persistent environmental threats: mercury pollution from gold mining. A new study in Frontiers in Environmental Science shows, for the first time, that tropical trees can store a […]
With virtually each passing day of the new administration, our nation has seen major shifts in federal governance, and environmental regulation is certainly facing rapid change. Executive Director Stan Meiburg, who capped his 39-year career with the EPA as Acting Deputy Administrator under President Obama, […]
Faculty Affiliate Ovidiu Csillik published two recent papers highlighting the role of remote sensing in improving our understanding of how tropical forests are responding to climate change dynamics. “Environmental drivers of spatial variation in tropical forest canopy height: Insights from NASA’s GEDI spaceborne LiDAR.” […]
Global mercury expert leads world-class lab in the middle of the Amazon Sabin Center Fellow Claudia Vega, who heads up CINCIA’s Mercury Program, has just been announced as a 2025 TED Fellow. Trained as an analytical chemist and a wildlife veterinarian, Vega’s work illuminates […]
Senior Fellow Luis Fernandez co-authors major new report from Conservation X Labs With the price of gold exceeding $3,000 per ounce, solutions to ensure responsible sourcing of the precious metal are increasingly urgent. Sabin Center Senior Fellow and Wake Forest Research Professor Luis Fernandez recently […]
