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Addressing Mercury Challenges on the Global Stage

BRI’s story began in 1989 with the capture of a loon on a Michigan lake. Back then, it was all about the science, but over time, founder Dave Evers began to understand that knowledge for knowledge’s sake wasn’t enough.
29-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Mark Burton – Bridging Expertise with Adventure

Tucked around a corner in his office, you’ll often find Mark Burton, with a laser focus on his work. Mark walked through the doors of BRI seven years ago as an intern in the Center for Mercury Studies, working on the Global Biotic Mercury...
29-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Social Media: Gateway to Environmental Activism

Leonardo DiCaprio—actor, producer, and activist? You got that right. DiCaprio uses his Instagram page to shed light on environmental issues. Scrolling through his Instagram, he shares articles about restoring forests in Madagascar, rewilding...
29-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Protecting Maine’s Coastal Treasures: Vital Conservation Efforts for Common Eiders

Spending a sunny day on a boat in Casco Bay isn’t a bad summer job, at least not for BRI biologists Helen Yurek and Logan Route. On a Thursday morning, we loaded up into a boat to set off in search of Common Eiders, sea ducks that spend most of...
29-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Biodiversity Research Institute Announces Publication of a Special Issue on Mercury in Ecotoxicology

To advance scientific understanding of mercury exposure in biota from around the world, an esteemed group of almost 200 scientists from more than 30 countries collaborated on producing 18 peer-reviewed papers that form a Special Issue of...
18-Jul-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

CINCIA anuncia una investigación pionera sobre la contaminación mundial por mercurio de peces y vida silvestre

El Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA) anuncia la publicación del artículo científico "Global Mercury Concentrations in Biota: Their Use as a Basis for a Global Biomonitoring Framework” en la revista científica Ecotoxicology....
20-May-2024 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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BRI announces publication of in-depth scientific paper on mercury concentrations in fish and wildlife on a global scale

Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) announces the publication of the scientific paper Global Mercury Concentrations in Biota: Their Use as a Basis for a Global Biomonitoring Framework in the journal Ecotoxicology. The paper describes for the first...
20-May-2024 11:10 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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