This scientist is fighting mercury contamination in the Amazon

Geologist and National Geographic Explorer Jennifer Angel-Amaya is investigating toxic mercury’s impact on soil and water to inform conservation in the Amazon. Her research suggests that mining activity, a main source of mercury emissions into the environment, should be closely monitored in order to better understand its impacts, and better yet, remedy them.

Angel-Amaya is participating in the National Geographic Society Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition—a multi-year series of scientific expeditions spanning the entire Amazon River Basin, supported by Rolex as part of its Perpetual Planet initiative.