At the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant 2024 (ICMGP 2024) in Cape Town, Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention, underscored the importance of international cooperation in combating global mercury pollution. At this event, David Evers, BRI's Executive Director and Chief Scientist, moderated a panel with representatives from the [...]
Mercury in the Tropics – a Hidden Risk By Sarah Dodgin, Ecological Analyist, BRI Neon green hoods, turquoise bellies, ornate crowns—Neotropical birds come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Combined with unique patterns, textures, and song, they either blend in or stand out in thick jungles filled with hundreds of other species competing for [...]
Offshore wind construction impacts marine bird habitats in various ways. Researchers from The Nature Conservancy in New York, Biodiversity Research Institute, and the Biodiversity Consultancy Ltd conducted a meta-analysis to assess the likelihood of detecting attraction or displacement of marine birds by wind energy infrastructure as well as the proportional change in use of [...]
Portland, ME – Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) announces the publication of a series of multiyear research studies that assessed the global impact of mercury on air, water, fish, and wildlife in a two-part special issue of Ecotoxicology, an international scientific journal devoted to presenting critical research on the effects of toxic chemicals on [...]
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 time currently available mercury data for fish and wildlife on a global scale. Data from the peer-reviewed literature, compiled in BRI’s Global Biotic [...]
A new paper, A framework for studying the effects of offshore wind energy development on birds and bats in the Eastern United States, has been published in Frontiers. The paper presents a conceptual framework to guide the long-term study of potential effects to birds and bats from offshore wind energy development. This framework includes a [...]
A new paper, Global mercury concentrations in biota: their use as a basis for a global biomonitoring framework, has been published in Ecotoxicology. The paper describes for the first time currently available biotic mercury (Hg) data on a global scale to improve the understanding of global efforts to reduce the impact of Hg pollution [...]
CarbonSolve, a leading global developer of rangeland carbon credits, announces the results of a long-term study that presents the first evidence that improved grazing practices implemented at the scale of traditional pastoralist migrations can remove a significant volume of greenhouse gases to soil carbon. This study, conducted by a team of scientists from various [...]
Harlequin Ducks in Wyoming: A species of greatest conservation need By Eleanor Eckel, Science Policy Coordinator arlequin Ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) are a small, brightly colored duck species known for their striking plumage and the dramatic landscapes where they live and breed. The blue, chestnut, and white males, along with the grayish females, breed [...]
Seven thousand miles from Portland, Maine By Deborah McKew, BRI Communications Director In a sparsely furnished office in Kajiado, Kenya, large sheets of white paper cover nearly an entire wall. Quick illustrations, mind maps, color-coded charts, and task lists cram the pages with plans and strategies for grazing management orchestrated by the newly [...]
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