Stories by Jacqueline Gerson

Jacqueline Gerson is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned a Ph.D. in ecology from Duke University. Her writing has appeared in publications including National Geographic and the Web magazine The Conversation.

Ecology

Gold Mining Is Poisoning Amazon Forests with Mercury

Mitigation strategies typically do not include forests, but my team’s research suggests they should

January 28, 2022 — Jacqueline Gerson | Opinion

Environment

"Wild, Wonderful" West Virginia's Decapitated Mountains and Deformed Fish

A scientist documents the poisoning of the state’s waters by the coal industry...

September 19, 2018 — Jacqueline Gerson