Gold Rush, Water Crush: Uncovering the Hydrological Cost Beneath the Glitter of Alluvial Gold Mining in Western Amazonia
A. Joshua West1, Jennifer Angel Amaya2, Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz3, Abra Atwood4,5, Shreya Ramesh1 and Daxs Herson Coayla Rimachi6, (1)University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, (3)Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, United States, (4)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (5)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Woods Hole, United States, (6)Universidad Nacional de san Antonio Abad del Cusco, Escuela Profesional de IngenierĂa Forestal, Cusco, Peru