‘Mercury bomb’ threatens millions as Arctic temperatures rise, study warns
A 2022 drone image of the Yukon River and its floodplain downstream from Beaver, Alaska, shows sediment accumulations that harbor ...
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Rising mercury pollution in soils may be linked to climate change, study finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In 2017, the Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force. It aims to reduce mercury emissions ...
Mercury levels in tuna remain almost unchanged since 1971, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Tuna is one of the most popular seafood in the world. But this protein-rich fish can ...
Global deforestation leads to more mercury pollution, study finds
Graphical summary. Credit: Environmental science and technology (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c07851 About 10% of annual human-caused mercury emissions into the atmosphere ...
High mercury levels attributed to particular cell types in mammalian brains
Tissue-level X-ray fluorescence (XRF) imaging elemental distributions in coronal brain sections reveal Hg aggregation in the choroid plexus and ventricular ...
