The natural and anthropogenic sources of Pb in surface sediments offshore the Israeli Mediterranean coast were studied using the isotopic composition of Pb in diluted acid sediment extracts. Surface ...

An analysis of ancient animal bones found in Germany suggests that Neanderthals extracted grease from them to gobble up ...

Researchers found mercury levels are higher in the Okefenokee than other gator hotspots in the Southeast. How they sampled ...

“This mismatch leaves important knowledge gaps regarding [mercury] sources and pathways to and within the Arctic.” But what the scientists observed in their study was that it appears ocean currents ...

Mercury (Hg) is widely distributed in the environment, and its organic form, methylmercury (MeHg), can extensively bioaccumulate and biomagnify in aquatic and terrestrial food webs. Concentrations of ...

TNPCB forms expert committee to investigate mercury contamination in Neyveli and Parangipettai, exceeding acceptable limits in water and soil samples.

This has long interested researchers as the UN Minamata Convention, that came into force in 2017, sought to reduce anthropogenic contributions of mercury into the atmosphere by a number of ...

There is little overlap in the sources that Democrats and Republicans find most trustworthy — other than The Weather Channel, which is more trusted than not on both sides of the aisle. 27% of ...

1 Introduction Mercury is an airless body that possesses a tenuous, collisionless atmosphere formed via different weathering mechanisms. This leaves its surface vulnerable to photons, solar wind ions, ...

"Transport of mercury from major sources like China to Greenland via ocean currents can take up to 150 years," said Rune Dietz. "This helps explain the lack of decline in Arctic mercury levels." ...

Before the EPA’s original mercury rule went into effect, my students and I launched a project to track how Indianapolis-area power plants were increasing mercury in the rivers and soil.