Bottlenose dolphins in the English Channel harbor a "toxic cocktail" of chemicals, some of which have been banned for decades and which may be harming the rare marine mammals' health, scientists said Thursday.
Ecology
Sep 12, 2019
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Climate change and the loss of wetlands may contribute to increased levels of mercury concentrations in coastal fish, according to a Dartmouth College study.
Environment
Feb 14, 2019
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Most of us know that our biological sex is decided by the pairing of X and Y chromosomes during conception.
Ecology
Apr 24, 2018
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In a win-win for a cleaner planet, scientists have devised a way to use waste cooking oil and sulphur to extract the neurotoxin mercury from the environment.
Materials Science
Aug 8, 2017
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Vast amounts of toxic mercury are accumulating in the Arctic tundra, threatening the health and well-being of people, wildlife and waterways, according to a UMass Lowell scientist investigating the source of the pollution.
Environment
Jul 12, 2017
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New research has found methylmercury—a potent neurotoxin—in sea ice in the Southern Ocean.
Environment
Aug 1, 2016
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Mercury pollution is a global problem with local consequences: Emissions from coal-fired power plants and other sources travel around the world through the atmosphere, eventually settling in oceans and waterways, where the ...
Environment
Dec 29, 2015
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Once mercury is emitted into the atmosphere from the smokestacks of power plants, the pollutant has a complicated trajectory; even after it settles onto land and sinks into oceans, mercury can be re-emitted back into the ...
Environment
Aug 12, 2015
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Air pollution controls installed at an Oregon coal-fired power plant to curb mercury emissions are unexpectedly reducing another class of harmful emissions as well, an Oregon State University study has found.
Environment
Jul 8, 2015
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A Dartmouth-led study using a 600-year-old ice core shows that global mercury pollution increased dramatically during the 20th century, but that mercury concentrations in the atmosphere decreased faster than previously thought ...
Environment
Jun 29, 2015
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