More and more mercury is released: Antarctic study reveals danger to the food chain
International agreement to reduce mercury emissions since 2017 This is also an uncomfortable message for the Minamata Convention – the..
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The finding: Mercury concentration in the deposits has increased by 160 percent since industrialization. A research team led by environmental scientist Maodian Liu from Beijing University has studied 16 sediment cores from the Antarctic Peninsula Shelf and reconstructed the mercury dynamics of the past 200 years.
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The finding: Mercury concentration in the deposits has increased by 160 percent since industrialization.
according to Frankfurter Rundschau +1A research team led by environmental scientist Maodian Liu from Beijing University has studied 16 sediment cores from the Antarctic Peninsula Shelf and reconstructed the mercury dynamics of the past 200 years.
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