There has been a tendency among scientists to assume that if mercury is high and increasing in fish in the North American and European Arctic, the same is true of fish elsewhere in the Arctic. But a team of scientists from the U.S., Russia, and Canada has discovered that assumption is wrong in much of the continental Arctic. In addition to differences in mercury processes as a result of diverse atmospheric, geological, and biological conditions, "It ...Saturday, 21 December 2013
Assumption About Mercury in the Arctic Overturned by Virginia Tech Research
There has been a tendency among scientists to assume that if mercury is high and increasing in fish in the North American and European Arctic, the same is true of fish elsewhere in the Arctic. But a team of scientists from the U.S., Russia, and Canada has discovered that assumption is wrong in much of the continental Arctic. In addition to differences in mercury processes as a result of diverse atmospheric, geological, and biological conditions, "It ...
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