Mercury in Arctic snow

Written by Chemistry Blog From Networlddirectory on February 8, 2011 – 1:48 pm -

A study by University of Michigan scientists offers new insight into what happens to mercury deposited onto Arctic snow from the atmosphere. The work also provides a new approach to tracking mercury's movement through Arctic ecosystems. Mercury is a naturally occurring element, but some 2000 tons of it enter the global environment each year from human-generated sources such as coal-burning power plants, incinerators and chlorine-producing plants........

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