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Arctic’s Hidden “Mercury Bomb” Threatens Millions As Temperatures Rise
As Arctic permafrost thaws at unprecedented rates, it releases significant amounts of dangerous mercury, posing a serious threat to the food chain and the communities reliant on it. Scientists from USC Dornsife have developed an improved method for evaluating this risk. The Yukon River flows west across Alaska toward the Bering Sea, eroding Arctic permafrost […]
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