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Antarctica is becoming a mercury source as melting ice unleashes a toxic legacy
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Antarctica is considered an unspoilt ice desert – but it contains a toxic heritage of industrialization that is currently releasing climate change.
·Kassel, Germany
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Antarctica is becoming a mercury source as melting ice unleashes a toxic legacy
Pollution from power plants, mining, and other heavy industry does not stay close to where it was created. New findings suggest Antarctica, once mainly a place where mercury accumulated, is increasingly returning that toxic metal to nearby ocean waters. As Eos reported, researchers say heat-driven ice loss and human mercury pollution are together helping to shift the frozen continent into an active source of mercury. Here's what to know In the n…
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