‘Mercury bomb’: Melting Arctic permafrost releasing vast quantities of toxic metal - Mercury poses serious threat to health of millions of people in Arctic region and beyond.

Melting permafrost in the Arctic is releasing toxic mercury into the water system, potentially impacting the food chain, scientists say. Arctic permafrost is melting at rapid rates, potentially ...

This "giant mercury bomb" lurks within the soils of permafrost in Alaska, which is slowly melting and being washed away by rivers such as the Yukon River, according to a new paper in the journal ...

There is a lot scientists don't understand about mercury — namely, how it becomes its most toxic form and why our bodies ...

A California-led research team has now found evidence that climate change-induced permafrost melting is unleashing long-sequestered mercury deposits into this critical freshwater artery.

Alaska’s permafrost is melting and revealing high levels of mercury that could threaten Alaska Native peoples. That’s according to a new study released earlier this month by the University of ...

Mercury poses serious threat to health of millions of people in Arctic region and beyond. ... ‘Mercury bomb’: Melting Arctic permafrost releasing vast quantities of toxic metal.

Melting permafrost in the Arctic is releasing toxic mercury into the water system, potentially impacting the food chain, scientists say. Arctic permafrost is melting at rapid rates, potentially ...