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 ...

(The Hill) — Alaska’s Yukon River may be shuttling much more than just water as it traverses the state and empties into the Bering Sea. A California-led research team has now found evidence that ...

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The melting Greenland ice sheet could be a surprising source of toxic mercury. The island is one of the most remote places on Earth—yet runoff water from some melting glaciers contains as much mercury ...

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New research shows that concentrations of the toxic element mercury in rivers and fjords connected to the Greenland Ice Sheet are comparable to rivers in industrial China, an unexpected finding that ...