'Fingerprinting' method reveals fate of mercury in Arctic snow
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 00:35
in Earth & Climate
A study offers new insight into what happens to mercury deposited onto Arctic snow from the atmosphere. 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.