Nearly all fish in the US are still contaminated by mercury. Here’s what you need to know
Researchers have been sounding the alarm for years, but the US still has a big mercury pollution problem.
Tag: mercury
Russian chess player is accused of poisoning her opponent
The heinous act was caught on tape as well.
Researchers find world’s oldest mercury poisoning in humans
It's one of the most concerning chemicals for human health
The Greenland Ice Sheet is leaking mercury — likely natural, but still dangerous
It raises the possibility that other melting glaciers are behaving the same way.
The hottest planet in the solar system — and why it’s probably not what you think
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the hottest of them all?
Mercury is the planet closest to Earth — contrary to popular belief
There's also a whirly-dirly corollary associated with this new method.
Thawing Canadian Arctic permafrost is releasing “substantial amounts” of mercury into waterways
In the Canadian Arctic, mercury isn't rising only in thermometers.
There are vast quantities of mercury in the permafrost. With global warming, it’s now seeping away
Another problem caused by climate change.
The Sun is slowly losing mass as it ages, weakening its grip on the planets
Are you breaking up with us, Sun?!
The Origins of Water Ice on Mercury
Who would expect water on the nearest planet to the Sun?
The fish that evolved to survive toxic pollution 8,000 times the lethal dose
A mutant success story.
Mercury will join the Solar System’s “tectonically active” planet club
Scientists found several faults with its application.
NASA releases first ever topographic model of Mercury [the planet]
NASA just released the first ever topographic model of Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun.
Taking a look into Mercury’s dark secrets
When the MESSENGER spacecraft found carbon rich material on Mercury, researchers were surprised and couldn't quite explain the source. Now, ...
First biological function of mercury discovered
Purple Non Sulfur Bacteria may play a role in reducing the amount of methyl-mercury in the oceans by converting it ...
Mercury has magnetic field, astronomers report
The MESSENGER spacecraft spent four years orbiting Mercury, gathering valuable information and sending it back to Earth. But even in ...
Mercury Level in Tuna Reaching Alarming Levels
The Mercury level in tuna has been a subject of debate for decades now. Paul Drevnick, Assistant Research Scientist at ...
Now’s your chance to name craters on Mercury
If you've always wanted to choose the name of stuff from outer space but never got the chance... now's your ...
Mercury content of upper oceans has tripled since Industrial Revolution
Scientists have finished analyzing water samples taken from 12 oceanographic cruises from the past 8 years. Among other startling discoveries, ...
Mercury iron might be the result of cosmic collision
The Earth contains a lot of iron, but it is not alone in the solar system in that aspect. Venus, ...
Environmental rule regulating mercury emissions saves lives (and $90 billion)
Photo: Wikicommons Can you put a cost on pollution? Policy makers, not matter how some may deny it, are more ...
Water ice discovered on Mercury’s north pole
The fist planet from the sun is the unlikeliest place you'd expect to find water ice, but new tantalizing evidence beamed back ...
Alarmingly high mercury concentrations in the Arctic might be due to Siberian rivers
Besides ever thinning ice, permafrost melting, soot deposits, habitat loss, you might as well add another significant factor threatening the ...
New toxic coal ash pollutant sites listed by environmental group
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with the independent Environmental Integrity Project, have identified 20 new sites in the ...
Mercury in the highlight for NASA
The planet closest to the sun is very hot, yet very cold at the same time. It may even be ...
Messenger succesfully enters Mercury orbit
As reported earlier on Thursday morning, the Messenger NASA spacecraft was scheduled for an evening jump into Mercury's orbit through ...
Messenger spacecraft to enter Mercury orbit
After a six year journey in which it traveled over 6 billion miles, the Messenger spacecraft is finally anticipated to ...
‘The Spider’ On Mercury: MESSENGER Mercury flyby
MESSENGER is a spacecraft which recently made a flyby near Mercury and it gave scientists a whole new perspective over ...
