A recent study is shedding light on the ongoing accumulation of mercury pollution in the Arctic — despite the international ...

Mercury (Hg) is widely distributed in the environment, and its organic form, methylmercury (MeHg), can extensively bioaccumulate and biomagnify in aquatic and terrestrial food webs. Concentrations of ...

The forest surrounding the wreck of the Soviet-era Chornobyl power plant is expected to remain unsafe for human habitation ...

Nitrogen (N) equilibrium isotope fractionation (15α) involving gaseous, dissolved, and solid phases of ammonia (NH3) and ammonium (NH4+) (e.g., NH3(g)–NH3(aq)–NH4+(aq)–NH4+(s)) represents a ...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden carried out nuclear fission reactions in 100 different types of ...

Langevin approach developed by an international team of researchers, including members from Science Tokyo, accurately ...

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