Diatom ooze sediments are a large marine mercury sink

07:12 EDT 30 Jul 2018 | Bionity

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Mercury has been used and released by humans by multiple processes such as gold and silver mining and emissions of mercury to the atmosphere by coal burning, to name the most important ones. These processes have caused strong enrichment of mercury in the environment especially in aquatic systems. Ho...

Original Article: Diatom ooze sediments are a large marine mercury sink

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