Una nueva investigación geoarqueológica demuestra que la metalurgia en el antiguo Egipto provocó una importante contaminación en un puerto cercano.
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5,000-Year-Old Copper Pollution Found near the Pyramids
New geoarchaeological research shows that metalworking in ancient Egypt led to significant contamination in a nearby port.
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Motorized Boats Likely Adding Toxins to Michigan Lakes
Researchers found naphthalene, an EPA top priority pollutant, in two Michigan lakes.
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More information about the 24 June 2024 heap leach landslide at Eagle Mine in Canada
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Information is emerging about the 24 June 2024 landslide at Eagle Mine in Yukon, Canada. Northern Miner has a video taken from an aircraft flying over the site that is worth a […]
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Toxic Metal on the Rise in the Baltic Sea
Postwar reconstruction is likely the cause of elevated thallium levels, but low-oxygen, high-sulfide conditions keep the material, which is extremely dangerous to mammalian health, from moving into the human food chain.
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Global Change Research for a More Secure World
Orienting global change science so that it informs national security issues will help us develop interventions that promote social stability and ecological well-being.
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Balancing the Deep Ocean Plastics Budget
Up to 11 million metric tons of plastic are sitting on the seafloor, mostly near coasts and shipping corridors.
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Núcleos de hielo de la Antártica capturan la contaminación de los metales pesados y su historia
Un núcleo de hielo que tiene registro más de 2 milenios, sugiere que la minería y la metalurgia aumentaron y disminuyeron con acontecimientos como las guerras y las epidemias.
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Chemodiversity Could Indicate Freshwater Ecosystem Health
High-resolution mass spectrometry provides innovative analyses of dissolved organic matter.
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Air Pollution Has Masked Climate Change’s Influence on U.S. Rainfall
A study suggests that high levels of aerosol pollution have offset higher precipitation levels caused by a warming climate.