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.
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Manila Confronts Its Plastic Problem
The Philippine capital is the latest city to address rampant plastic pollution through a community-guided protocol.
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Antarctic Ice Cores Capture Heavy Metal Pollution—And History
An ice core record stretching back more than 2 millennia hints at the mining and metallurgy that waxed and waned with events such as wars and epidemics.
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Ignored Paths of Uranium Exposure Illuminated by Havasupai Tribe
An agency-tribal partnership is identifying exposure risks previously not considered in mining risk assessments.
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In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, New Marine Ecosystems Are Flourishing
Sea life, stuck to plastic bottles and other human trash, has journeyed far from coastal habitats—and may threaten local species