A new study published shows that despite reductions in mercury release, mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI June 12 (UPI) --Mercury concentrations ...
The storm destroyed or severely damaged nearly 700 homes, killed one person and left two more missing. Here's where things ...
Arctic tundra, which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of planet-warming pollution. As wildfires increase and hotter temperatures melt long-frozen ground, the region is ...
Researchers used Arctic ice core records to reconstruct historic atmospheric lead pollution in Roman times and link exposure to cognitive declines. They explained that lead exposure is responsible for ...
"The drillers heard a bubbling sound coming from the well." Scientists make alarming discovery after hearing bubbling sounds ...
The Dartmouth-led study analyzed ice core data from Greenland and a 700-foot core members of the research team extracted from Denali National Park and Preserve in 2013. The Denali ice core contains a ...
Image: A Greenland ice core reveals pollution in the Arctic region was higher 100 years ago. New research, reported this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...