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Word from the Smokies: Dragonflies an unlikely ‘Rosetta Stone’ to understanding mercury contamination
The Dragonfly Mercury Project is studying dragonflies to determine amount of mercury in national park habitats. The project ...
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Rare 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler Spent 40 Years in a Basement, Now a Restored Gem
Although it's not an iconic Spoiler II homologation special, this Cyclone is also a rare gem. It's been restored after 40 ...
Mercury fuels gold mining in Senegal. And it’s poisoning the people who use it
In Senegal’s gold-rich Kedougou region, women and children face serious health risks from mercury exposure used in gold ...
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Color Topographic Map of Mercury's (IMAGE)
Using colorized topography, Mercury's 'great valley' (dark blue) and Rembrandt impact basin (purple, upper right) are revealed in this high-resolution digital elevation model merged with an image ...
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Then & Now: Mercury Unmasked
MESSENGER last year revealed another side of Mercury, color-enhanced to show the differences in surface geology. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of ...
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Mercury fuels gold mining in Senegal. And it’s poisoning the people who use it
“Now mercury is everywhere. Our animals consume it, and it comes back to us. Even the soil is no longer fertile.” Along the muddy banks of a rust-colored pond, dozens of women wade knee-deep ...