Permafrost may release largest Mercury source on Earth

First published at 15:10 UTC on February 14th, 2018.
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There are 32 million gallons worth of mercury, or the equivalent of 50 Olympic swimming pools, trapped in the permafrost. For context, that’s “twice as much mercury as the rest of all soils, the atmosphere, and oceans combined. And it could be relea…

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