Melting #Permafrost Could Release Massive Amounts of Dangerous Mercury, Study Says | The Weather Channel
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“Prior to the start of the study, people assumed permafrost contained little to no mercury,” study co-author Kevin Schaefer of the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado said in a press release. “But it turns out that not only is there mercury in permafrost, it’s also the biggest pool of mercury on the planet.”