Open AccessHumans Greatly Increase Mercury Levels in the Ocean
Author(s) -
Shan Palus
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo028539
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , environmental science , oceanography , geology , computer science , programming language
A study of the natural cycle of mercury reveals that humans are to blame for a five- to sixfold increase in the oceanic concentrations of the potentially toxic element.