Eggs Show Arctic Mercury Cycling May Be Linked to Ice Cover (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Eggs Show Arctic Mercury Cycling May Be Linked to Ice Cover

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Common murres sit on floating ice near Cape Lisburne, Alaska. Eggs from this species are being used to monitor the cycling of mercury in the Arctic biosphere.

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D. Roseneau, US Fish and Wildlife Service

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