Increase in Temperature, Decrease in Mercury (IMAGE)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Increase in Temperature, Decrease in Mercury

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A 1-degree increase in seawater temperature and a 20-percent decrease in mercury emissions result in increases in methylmercury levels of 10 percent in cod and 20 percent levels in spiny dogfish.

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Harvard SEAS

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