Elemental mercury (Hg 0) is a toxic air pollutant that can travel long distances and circulate globally. Scientists have long suspected that today’s emission inventories do not fully explain measured ...

It looked like an island. At least that's what Jessica Jarratt thought when she first saw pictures of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a vast floating ...

Long assumed by some to have been diluted and washed away over time, mercury contamination from 19th-century gold mining is still moving through Nevada’s Carson River, with levels in some waterfowl ...

The project is part of a nationwide study that works with citizen scientists and community volunteers to collect dragonfly larvae for mercury analysis. Scientists analyze the larvae to understand how ...

Mercury is a neurotoxic metal that can cause irreparable harm to human health – especially the brain development of young children. A scientist explains how it gets from power plants to fish to you.