Mercury (Hg), and its more biologically available form, methylmercury (MeHg), are powerful neurotoxins that impact development and function of the central nervous system. The Northeast is considered a ...

The first widescale assessment of methylmercury in adult amphibians in the U.S. to date shows that, in amphibians, this toxic compound is common, widespread and, at least for some, can reach very high ...

With growing concerns about the effects of global warming on polar bears, it's increasingly important to understand how other environmental threats, such as mercury pollution, are affecting these ...

Whether fish hunt nearshore or in the open water and what prey they eat affect the amount of mercury that accumulates in them, a Dartmouth College study shows. The results are published in the journal ...

Breast feathers pulled from seabirds preserved in museum collections appear to document increases in mercury pollution over the span of more than a century, a new analysis has found. This record ...

Mercury pollution, already known to be widespread, has reached previously unplumbed depths. Researchers sampled shrimp-like amphipods from the bottom of three deep-sea trenches and found high ...

HANOVER, N.H. - Dartmouth scientists and their colleagues have found that periphyton -- a community of algae, bacteria and other natural material living on submerged surfaces - is helping to transform ...

Feathers from museum collections have helped scientists to prove that mercury levels have risen in Albatrosses during the past century. Methylmercury is the organic form of the heavy metal that builds ...