Endangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon

A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, ...
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Two meteorites found in the Sahara could be from the solar system’s least studied rocky planet, scientists say

Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the solar system’s innermost ...
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Researchers study Sahara meteorites for possible Mercury origin

Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the solar system’s innermost ...
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BepiColombo spacecraft flies by Mercury, sees volcanic plain and impact craters

BepiColombo just imaged Mercury in a whole new light — mid-infrared light, to be precise. On the spacecraft's fifth flyby of ...

The ‘mercury boom’ sparking toxic gold mining and putting lives in danger

Soaring international gold prices are driving up the price of mercury, a toxic metal key in illegal gold mining, to all-time ...

Takeaways from AP's report on a boom in mercury mining in central Mexico

Here are some takeaways from AP’s report on the issue: ...