Citation — to press release Tim Stephens, Mercury in coastal fog linked to upwelling of deep ocean water, University of California – Santa Cruz (04 December 2012) Not especially important for its own sake, but chemically interesting Peter Weiss-Penzias and students have found allegedly harmless levels of mercury in California coastal fog. They suspected that [...]
Categories: Chemistry,Environment,Oceanography,Science
Tagged: 19th Century, coal, coastal fog, deep water, dimethyl mercury, droplets, evaporate, Industrial Revolution, monomethyl mercury, monomethylmercury, Peter Weiss-Penzias, redwood, Tim Stephens, upwelling, volatile
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- 4 December 2012 – 16:50
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- By BrainiYak
Paul Krugman spotlighted this sad game Economist/columnist Paul Krugman wrote about the Senate’s failure in passing a climate bill: If you want to understand opposition to climate action, follow the money. The economy as a whole wouldn’t be significantly hurt if we put a price on carbon, but certain industries — above all, the coal [...]
Categories: Air pollution,Climate,Climate change,Economy,Environment,Global warming
Tagged: coal, cowardice, John McCain, maverick, oil, Paul Krugman, West Virginia, Who Cooked the Planet?, Wyoming
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- 28 July 2010 – 13:48
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- By BrainiYak