Arctic ‘Mercury Bomb’ Threatens Food Chain as Climate Warms

A 2022 drone image of the Yukon River and its floodplain downstream from Beaver, Alaska, shows accumulations of sediments harboring mercury. Michael P. Lamb / USC Dornsife

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