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Why is mercury the only metal that stays liquid?
Mercury freezes at roughly minus 38.8 degrees Celsius, a temperature so far below everyday conditions that the silvery ...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A global mercury conference in Geneva faced sharp criticism Friday from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to take stronger steps against mercury use in ...
A small, leafy, green peanut plant grows out of a patch of dirt. When David McLagan’s team sampled mercury isotopes in cassava, maize, and peanut crops (like the one shown here) grown downwind of a ...
Gold-mining equipment operates in water near a river bank with trees in the background. Illegal gold mining along the Madre de Dios River near Puerto Maldonado in the Amazon River basin of Peru.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As gold prices hover at record highs, a leading Catholic leader in Peru’s Amazon is urging countries that are destinations for the precious metal to help stem illegal mining ...
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The rise in the price of gold is driving the contamination of food crops: "Plants are inhaling mercury"
Millions of people in Africa, South America, and Asia are facing serious long-term health risks from consuming local products. Mercury pollution from gold mining is contaminating food crops. It was ...
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Why is mercury a liquid?
Mercury is a metal, yet it has some weird physical properties, including being a liquid at room temperature.
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