Study Finds: Mercury Emissions On a Friendly Decline
Mercury a stealthy villain slowly poisoning our environment has long been a toxic byproduct of human activities like gold mining and coal-fired power plants For years global inventories have shown mercury emissions on the rise painting a grim picture for our planet But recent groundbreaking research is flipping the script A multinational team of scientists has uncovered new insights through cutting-edge atmospheric monitoring and powerful statistical analysis challenging what we thought we knew about mercury s impact and offering hope in the fight against this invisible threat Emissions of mercury are Declining nbsp Source Google Images nbsp According to the study mercury levels in our atmosphere are not rising Conversely throughout the last years it has been declining nbsp Data from all accessible monitoring stations in the Northern Hemisphere were evaluated by MIT scientists Their conclusions a considerable decrease in atmospheric mercury levels between and of about The study's principal