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Researchers Discover Unusual Accumulation of Cosmogenic Beryllium in Pacific Ocean


A team of scientists has discovered an ‘unexpected’ accumulation of beryllium-10 -- a rare radionuclide produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere -- in samples taken from the bottom of the Central and Northern Pacific.

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