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When Trees Fall, Mercury Rises: Unveiling a Hidden Environmental Threat


Scientists quantify a previously overlooked driver of human-related mercury emissions. About 10 percent of human-made mercury emissions into the atmosphere each year are the result of global deforestation, according to a new MIT study. The world’s vegetation, from the Amazon rainforest to the

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