Daily Camera: The replacement of thicker sea ice that formed over multiple years in the Arctic with a thinner layer of ice that formed during the last winter is changing the air chemistry above the ice and likely increasing the amount of mercury contamination in the region, according to a new study led by a Boulder scientist. Thinner sea ice -- which is riddled in the spring with cracks and fissures -- allows elements known as halogens to escape from the briny seawater onto the surface of the ice. There, the...
URL: http://www.dailycamera.com/science-environment/ci_20639599/noaa-thinner-sea-ice-may-lead-more-mercury
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