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A blog by UC ANR Interim Associate Vice President Deanne Meyer
Alarming levels of mercury are found in old growth Amazon forest
Plants help reduce toxic mercury from our environment: Study By IANS | Published on Sat, Apr 3 2021 17:03 IST | 5 Views Shweta on #Plants4SSR: More than 1 lakh trees were planted across the globe.. Image Source: IANS News Moscow, April 3 : Plants absorb a vast amount of toxic mercury gas in the atmosphere and help reducing the pollutant worldwide by depositing the element into soils, said researchers. The process is similar to the absorption of carbon dioxide emissions by plants, said the team from University of Massachusetts Lowell, in the US. Hundreds of tons of mercury ...