Soil samples reveal urban mercury footprints
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 10:31
in Earth & Climate
Indianapolis, St. Louis, Detroit, Buffalo, Richmond and Providence cities scattered across the eastern half of the United States have something in common, all have coal-fired power plants. A new study from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is among the first to investigate mercury deposits in industrialized city soil near this type of facility.