On the Trail of Mercury in the Ocean

On the Trail of Mercury in the Ocean

Wed February 1st, 2012
Kathleen Munson, MIT-WHOI Joint Program

Kathleen Munson and some of the 700 samples she collected - Image source: Oceanus"I returned from Hawai’i in mid-December with 700 bottles of seawater. The bottles hold what I hope are solutions to an abiding mystery. In the middle of the ocean, waters at depths ranging from 100 to 1,000 meters contain high concentrations of the toxic form of mercury that accumulates in fish. Nobody knows why it’s there or where it comes from."

Read more in this Oceanus magazine article.