Synchrotron light to analyse mining waste in marine sediment in the Portman bay

(University of Barcelona) The light of ALBA Synchrotron will enable revealing the environmental impact of the tons of mining waste thrown for over forty years in the Portman bay (Murcia, Spain), as part of the research project by the Consolidated Research Group in Marine Geosciences of the Faculty of Earth Sciences of the University of Barcelona, which will apply new technologies to study one of the most severe pollution episodes from mining in Europe.
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