A warming climate and intensifying land use increase mercury content in fish

(University of Helsinki) Recent studies show that, in the future, the mercury concentration of fish in Finnish Lapland can shift closer to the level found in lakes located below the Arctic Circle. According to researchers, mercury content should be increasingly carefully investigated and monitored in fish and food webs, as the climate and land use change.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 22, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news