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Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

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Owing to their larger volumes, intermediate and deep ocean waters below 100 metres actually store much larger tonnages of anthropogenic mercury than surface waters. Thawing of the enormous areas of northern frozen peatlands may release globally-significant amounts of long-stored mercury and organic matter into Arctic lakes, rivers and ocean.

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