Yukon River Releases Mercury

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Permafrost melt raises threat of ‘giant mercury bomb’ in Arctic: Study

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Alaska 's Yukon River may be unleashing long-sequestered mercury deposits into this critical freshwater artery.

The release of the metal, which has been stored in the permafrost for millennia, now poses an environmental and public health hazard to about 5 million people living in the Arctic zone .

Mercury deposits may also fluctuate, as the river both mobilizes.

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