Toxic Mercury in Aquatic Life Could Spike with Greater Land Runoff

A highly toxic form of mercury could jump by 300 to 600 percent in zooplankton – tiny animals at the base of the marine food chain – if land runoff increases by 15 to 30 percent, according to a new study.And such an increase is possible due to climate change, according to the pioneering study by Rutgers and other scientists published today in Science Advances.“With climate change, we expect increased precipitation in many areas in the Northern Hemispher