New Research Sheds Light On Mercury Pollution

Mercury pollution is a growing problem in the Arctic. And new research is offering some insight into how mercury reacts with the sea ice that covers much of the Arctic Ocean. Sandy Steffen is a Physical Scientist with Environment Canada. She studied mercury pollution on the sea ice outside of Barrow and is presenting her work this week at the International Polar Year conference in Montreal.

She says the study was the first to measure the difference between mercury absorption on sea ice and on land.

Listen for the full story

Download Audio

Lori Townsend

Lori Townsend is the chief editor, senior vice president of journalism and senior host for Alaska Public Media. You can send her news tips and program ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452. Read more about Lori here.

Previous articleNative Youth Olympics Start Friday
Next articleAlaska Moose Federation Gets $1.5 Million From State