Ice, ice, baby — too cold, too cold. A recent spacecraft flyby over Mercury has experts believing that the planet closest to the sun has “frozen water” on its surface — and they’re excited to get a ...

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Camp LeJune military base shut down one of its water treatment plants after mercury was found in a pipe. It's not clear how much mercury was discovered or what was its source. Crews are now working to ...

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In a groundbreaking expedition, researchers from Harvard and Amazonas State University began monitoring water quality and mercury contamination in the Amazon Basin’s largest tributary. The Madeira ...

Trees went up in flames near Lewiston, Idaho, shortly after the Gwen Fire began in July. The blaze burned nearly 30,000 acres and destroyed homes and commercial buildings. A U.S. Geological Survey ...

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The wetlands found across the Rocky Mountains of Colorado just below tree line are magical places. Dripping with mosses and deep green sedges, these open expanses flanked by evergreens are a ...

UPPER TOWNSHIP — Some homeowners in the Beesleys Point section of the township have been told not to drink their well water after elevated levels of mercury were found during a test.