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Extent of Arctic Pollution is Worse Than Previously Believed – AZoCleantech
The largest-ever analysis of tree rings from Norilsk in the Russian Arctic has demonstrated that the direct and indirect impacts of industrial pollution in the area and beyond are far worse than believed before.
Written by AZoCleantechSep 28 2020
The largest-ever analysis of tree rings from Norilsk in the Russian Arctic has demonstrated that the direct and indirect impacts of industrial pollution in the area and beyond are far worse than believed before.
Forest decline east of Norilsk. Image Credit: Dr. Alexander Kirdyanov.
Now, a group of international scientists headed by the University of Cambridge has integrated ring width and wood chemistry measurements from dead and living trees with soil featu…
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