Comment l'océan absorbe-t-il le mercure ?

Juste après le décollage, beaucoup de passagers ressentent une sensation déroutante : l’impression que l’avion, après avoir grimpé, se met soudainement à redescendre. Certains parlent même d’une « chute » quelques dizaines de secondes après avoir quitté le sol. Pourtant, du point ...  Show more

Quand on imagine la fonte de l’Antarctique, on pense spontanément à une glace qui disparaît par le dessus, sous l’effet de l’air plus chaud. Pourtant, la réalité est plus complexe : l’Antarctique fond en grande partie par le dessous. Et ce processus discret, invisible depuis la s ...  Show more

The most beautiful and shimmering of the elements, the weirdest, and yet the most reviled.Chemist Andrea Sella tell the story of Mercury, explaining the significance of this element not just for chemistry, but also the development of modern civilisation. It's been a a source of w ...  Show more

When you think of mercury, what springs to mind? Is it the entrancing drop of shimmery liquid that flows from a broken thermometer, giving the metal the name quicksilver? Or is it the warnings of overconsumption of fish and bioaccumulation? Or perhaps it’s the Mad Hatter from Ali ...  Show more

As the oceans absorb manmade carbon emissions a chemical reaction takes place which is making sea water more acidic. This subtle shift in pH level is having a profound effect on the sea animals which use calcium carbonate to form their shells and skeletons and Marine Biologists a ...  Show more

The first license of its kind has been granted for deep-sea mining. It will be used to run early tests to see whether the seabed could be good place to harvest rare earth materials in the future. These earth minerals are what powers much of our modern technology, and the demand i ...  Show more