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Global Mercury Assessment
… and releases are continuing with fossil-fuel-based energy generation powering industrial and economic growth in … Volcanoes emit and release mercury when they erupt. Geothermal activity can also take mercury from underground … thermometers, blood-pressure gauges, fluorescent and energy-saving lamps, pesticides, fungicides, medicines, and …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… major role of the ocean in global warming and the Earth’s energy budget as a background to the changes in sea … that it plays in the global heat budget and the Earth’s Energy Imbalance (EEI) is outlined, followed by a summary of … to several 100s of metres beneath the sea floor where the geothermal gradient determines the depth of the hydrate …