/channels/news_feeds/all/term/tusks/rss en /channels/channels/news/narwal-tusks-reveal-mercury-exposure-related-climate-change-330149 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>ā€œOur research shows that climate change is having substantial impacts on Arctic ecosystems, with consequences for exposure to toxic pollutants like mercury,ā€ says co-author <b>Jean-Pierre Desforges</b>, a Postdoctoral Fellow [NRS] at ±«ÓćÖ±²„ under the supervision of <b>Nil Basu</b> [NRS/SHN] and <b>Melissa McKinney</b> [NRS].</p> <p><a href="/newsroom/channels/news/narwal-tusks-reveal-mercury-exposure-related-climate-change-330059" target="_blank"><strong>±«ÓćÖ±²„ Newsroom</strong></a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/narwal_image.jpg?itok=kDw-s45t" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:38:52 +0000 webfull 169580 at /channels /channels/channels/news/narwhal-tusks-reveal-mercury-exposure-related-climate-change-330059 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In the Arctic, climate change and pollution are the biggest threats to top predators like narwhals. Studying the animalsā€™ tusks reveals that diet and exposure to pollution have shifted over the past half century in response to sea-ice decline. Human emissions have also led to a sharp rise in the presence of mercury in recent years, according to an international team of researchers.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/narwal_image.jpg?itok=kDw-s45t" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:20:29 +0000 webfull 169475 at /channels