MATS, Fracking, Bleeding Mercury and the Minamata Convention
This episode provides an update on encouraging recent developments in mercury policy, both national and international, that hold out hope for reduced ...
Water, Wisconsin, and the Mercury Cycle
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Audio-only podcast produced by the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute. This entertaining science documentary series is intended for general audiences and features high production values.
Solving an Ocean Riddle
In this 2014 update, research scientist David Krabbenhoft explains how improved technology has revealed the hitherto unsuspected role that the thermoc...
Mercury - The Potent Element
This episode explains why people have used mercury, documenting the history of humanity's understanding of this intriguing metal.
Mercury Mysteries - The Scientists' Tale - Part 1
Part one of an engaging non-narrative presentation that vividly relates the challenges of mercury research from the 1960s to the present, told firstha...
Mercury Mysteries - The Scientists' Tale - Part 2
Part two of a non-narrative presentation that vividly relates the challenges of mercury research from the 1960s to the present, told firsthand by the ...
Ripples of a Water Ethic in Wisconsin
Noted author and conservationist Curt Meine delivers an eloquent essay challenging foundational concepts of water, urging respect for this valuable re...
The METAALICUS Project
The mercury scientists continue to tell the story, in this case a quick overview of a critical large-scale mercury research project.
Mercury and Ecosystem Restoration
USGS scientist David Krabbenhoft details problematic aspects of the mercury cycle that impact the implementation of large-scale ecological restoration...
Water Shapes the Land
How water has shaped the environment and culture of Wisconsin, and details of the hydrological cycle in Wisconsin.