Lichen are a powerful bioindicator of gaseous mercury emissions from the abandoned mercury mines at the New Almaden Quicksilver County Park.
Grad student Brittney Straw with her poster on mercury measurements in lichens collected around the abandoned mining areas.
San Francisco’s Fog Could Be a Casualty of Climate Change… But It Could Also Be a Solution – December 28, 2022
Peter speaks with reporter Jonathon Bloom from NBC Bay Area at the fog collection site at the UCSC Farm.
The Peter Weiss-Penzias Lab at UC Santa Cruz, studying atmospheric/biospheric interactions of mercury and other toxins.
