Thursday, 2 May 2013

Lake Found in Sierra Nevada with the Oldest Remains of Atmospheric Contamination in Southern Europe

Madrid, Spain (SPX) May 02, 2013



Atmospheric contamination due to heavy metals is currently a severe problem of global proportions, with important repercussions in public health. However, this type of pollution is not a recent fact and can even be detected during pre-historic times.

A team of scientists, which includes scientists from the Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences and the University of Granada, has discovered