Environmental lead (Pb) contamination is a persistent public health issue that prominently
impacts communities across the United States. Multimedia Pb exposure assessments are …

Highlights•Glaciers act as cold condensers where the deposition of contaminants is
favored.•Cryoconite holes are efficient traps for contaminants and are biologically active …

The injection of sulfur into the stratosphere by volcanic eruptions is the dominant driver of
natural climate variability on interannual to multidecadal timescales. Based on a set of …

The Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART in its original version in the mid-
1990s was designed for calculating the long-range and mesoscale dispersion of hazardous …

The assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE triggered a power struggle that ultimately
ended the Roman Republic and, eventually, the Ptolemaic Kingdom, leading to the rise of …

New Zealand was among the last habitable places on earth to be colonized by humans.
Charcoal records indicate that wildfires were rare prior to colonization and widespread …

In this study, we investigated the level of contamination of agricultural soil near an old
recycling lead smelter in Vietnam and proposed an effective treatment for the remediation of …

Perovskite solar cells represent an emerging and highly promising renewable energy
technology. However, the most efficient perovskite solar cells critically depend on the use of …

Recent studies identified a novel programmed and regulated cell death that was
characterized by a necrotic cell death morphology, termed necroptosis. Lead (Pb) is known …

How ancient Mediterranean trade thrived through state institutions From around 700 BCE
until the first centuries CE, the Mediterranean enjoyed steady economic growth through …