Owing to the toxicity and adverse effects of arsenic on human health, its levels in aquatic
environments are among the most serious threats to humans globally. To improve our …

Epigenetics involves a series of mechanisms that entail histone and DNA covalent
modifications and non-coding RNAs, and that collectively contribute to programing cell …

The seasonal variation in lake water arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) concentrations was
assessed in four small (< 1.5 km 2) subarctic lakes impacted by As and Sb emissions from …

Giant Mine, located in the city of Yellowknife (Northwest Territories, Canada), is a dramatic
example of subarctic legacy contamination from mining activities, with remediation costs …

In freshwater ecosystems, several studies have shown a strong linear relationship between
total mercury (THg) or methylmercury (MeHg) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) …

Climate change is profoundly affecting seasonality, biological productivity, and hydrology in
high northern latitudes. In sensitive subarctic environments exploitation of mineral resources …

Century old mine tailings in the Cobalt and Silver Center areas are widely dispersed
throughout the terrestrial and aquatic environments and contain high concentrations of …

The seasonal development of an ice cover is a characteristic feature of subarctic lakes, yet
the biogeochemical cycling of redox sensitive elements under ice, including arsenic (As), is …

Ore processing techniques used in Yellowknife's largest mining operation, Giant Mine, is
responsible for the atmospheric release of approximately 20,000 t of particulate arsenic …

The estimation of geochemical background is complex in areas impacted by point sources of
atmospheric emissions due to unknowns about pollutant dispersion, persistence of …