Investigators find that streams connected to groundwater show improved detoxification and microbial diversity

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Feb 23, 2024, 9:03 am486 ptsHotTop
Streams with ample connections to shallow groundwater flowpaths have greater microbial diversity and are more effective at preventing toxic forms of metals—often products of upstream mining—from entering and being transported downstream. These streams are also better at detoxifying those metals already present.

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