Surface waters that drain this area contain heavy metal contaminated mineral nanoparticles. Such environmental nanoparticles contribute to the transport of these metals up to 500 km downstream.

An curved arrow pointing right. If migrating birds land on Montana's Berkeley Pit for just a few hours, they die. Now, miners use a rifle, drones, and lasers to scare them away. More from Science ...

The Berkeley Pit is considered one of the largest superfund sites in the US. It is a toxic lake a little over a mile long, and 1,780 feet deep, according to the EPA, and filled with heavy metals ...

8:30 p.m. update: The Fisher's Pit Wildfire in Berkeley was 70% contained on Tuesday evening, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The blaze poses no threat to populated areas and ...

The fire, dubbed the Fishers Pit Wildfire due to its location on the border of Berkeley and Beachwood, is 100 percent ...