Foreign Media: stony corals into the opium wars 200 years ago, "new witness" | | | coral mercury _ the opium war news

Summary: Trent University, Sun Ruoyu and huoerge·xinteerman for more than 200 years to measure mercury in coral, found that mercury was not detected until the first opium war and subsequent surge in the mercury content, again to the second opium war, because the further rise in the history of naval warfare, and then soared again to World War II.

Reference news, June 12, foreign media said that United Kingdom fleets from 1840 more Chinese ships were sunk, near Hong Kong, and later in some other places. They force the Chinese market was the world's biggest drug dealer opened the East India Company, which the company will supply what the war--the name of the first opium war, the British won, and occupied Hong Kong.

Austria the news Web site reported on June 7, the war and shortly after the second Opium War battle United Kingdom Navy painters have been documented, but now there is another "witness"-they are called Marina coral Bell, a stony coral. Their skeletal aragonite (calcium carbonate mineral), other metals, such as mercury can replace calcium as its components.

Reports that explosives contain mercury, United Kingdom fleet shot shells with explosives is no exception. Trent University, Sun Ruoyu and huoerge·xinteerman for more than 200 years to measure mercury in coral, found that mercury was not detected until the first opium war and subsequent surge in the mercury content, again to the second opium war, rise further because of the history of naval warfare, and then soared again to World War II.

Mercury content in lots of corals in the waters since the beginning of industrialization is soaring, this background signal in China appeared relatively late and weak. (Compile/Zhao Lian)

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外媒：200年前石珊瑚成鸦片战争“新证人”|鸦片战争|珊瑚|含汞量_新闻资讯

　　核心提示：特伦特大学的孙若愚和霍尔格·欣特尔曼对200多年的珊瑚中的汞含量进行了测量，发现直到第一次鸦片战争之前根本检测不到汞，随后汞的含量急升，到第二次鸦片战争时再度因为海战的历史进一步上升，然后则是到第二次世界大战又再次飙升。

　　参考消息网6月12日报道 外媒称，英国舰队从1840年起击沉了多艘中国舰艇，先是在香港附近，后来也在其他一些地方。它们迫使中国市场对当时世界最大的毒品贩子东印度公司开放，该公司供应的东西成为这场战争的名称——第一次鸦片战争，英国人获胜，并完全占领了香港。

　　据奥地利《新闻报》网站6月7日报道，这场战争以及之后不久的第二次鸦片战争的海战英国海军画家都有记载，但是现在又有了其他“证人”——它们叫做钟形滨珊瑚，一种石珊瑚。它们的骨骼由文石(一种碳酸钙矿物)构成，其他金属比如汞可以取代钙成为它的成分。

　　报 道称，炸药中含有汞，英国舰队射出的炮弹炸药也不例外。特伦特大学的孙若愚和霍尔格·欣特尔曼对200多年的珊瑚中的汞含量进行了测量，发现直到第一次鸦 片战争之前根本检测不到汞，随后汞的含量急升，到第二次鸦片战争时再度因为海战的历史而进一步上升，然后则是到第二次世界大战又再次飙升。

　　很多海域的珊瑚汞含量自工业化开始呈直线上升，这一背景发出的信号在中国出现相对较晚并较弱。(编译/赵涟)

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