Following a significant fire at a battery storage facility in Moss Landing, researchers discovered dangerously high levels of toxic metals—specifically nickel, cobalt, and manganese—in soils at Elkhorn Slough. These levels were reported to be 100 to 1,000 times higher than typical values, prompting concerns regarding their toxicity to aquatic life. This incident has not only led to immediate environmental concerns but also provoked discussions around the safety of battery storage plants, crucial for California's transition to renewable energy sources like wind and solar.
We want to understand how they will move and interact with the environment, whether they will make it through the food web and at what level from microbes to sea otters.
The dramatic fire at the 750-megawatt battery plant... caused the evacuation of 1,200 local residents and the closure of Highway 1 for three days.
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