After a fire at a Monterey County battery storage facility, scientists say high levels of heavy metals were found at a nearby estuary, a home to endangered species.

And so are its consequences for the sensitive ecosystem. Ivano Aiello, professor and chair at Moss Landing Marine Labs, has found nanoparticles of manganese, cobalt and nickel in the soil of Elkhorn ...

Dr. Ivano Aiello. The nanoparticles discovered by Aiello's research team are used in cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, commonly referred to as "NMC" (Nickel Manganese Cobalt ...

A research team led by Ivano Aiello, marine geology professor and department chair of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, have been analyzing the marsh soil, including the composition of major and ...

Ivano Aiello is a professor and chair at Moss Landing Marine Labs, where he’s analyzing soil samples from Elkhorn Slough. “I’ve never measured those metals in such high concentrations,” he said.

“Those three metals are toxic,” said Ivano Aiello, a marine geology professor at Moss Landing Marine Labs, who led the soils testing. “They are hazardous to aquatic life. We want to ...

Kudos go to Ivano Aiello, department chair and professor of geological oceanography at MLML and San Jose State University and his staff at the lab. SJSU NewsCenter reported, “The field surveys ...

The facility also has a battery storage station owned by PG&E. Dr. Ivano Aiello, chair of San José State’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, said in the release that the soils at the Elkhorn ...

“Those three metals are toxic,” said Ivano Aiello, a marine geology professor at Moss Landing Marine Labs, who led the soils testing. “They are hazardous to aquatic life. We want to ...