{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"submitter":["Aiello IW"],"pubmed_abstract":["Fires at lithium-ion battery storage facilities pose emerging environmental risks that remain largely undocumented under real-world conditions. Following a major fire at the world's largest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Moss Landing, California, we conducted rapid, high-resolution soil surveys to quantify metal fallout in adjacent estuarine wetlands. Field-portable X-ray fluorescence (FpXRF), validated by SEM/EDS, laboratory XRF, and ICP-MS, revealed a significant but transient surface enrichment of nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), and cobalt (Co). This enrichment had Ni: Co mass ratios near 2:1 serving as a geochemical fingerprint of NMC-type cathode materials. The metals were confined to a shallow surface layer (< 5 mm). Surface concentrations declined rapidly following precipitati"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["42113"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12658236"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Coastal wetland deposition of cathode metals from the world's largest lithium-ion battery fire."],"pmcid":["PMC12658236"],"pubmed_authors":["Fountain M","Kahn AS","Heim W","Cunningham S","Wasson K","Aiello IW","Endris C","Grand MM"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Coastal wetland deposition of cathode metals from the world's largest lithium-ion battery fire.","description":"Fires at lithium-ion battery storage facilities pose emerging environmental risks that remain largely undocumented under real-world conditions. Following a major fire at the world's largest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Moss Landing, California, we conducted rapid, high-resolution soil surveys to quantify metal fallout in adjacent estuarine wetlands. Field-portable X-ray fluorescence (FpXRF), validated by SEM/EDS, laboratory XRF, and ICP-MS, revealed a significant but transient surface enrichment of nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), and cobalt (Co). This enrichment had Ni: Co mass ratios near 2:1 serving as a geochemical fingerprint of NMC-type cathode materials. The metals were confined to a shallow surface layer (< 5 mm). Surface concentrations declined rapidly following precipitati","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Nov","modification":"2026-06-06T07:16:22.458Z","creation":"2026-06-06T03:06:56.197Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12658236","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41298457"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-025-25972-8"]}}