[HTML][HTML] Global mercury concentrations in biota: Their use as a basis for a global biomonitoring framework

DC Evers, JT Ackerman, S Åkerblom, D Bally, N Basu… - Ecotoxicology, 2024 - Springer
An important provision of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is to monitor and evaluate
the effectiveness of the adopted measures and its implementation. Here, we describe for the …

Tree rings recording historical atmospheric mercury: A review of progresses and challenges

X Liu, X Wang, W Yuan, D Wang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Foliage uptake of atmospheric elemental mercury (Hg0) and subsequent translocation by
the phloem is the main pathway for Hg accumulation in tree rings. Tree rings have been …

[HTML][HTML] HgCl2 exposure mediates pyroptosis of HD11 cells and promotes M1 polarization and the release of inflammatory factors through ROS/Nrf2/NLRP3

J Wang, Y Yin, Q Zhang, X Deng, Z Miao… - … and environmental safety, 2024 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a serious metal environmental pollutant. HgCl 2 exposure causes
pyroptosis. When macrophages are severely stimulated, they often undergo M1 polarization …

The divergent effects of nitrate and ammonium application on mercury methylation, demethylation, and reduction in flooded paddy slurries

J Chen, G Hu, J Liu, AJ Poulain, Q Pu, R Huang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The production of methylmercury (MeHg) in flooded paddy fields determines its
accumulation in rice grains; this, in turn, results in MeHg exposure risks for not only rice …

[HTML][HTML] Mercury fluxes from hydrothermal venting at mid-ocean ridges constrained by measurements

N Torres-Rodriguez, J Yuan, S Petersen, A Dufour… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Methylmercury is a potent toxin threatening the global population mainly through the
consumption of marine fish. Hydrothermal venting directly delivers natural mercury to the …

Fate and Transport of Mercury through Waterflows in a Tropical Rainforest

W Yuan, X Wang, CJ Lin, G Zhang, F Wu… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Knowledge gaps of mercury (Hg) biogeochemical processes in the tropical rainforest limit
our understanding of the global Hg mass budget. In this study, we applied Hg stable isotope …

Tracing the source and transport of Hg during pedogenesis in strongly weathered tropical soil using Hg isotopes

X Gao, W Yuan, J Chen, F Huang, Z Wang… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil is one of the largest reservoirs and re-emission sources of mercury (Hg) on Earth's
surface. The accumulation and remobilization of Hg during pedogenesis affect how Hg is …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change dynamics and mercury temporal trends in Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) from the Barents Sea ecosystem

MS Bank, QT Ho, RB Ingvaldsen, A Duinker… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) is the world's northernmost stock of
Atlantic cod and is of considerable ecological and economic importance. Northeast Arctic …

Stable Tuna Mercury Concentrations since 1971 Illustrate Marine Inertia and the Need for Strong Emission Reductions under the Minamata Convention

A Médieu, D Point, JE Sonke, H Angot… - … & Technology Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Humans are exposed to toxic methylmercury mainly by consuming marine fish. While
reducing mercury emissions and releases aims to protect human health, it is unclear how …

[HTML][HTML] Potential decoupling of CO2 and Hg uptake process by global vegetation in the 21st century

T Yuan, S Huang, P Zhang, Z Song, J Ge… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Mercury (Hg), a potent neurotoxin posing risks to human health, is cycled through vegetation
uptake, which is susceptible to climate change impacts. However, the extent and pattern of …