Arctic mercury cycling

A Dastoor, H Angot, J Bieser, JH Christensen… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Anthropogenic mercury (Hg) emissions have driven marked increases in Arctic Hg levels,
which are now being impacted by regional warming, with uncertain ecological …

Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling

JE Sonke, H Angot, Y Zhang, A Poulain, E Björn… - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Past and present anthropogenic mercury (Hg) release to ecosystems causes neurotoxicity
and cardiovascular disease in humans with an estimated economic cost of $117 billion USD …

Rivers as the largest source of mercury to coastal oceans worldwide

M Liu, Q Zhang, T Maavara, S Liu, X Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mercury is a potent neurotoxic substance and accounts for 250,000 intellectual disabilities
annually. Worldwide, coastal fisheries contribute the majority of human exposure to mercury …

Global health effects of future atmospheric mercury emissions

Y Zhang, Z Song, S Huang, P Zhang, Y Peng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that poses health risks to the global population.
Anthropogenic mercury emissions to the atmosphere are projected to decrease in the future …

Mediterranean mercury assessment 2022: an updated budget, health consequences, and research perspectives

D Cossa, J Knoery, D Bănaru… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mercury (Hg) and especially its methylated species (MeHg) are toxic chemicals that
contaminate humans via the consumption of seafood. The most recent UNEP Global …

An updated global mercury budget from a coupled atmosphere-land-ocean model: 40% more re-emissions buffer the effect of primary emission reductions

Y Zhang, P Zhang, Z Song, S Huang, T Yuan, P Wu… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
The effectiveness of reducing the environmental level of mercury (Hg) by controlling
anthropogenic emissions depends on the magnitude of re-emissions from the land and …

Climate-driven changes of global marine mercury cycles in 2100

Y Wang, P Wu, Y Zhang - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Human exposure to monomethylmercury (CH3Hg), a potent neurotoxin, is principally
through the consumption of seafood. The formation of CH3Hg and its bioaccumulation in …

Methylmercury produced in upper oceans accumulates in deep Mariana Trench fauna

R Sun, J Yuan, JE Sonke, Y Zhang, T Zhang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Monomethylmercury (MMHg) is a potent toxin that bioaccumulates and magnifies in marine
food webs. Recent studies show abundant methylated Hg in deep oceans (> 1000 m), yet its …

Bioconcentration, bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury in plankton of the Mediterranean Sea

JA Tesán-Onrubia, LE Heimbürger-Boavida… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plankton plays a prominent role in the bioaccumulation of mercury (Hg). The MERITE-
HIPPOCAMPE campaign was carried out in spring 2019 along a north-south transect …

Dual detection of mercury (II) and lead (II) ions using a facile coumarin-based fluorescent probe via excited state intramolecular proton transfer and photo-induced …

S Muthusamy, K Rajalakshmi, D Zhu, W Zhu… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2021 - Elsevier
A Schiff base fluorophore coumarin incorporated 4-(diethylamino) salicylaldehyde (Cou-S)
is designed and synthesized to allow an excited state intramolecular proton transfer and …