A review of global environmental mercury processes in response to human and natural perturbations: Changes of emissions, climate, and land use

D Obrist, JL Kirk, L Zhang, EM Sunderland, M Jiskra… - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
We review recent progress in our understanding of the global cycling of mercury (Hg),
including best estimates of Hg concentrations and pool sizes in major environmental …

Cycling of mercury in the environment: Sources, fate, and human health implications: A review

F Beckers, J Rinklebe - Critical Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Mercury (Hg) is ubiquitary, naturally enriched in volcanic regions, and has wide applications
in science, industry, and agriculture. Recently, the increasing awareness of Hg toxicity has …

A new mechanism for atmospheric mercury redox chemistry: implications for the global mercury budget

HM Horowitz, DJ Jacob, Y Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Mercury (Hg) is emitted to the atmosphere mainly as volatile elemental Hg 0. Oxidation to
water-soluble Hg II plays a major role in Hg deposition to ecosystems. Here, we implement a …

Cellular and genetic mechanism of bacterial mercury resistance and their role in biogeochemistry and bioremediation

M Priyadarshanee, S Chatterjee, S Rath… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic element that occurs at low concentrations in nature. However,
various anthropogenic and natural sources contribute around 5000 to 8000 metric tons of …

An updated review of atmospheric mercury

SN Lyman, I Cheng, LE Gratz, P Weiss-Penzias… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The atmosphere is a key component of the biogeochemical cycle of mercury, acting as a
reservoir, transport mechanism, and facilitator of chemical reactions. The chemical and …

Current and future levels of mercury atmospheric pollution on a global scale

JM Pacyna, O Travnikov, F De Simone… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
An assessment of current and future emissions, air concentrations, and atmospheric
deposition of mercury worldwide is presented on the basis of results obtained during the …

Photochemistry of oxidized Hg (I) and Hg (II) species suggests missing mercury oxidation in the troposphere

A Saiz-Lopez, O Travnikov, JE Sonke… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Mercury (Hg), a global contaminant, is emitted mainly in its elemental form Hg0 to the
atmosphere where it is oxidized to reactive HgII compounds, which efficiently deposit to …

Elemental mercury: Its unique properties affect its behavior and fate in the environment

H Gonzalez-Raymat, G Liu, C Liriano, Y Li, Y Yin… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Elemental mercury (Hg 0) has different behavior in the environment compared to other
pollutants due to its unique properties. It can remain in the atmosphere for long periods of …

Mass-independent fractionation of even and odd mercury isotopes during atmospheric mercury redox reactions

X Fu, M Jiskra, X Yang, N Marusczak… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Mass-independent fractionation (MIF) of stable even mass number mercury (Hg) isotopes is
observed in rainfall and gaseous elemental Hg0 globally and is used to quantify …

Modeling the observed tropospheric BrO background: Importance of multiphase chemistry and implications for ozone, OH, and mercury

JA Schmidt, DJ Jacob, HM Horowitz… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aircraft and satellite observations indicate the presence of ppt (ppt≡ pmol/mol) levels of BrO
in the free troposphere with important implications for the tropospheric budgets of ozone …