Abstract Mt. Everest (Qomolangma or Sagarmatha), the highest mount on Earth and located
in the central Himalayas between China and Nepal, is characterized by highly concentrated …

Global warming profoundly affects not only mountainous and polar environments, but also
the global and regional cycling of pollutants. Mercury (Hg) and persistent organic pollutants …

This study was conducted in the Central Himalayan middle hills to understand the nature of
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) embedded in aerosol particles, their sources and …

South Asian pollutants can be transported and deposited via wet/dry deposition to the
remote areas of the Himalayas and could pose a serious threat to the mountain ecosystems …

Atmospheric deposition is the main pathway by which trace elements (TEs) enter the
terrestrial ecosystems, but few studies have investigated atmospheric TE deposition in …

The atmospheric deposition of copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd) was monitored over 79
months to investigate the fluxes and influencing factors and to partition the possible health …

Trace elements (TEs), a group of atmospheric pollutants, have attracted considerable
attention from scientists and government administrators worldwide. The wet deposition …

Permafrost-affected soils can serve as a major reservoir of metal elements (MEs) from
anthropogenic sources by atmospheric transport. Understandings of the contents, sources …

Trace elements (TEs) play a key role in many biogeochemical processes, but the pathways
through which TEs are input to the forest soil are still not fully understood. This study …

Since the beginning of the 21st century, our knowledge of the sources and fate of Hg over
the Tibetan Plateau (TP), the “Roof of the World,” has been greatly enhanced with growing …