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 …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change and mercury in the Arctic: Abiotic interactions

J Chételat, MA McKinney, M Amyot, A Dastoor… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dramatic environmental shifts are occuring throughout the Arctic from climate change, with
consequences for the cycling of mercury (Hg). This review summarizes the latest science on …

Observed decrease in atmospheric mercury explained by global decline in anthropogenic emissions

Y Zhang, DJ Jacob, HM Horowitz… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Observations of elemental mercury (Hg0) at sites in North America and Europe show large
decreases (∼ 1–2% y− 1) from 1990 to present. Observations in background northern …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Arctic atmospheric mercury: Sources and changes

A Dastoor, SJ Wilson, O Travnikov, A Ryjkov… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global anthropogenic and legacy mercury (Hg) emissions are the main sources of Arctic Hg
contamination, primarily transported there via the atmosphere. This review summarizes the …

What are the likely changes in mercury concentration in the Arctic atmosphere and ocean under future emissions scenarios?

AT Schartup, AL Soerensen, H Angot… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Arctic mercury (Hg) concentrations respond to changes in anthropogenic Hg emissions and
environmental change. This manuscript, prepared for the 2021 Arctic Monitoring and …

Chemical cycling and deposition of atmospheric mercury in polar regions: review of recent measurements and comparison with models

H Angot, A Dastoor, F De Simone… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Mercury (Hg) is a worldwide contaminant that can cause adverse health effects to wildlife
and humans. While atmospheric modeling traces the link from emissions to deposition of Hg …

Temporal changes in atmospheric mercury concentrations at a background mountain site downwind of the East Asia continent in 2006–2016

LSP Nguyen, GR Sheu, DW Lin, NH Lin - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Atmospheric mercury (Hg) has been monitored at the Lulin Atmospheric Background Station
(LABS) in Taiwan since April 2006 and is still continuing. Here we reported the trend in …

Variability in gaseous elemental mercury at Villum Research Station, Station Nord, in North Greenland from 1999 to 2017

H Skov, J Hjorth, C Nordstrøm, B Jensen… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Mercury is ubiquitous in the atmosphere, and atmospheric transport is an important source
for this element in the Arctic. Measurements of gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) have …

Ecosystem mercury recovery and health benefit under the Minamata Convention in a changing climate

Q Wu, Y Zhang, P Li, X Fu, Q Zhang, X Wang… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Springer
Mercury (Hg) is a toxic metal that can be released from natural and anthropogenic
processes. Gaseous elemental Hg is the main form of Hg in the atmosphere with a long …