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 …

Prospects for exploiting bacteria for bioremediation of metal pollution

AT Jan, M Azam, A Ali, QMR Haq - Critical Reviews in …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Metals being recalcitrant to biodegradation process pose a persistent threat to human health
and environment. In view of increase in discharge along with improper management of …

Overview of mercury dry deposition, litterfall, and throughfall studies

LP Wright, L Zhang, FJ Marsik - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The current knowledge concerning mercury dry deposition is reviewed, including dry-
deposition algorithms used in chemical transport models (CTMs) and at monitoring sites and …

[HTML][HTML] Trend analysis from 1970 to 2008 and model evaluation of EDGARv4 global gridded anthropogenic mercury emissions

M Muntean, G Janssens-Maenhout, S Song… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) provides a time-
series of man-made emissions of greenhouse gases and short-lived atmospheric pollutants …

Litterfall mercury dry deposition in the eastern USA

MR Risch, JF DeWild, DP Krabbenhoft, RK Kolka… - Environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) in autumn litterfall from predominately deciduous forests was measured in 3
years of samples from 23 Mercury Deposition Network sites in 15 states across the eastern …

The Atmospheric Mercury Network: measurement and initial examination of an ongoing atmospheric mercury record across North America

DA Gay, D Schmeltz, E Prestbo, M Olson… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
The National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) developed and operates a
collaborative network of atmospheric-mercury-monitoring sites based in North America–the …

Emission-dominated gas exchange of elemental mercury vapor over natural surfaces in China

X Wang, CJ Lin, W Yuan, J Sommar… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Mercury (Hg) emission from natural surfaces plays an important role in global Hg cycling.
The present estimate of global natural emission has large uncertainty and remains …

Radiation enhanced uptake of Hg 0 (g) on iron (oxyhydr) oxide nanoparticles

U Kurien, Z Hu, H Lee, AP Dastoor, PA Ariya - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the proposed importance of atmospheric mercury (Hg) cycling, little is known about
its heterogeneous chemistry, specifically on ubiquitous dust particle surfaces in the …

Estimation of speciated and total mercury dry deposition at monitoring locations in eastern and central North America

L Zhang, P Blanchard, DA Gay… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - acp.copernicus.org
Dry deposition of speciated mercury, ie, gaseous oxidized mercury (GOM), particulate-
bound mercury (PBM), and gaseous elemental mercury (GEM), was estimated for the year …

Global atmospheric cycle of mercury: a model study on the impact of oxidation mechanisms

F De Simone, CN Gencarelli, IM Hedgecock… - … Science and Pollution …, 2014 - Springer
Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant since its predominant atmospheric form, elemental Hg,
reacts relatively slowly with the more abundant atmospheric oxidants. Comprehensive …