Mercury physicochemical and biogeochemical transformation in the atmosphere and at atmospheric interfaces: a review and future directions

PA Ariya, M Amyot, A Dastoor, D Deeds… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Mercury is a fascinating fluid metal that exists as liquid at 25 C (0 C= 273 K). This silver
colored d-block heavy metal exhibits noble-gas-like characteristics and solidifies at a …

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 …

Atmospheric mercury concentrations observed at ground-based monitoring sites globally distributed in the framework of the GMOS network

F Sprovieri, N Pirrone, M Bencardino… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Long-term monitoring of data of ambient mercury (Hg) on a global scale to assess its
emission, transport, atmospheric chemistry, and deposition processes is vital to …

Reactive halogen chemistry in the troposphere

A Saiz-Lopez, R von Glasow - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Halogen chemistry is well known for ozone destruction in the stratosphere, however reactive
halogens also play an important role in the chemistry of the troposphere. In the last two …

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 …

[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 …

Do we understand what the mercury speciation instruments are actually measuring? Results of RAMIX

MS Gustin, J Huang, MB Miller… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
From August 22 to September 16, 2012, atmospheric mercury (Hg) was measured from a
common manifold in the field during the Reno Atmospheric Mercury Intercomparison …

Benefits of mercury controls for the United States

A Giang, NE Selin - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Mercury pollution poses risks for both human and ecosystem health. As a consequence,
controlling mercury pollution has become a policy goal on both global and national scales …

Multi-model study of mercury dispersion in the atmosphere: atmospheric processes and model evaluation

O Travnikov, H Angot, P Artaxo… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Current understanding of mercury (Hg) behavior in the atmosphere contains significant
gaps. Some key characteristics of Hg processes, including anthropogenic and geogenic …

[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 …