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 …

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 …

Measurement of atmospheric mercury: Current limitations and suggestions for paths forward

MS Gustin, SM Dunham-Cheatham… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Mercury (Hg) researchers have made progress in understanding atmospheric Hg, especially
with respect to oxidized Hg (HgII) that can represent 2 to 20% of Hg in the atmosphere …

Measuring and modeling mercury in the atmosphere: a critical review

MS Gustin, HM Amos, J Huang, MB Miller… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Mercury (Hg) is a global health concern due to its toxicity and ubiquitous presence in the
environment. Here we review current methods for measuring the forms of Hg in the …

Moss and lichen biomonitoring of atmospheric mercury: a review

R Bargagli - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Long-range transport and residence time of elemental Hg (Hg°) in air promote global
dispersion and deposition in remote ecosystems. Many biotic and abiotic factors contribute …

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 …

New constraints on terrestrial surface–atmosphere fluxes of gaseous elemental mercury using a global database

Y Agnan, T Le Dantec, CW Moore… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Despite 30 years of study, gaseous elemental mercury (Hg0) exchange magnitude and
controls between terrestrial surfaces and the atmosphere still remain uncertain. We …

A mass budget for mercury and methylmercury in the Arctic Ocean

AL Soerensen, DJ Jacob, AT Schartup… - Global …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated biological concentrations of methylmercury (MeHg), a bioaccumulative neurotoxin,
are observed throughout the Arctic Ocean, but major sources and degradation pathways in …

[HTML][HTML] Updated trends for atmospheric mercury in the Arctic: 1995–2018

K MacSween, G Stupple, W Aas, K Kyllönen… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Arctic region forms a unique environment with specific physical, chemical, and
biological processes affecting mercury (Hg) cycles and limited anthropogenic Hg sources …

Atmospheric composition in the European Arctic and 30 years of the Zeppelin Observatory, Ny-Ålesund

SM Platt, Ø Hov, T Berg, K Breivik… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
The Zeppelin Observatory (78.90° N, 11.88° E) is located on the Zeppelin Mountain at 472 m
above sea level on Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago. Established …