Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling

JE Sonke, H Angot, Y Zhang, A Poulain, E Björn… - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Past and present anthropogenic mercury (Hg) release to ecosystems causes neurotoxicity
and cardiovascular disease in humans with an estimated economic cost of $117 billion USD …

Biomimetic mercury immobilization by selenium functionalized polyphenylene sulfide fabric

H Li, F Meng, P Zhu, H Zu, Z Yang, W Qu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Highly efficient decontamination of elemental mercury (Hg0) remains an enormous
challenge for public health and ecosystem protection. The artificial conversion of Hg0 into …

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 …

Using Mercury Stable Isotopes to Quantify Bidirectional Water–Atmosphere Hg (0) Exchange Fluxes and Explore Controlling Factors

H Zhang, X Fu, X Wu, Q Deng, K Tang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this study, exchange fluxes and Hg isotope fractionation during water–atmosphere Hg (0)
exchange were investigated at three lakes in China. Water–atmosphere exchange was …

The Marginal Ice Zone as a dominant source region of atmospheric mercury during central Arctic summertime

F Yue, H Angot, B Blomquist, J Schmale… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Atmospheric gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) concentrations in the Arctic exhibit a clear
summertime maximum, while the origin of this peak is still a matter of debate in the …

Modeling the mercury cycle in the sea ice environment: a buffer between the polar atmosphere and ocean

S Huang, F Wang, T Yuan, Z Song, P Wu… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sea ice (including overlying snow) is a dynamic interface between the atmosphere and the
ocean, influencing the mercury (Hg) cycling in polar oceans. However, a large-scale and …

Declines in anthropogenic mercury emissions in the Global North and China offset by the Global South

X Qiu, M Liu, Y Zhang, Q Zhang, H Lin, X Cai… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Human activities have emitted substantial mercury into the atmosphere, significantly
impacting ecosystems and human health worldwide. Currently, consistent methodologies to …

Oceanic evasion fuels Arctic summertime rebound of atmospheric mercury and drives transport to Arctic terrestrial ecosystems

S Huang, T Yuan, Z Song, R Chang, D Peng… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Mercury (Hg) contamination poses a persistent threat to the remote Arctic ecosystem, yet the
mechanisms driving the pronounced summer rebound of atmospheric gaseous elemental …

Near surface oxidation of elemental mercury leads to mercury exposure in the Arctic Ocean biota

SH Lim, Y Kim, LC Motta, EJ Yang, TS Rhee… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Atmospheric mercury (Hg (0), Hg (II)) and riverine exported Hg (Hg (II)) are
proposed as important Hg sources to the Arctic Ocean. As plankton cannot passively uptake …

Interaction of reactive mercury with surfaces and implications for atmospheric mercury speciation measurements

N Allen, J Gačnik, SM Dunham-Cheatham… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate measurement of atmospheric reactive mercury (RM) presents analytical challenges
due to its reactivity and ultra-trace concentrations. In the last decade, use of the University of …