One of the significant economic benefits to communities around the world of having pristine
forest catchments is the supply of substantial quantities of high quality potable water. This …

Environmental mercury (Hg) contamination is a global concern requiring action at national
scales. Scientific understanding and regulatory policies are underpinned by global …

Mercury is a ubiquitous contaminant in aquatic ecosystems, posing a significant health risk
to humans and wildlife that eat fish. Mercury accumulates in aquatic food webs as …

Recent findings indicate that fishes from lakes in partially burned catchments contain greater
mercury (Hg) concentrations than fishes from reference catchments. Increased methyl Hg …

Concentrations of mercury (Hg) in soil profiles and vegetation were examined in unburned
areas and in areas recently burned by wildfires of low, medium, and high fire severities in …

Contaminant loading associated with stormwater runoff from recently burned areas is poorly
understood, despite the fact that it has the potential to affect downstream water quality. The …

Wildfires and subsequent rainfall play an important role in the redistribution of major, minor
and trace chemical elements, which could be mobilised from burnt soils and ashes. In …

Arctic soils store 49 Gg mercury (Hg)–an extremely toxic heavy metal, whereas soil Hg can
be released to the atmosphere by wildfires. For the first time we investigated the effects of …

Mercury (Hg) is an atmospheric pollutant that, in forest ecosystems, accumulates in foliage
and upper soil horizons. The authors measured soil and litterfall Hg at 15 forest sites …

Abstract Parts of the Czech Republic received extreme loading of acid deposition from coal
combustion in the second half of the twentieth century. Although associated Hg deposition …