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 …

Sources and remediation techniques for mercury contaminated soil

J Xu, AG Bravo, A Lagerkvist, S Bertilsson… - Environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) in soils has increased by a factor of 3 to 10 in recent times mainly due to
combustion of fossil fuels combined with long-range atmospheric transport processes. Other …

Microbial mercury methylation in aquatic environments: a critical review of published field and laboratory studies

O Regnell, CJ Watras - Environmental science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Methylmercury (MeHg) is an environmental contaminant of concern because it biomagnifies
in aquatic food webs and poses a health hazard to aquatic biota, piscivorous wildlife and …

Removal of mercury by adsorption: a review

JG Yu, BY Yue, XW Wu, Q Liu, FP Jiao… - … Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
Due to natural and production activities, mercury contamination has become one of the
major environmental problems over the world. Mercury contamination is a serious threat to …

Expanded Diversity and Phylogeny of mer Genes Broadens Mercury Resistance Paradigms and Reveals an Origin for MerA Among Thermophilic Archaea

CA Christakis, T Barkay, ES Boyd - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic element due to its high affinity for protein sulfhydryl groups,
which upon binding, can destabilize protein structure and decrease enzyme activity …

Mercury reduction by black carbon under dark conditions

K Zhang, L Wang, M Qin, J Mulder, D Hou - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
An accurate depiction of mercury (Hg) reduction is important to predict Hg biogeochemistry
in both aquatic and soil systems. Although the photoreduction of Hg is well documented …

Mercury in rice paddy fields and how does some agricultural activities affect the translocation and transformation of mercury-A critical review

Z Tang, F Fan, S Deng, D Wang - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2020 - Elsevier
Human exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) through rice consumption is raising health
concerns. It has long been recognized that MeHg found in rice grain predominately …

Treatment and remediation of metal-contaminated water and groundwater in mining areas by biological sulfidogenic processes: A review

Y Li, Q Zhao, M Liu, J Guo, J **a, J Wang, Y Qiu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution in the mining areas leads to serious environmental problems. The
biological sulfidogenic process (BSP) mediated by sulfidogenic bacteria has been …

Mercury stable isotope fractionation during abiotic dark oxidation in the presence of thiols and natural organic matter

W Zheng, JD Demers, X Lu, BA Bergquist… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Mercury (Hg) stable isotope fractionation has been widely used to trace Hg sources and
transformations in the environment, although many important fractionation processes remain …

Isotopic fractionation and source appointment of methylmercury and inorganic mercury in a paddy ecosystem

C Qin, B Du, R Yin, B Meng, X Fu, P Li… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bioaccumulation of methylmercury (MeHg) in rice grains has been an emerging issue of
human health, but the mechanism of bioaccumulation is still poorly understood. Mercury …