Vegetation uptake of mercury and impacts on global cycling

J Zhou, D Obrist, A Dastoor, M Jiskra… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant that emits in large quantities to the atmosphere (> 6,000–
8,000 Mg Hg per year) through anthropogenic activities, biomass burning, geogenic …

A review of global environmental mercury processes in response to human and natural perturbations: Changes of emissions, climate, and land use

D Obrist, JL Kirk, L Zhang, EM Sunderland, M Jiskra… - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
We review recent progress in our understanding of the global cycling of mercury (Hg),
including best estimates of Hg concentrations and pool sizes in major environmental …

[HTML][HTML] A spatial assessment of mercury content in the European Union topsoil

C Ballabio, M Jiskra, S Osterwalder, P Borrelli… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Map** of surface soil Hg concentrations, a priority pollutant, at continental scale is
important in order to identify hotspots of soil Hg distribution (eg mining or industrial pollution) …

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 …

Overview of mercury dry deposition, litterfall, and throughfall studies

LP Wright, L Zhang, FJ Marsik - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The current knowledge concerning mercury dry deposition is reviewed, including dry-
deposition algorithms used in chemical transport models (CTMs) and at monitoring sites and …

Global warming accelerates uptake of atmospheric mercury in regions experiencing glacier retreat

X Wang, J Luo, W Yuan, CJ Lin, F Wang, C Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
As global climate continues to warm, melting of glaciers releases a large quantity of mercury
(Hg) originally locked in ice into the atmosphere and downstream ecosystems. Here, we …

Mercury in soils of the conterminous United States: patterns and pools

CI Olson, BM Geyman, CP Thackray… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Soils account for the largest global mercury reservoirs, but observations are sparse in many
regions. The accumulation and turnover of mercury in soils determines whether they act as …

Moss facilitating mercury, lead and cadmium enhanced accumulation in organic soils over glacial erratic at Mt. Gongga, China

X Wang, W Yuan, X Feng, D Wang, J Luo - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Moss is usually as an initial colonizer in alpine glacier retreated regions. We hypothesized
that moss can significantly facilitate the toxic metals accumulation in alpine ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric mercury deposition over the land surfaces and the associated uncertainties in observations and simulations: a critical review

L Zhang, P Zhou, S Cao, Y Zhao - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
One of the most important processes in the global mercury (Hg) biogeochemical cycling is
the deposition of atmospheric Hg, including gaseous elemental mercury (GEM), gaseous …

Organic fermentative‐humic soil subhorizon (Ofh) as a 'natural sponge'of selected trace elements: Does this feature make it a potential geoindicator of temperate soil …

S Dołęgowska, A Sołtys… - Land Degradation & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In a temperate climate zone, the outermost part of forest soil forms the organic‐O horizon. It
consists of subhorizons of varying thickness, including the organic fermentative‐humic …