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 …

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 …

Global change‐driven effects on dissolved organic matter composition: Implications for food webs of northern lakes

IF Creed, AK Bergström, CG Trick… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Northern ecosystems are experiencing some of the most dramatic impacts of global change
on Earth. Rising temperatures, hydrological intensification, changes in atmospheric acid …

Challenges and opportunities for managing aquatic mercury pollution in altered landscapes

H Hsu-Kim, CS Eckley, D Achá, X Feng, CC Gilmour… - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
The environmental cycling of mercury (Hg) can be affected by natural and anthropogenic
perturbations. Of particular concern is how these disruptions increase mobilization of Hg …

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 …

Biotic formation of methylmercury: A bio–physico–chemical conundrum

AG Bravo, C Cosio - Limnology and Oceanography, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mercury (Hg) is a natural and widespread trace metal, but is considered a priority pollutant,
particularly its organic form methylmercury (MMHg), because of human's exposure to MMHg …

Influence of dissolved organic matter (DOM) characteristics on dissolved mercury (Hg) species composition in sediment porewater of lakes from southwest China

T Jiang, AG Bravo, U Skyllberg, E Björn, D Wang… - Water Research, 2018 - Elsevier
The origin and composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in porewater of lake
sediments is intricate and decisive for fate of pollutants including mercury (Hg). While there …

Mobilization, methylation, and demethylation of mercury in a paddy soil under systematic redox changes

J Wang, SM Shaheen, M **g… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Methylmercury (MeHg) contamination in paddy fields is a significant environmental issue
globally since over half of the population of our planet consumes rice. MeHg is a neurotoxin …

Understanding mercury methylation in the changing environment: Recent advances in assessing microbial methylators and mercury bioavailability

WL Tang, YR Liu, WY Guan, H Zhong, XM Qu… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Methylmercury (MeHg) is a neurotoxin, mainly derived from microbial mercury methylation in
natural aquatic environments, and poses threats to human health. Polar regions and paddy …

Recent advances in the study of mercury methylation in aquatic systems

AR Paranjape, BD Hall - Facets, 2017 - facetsjournal.com
With increasing input of neurotoxic mercury to environments as a result of anthropogenic
activity, it has become imperative to examine how mercury may enter biotic systems through …