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 synthesis of mercury research in the Southern Hemisphere, part 1: Natural processes

L Schneider, JA Fisher, MC Diéguez, AH Fostier… - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Recent studies demonstrate a short 3–6-month atmospheric lifetime for mercury (Hg). This
implies Hg emissions are predominantly deposited within the same hemisphere in which …

Bioconcentration, bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury in plankton of the Mediterranean Sea

JA Tesán-Onrubia, LE Heimbürger-Boavida… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plankton plays a prominent role in the bioaccumulation of mercury (Hg). The MERITE-
HIPPOCAMPE campaign was carried out in spring 2019 along a north-south transect …

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 …

Global mercury concentrations in biota: Their use as a basis for a global biomonitoring framework

DC Evers, JT Ackerman, S Åkerblom, D Bally, N Basu… - Ecotoxicology, 2024 - Springer
An important provision of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is to monitor and evaluate
the effectiveness of the adopted measures and its implementation. Here, we describe for the …

A century of mercury: Ecosystem-wide changes drive increasing contamination of a tropical seabird species in the South Atlantic Ocean

F Cusset, SJ Reynolds, A Carravieri, D Amouroux… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic metal that adversely impacts human and wildlife health. The
amount of Hg released globally in the environment has increased steadily since the …

Warming-Induced Vegetation Greening May Aggravate Soil Mercury Levels Worldwide

W Guo, M Liu, Q Zhang, Y Deng, Z Chu… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Mercury, a neurotoxic substance, circulates globally, significantly stored in soils through
atmospheric deposition and plant decay. Despite being deposited, mercury can be …

Stable Tuna Mercury Concentrations since 1971 Illustrate Marine Inertia and the Need for Strong Emission Reductions under the Minamata Convention

A Médieu, D Point, JE Sonke, H Angot… - … & Technology Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Humans are exposed to toxic methylmercury mainly by consuming marine fish. While
reducing mercury emissions and releases aims to protect human health, it is unclear how …

Mercury concentrations in tuna blood and muscle mirror seawater methylmercury in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

RV Barbosa, D Point, A Médieu, V Allain… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the relationship between mercury in seafood and the distribution of oceanic
methylmercury is key to understand human mercury exposure. Here, we determined …

Analysis of toxic metals found in shark fins collected from a global trade hub

KH Chan, JAP Gowidjaja, MQ Urera… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
As human activities release increasingly more fossil fuel-derived emissions directly into the
atmosphere, terrestrial, aquatic, or marine ecosystems, the biomagnification and …