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 …

Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining

JR Gerson, N Szponar, AA Zambrano… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Mercury emissions from artisanal and small-scale gold mining throughout the Global South
exceed coal combustion as the largest global source of mercury. We examined mercury …

Tundra uptake of atmospheric elemental mercury drives Arctic mercury pollution

D Obrist, Y Agnan, M Jiskra, CL Olson, DP Colegrove… - Nature, 2017‏ - nature.com
Anthropogenic activities have led to large-scale mercury (Hg) pollution in the Arctic,,,,,. It has
been suggested that sea-salt-induced chemical cycling of Hg (through 'atmospheric mercury …

Global and regional trends in mercury emissions and concentrations, 2010–2015

DG Streets, HM Horowitz, Z Lu, L Levin… - Atmospheric …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a naturally occurring element in the Earth's crust. It can be harmful to human
health when released in large quantities and/or converted to the neurotoxicant methyl …

A vegetation control on seasonal variations in global atmospheric mercury concentrations

M Jiskra, JE Sonke, D Obrist, J Bieser… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Anthropogenic mercury emissions are transported through the atmosphere as gaseous
elemental mercury (Hg (0)) before they are deposited to Earth's surface. Strong seasonality …

An updated review of atmospheric mercury

SN Lyman, I Cheng, LE Gratz, P Weiss-Penzias… - Science of the Total …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The atmosphere is a key component of the biogeochemical cycle of mercury, acting as a
reservoir, transport mechanism, and facilitator of chemical reactions. The chemical and …

Mercury deposition and redox transformation processes in peatland constrained by mercury stable isotopes

C Li, M Jiskra, MB Nilsson, S Osterwalder… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Peatland vegetation takes up mercury (Hg) from the atmosphere, typically contributing to net
production and export of neurotoxic methyl-Hg to downstream ecosystems. Chemical …

Mercury pollution in China: implications on the implementation of the Minamata Convention

X Feng, P Li, X Fu, X Wang, H Zhang… - … Science: Processes & …, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Mercury (Hg) is a toxic metal released into the environment through human activities and
natural processes. Human activities have profoundly increased the amount of Hg in the …

Climate and vegetation as primary drivers for global mercury storage in surface soil

X Wang, W Yuan, CJ Lin, L Zhang… - … Science & Technology, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Soil is the largest Hg reservoir globally. Data of Hg concentration in surface soil are
fundamental to understanding environmental Hg cycling. However, present knowledge on …