Mercury physicochemical and biogeochemical transformation in the atmosphere and at atmospheric interfaces: a review and future directions

PA Ariya, M Amyot, A Dastoor, D Deeds… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Mercury is a fascinating fluid metal that exists as liquid at 25 C (0 C= 273 K). This silver
colored d-block heavy metal exhibits noble-gas-like characteristics and solidifies at a …

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 as a global pollutant: sources, pathways, and effects

CT Driscoll, RP Mason, HM Chan… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant that affects human and ecosystem health. We synthesize
understanding of sources, atmosphere-land-ocean Hg dynamics and health effects, and …

A new mechanism for atmospheric mercury redox chemistry: implications for the global mercury budget

HM Horowitz, DJ Jacob, Y Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Mercury (Hg) is emitted to the atmosphere mainly as volatile elemental Hg 0. Oxidation to
water-soluble Hg II plays a major role in Hg deposition to ecosystems. Here, we implement a …

Global impacts of tropospheric halogens (Cl, Br, I) on oxidants and composition in GEOS-Chem

T Sherwen, JA Schmidt, MJ Evans… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
We present a simulation of the global present-day composition of the troposphere which
includes the chemistry of halogens (Cl, Br, I). Building on previous work within the GEOS …

An updated global mercury budget from a coupled atmosphere-land-ocean model: 40% more re-emissions buffer the effect of primary emission reductions

Y Zhang, P Zhang, Z Song, S Huang, T Yuan, P Wu… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
The effectiveness of reducing the environmental level of mercury (Hg) by controlling
anthropogenic emissions depends on the magnitude of re-emissions from the land and …

Global atmospheric model for mercury including oxidation by bromine atoms

CD Holmes, DJ Jacob, ES Corbitt, J Mao… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
Global models of atmospheric mercury generally assume that gas-phase OH and ozone are
the main oxidants converting Hg 0 to Hg II and thus driving mercury deposition to …

Gas-particle partitioning of atmospheric Hg (II) and its effect on global mercury deposition

HM Amos, DJ Jacob, CD Holmes… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric deposition of Hg (II) represents a major input of mercury to surface
environments. The phase of Hg (II)(gas or particle) has important implications for deposition …

Atmospheric mercury concentrations observed at ground-based monitoring sites globally distributed in the framework of the GMOS network

F Sprovieri, N Pirrone, M Bencardino… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Long-term monitoring of data of ambient mercury (Hg) on a global scale to assess its
emission, transport, atmospheric chemistry, and deposition processes is vital to …

Measurement of atmospheric mercury: Current limitations and suggestions for paths forward

MS Gustin, SM Dunham-Cheatham… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Mercury (Hg) researchers have made progress in understanding atmospheric Hg, especially
with respect to oxidized Hg (HgII) that can represent 2 to 20% of Hg in the atmosphere …