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Tundra uptake of atmospheric elemental mercury drives Arctic mercury pollution

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  • Daniel Obrist

    (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
    Desert Research Institute)

  • Yannick Agnan

    (Desert Research Institute
    Milieux Environnementaux, Transferts et Interactions dans les Hydrosystèmes et les Sols (METIS), UMR 7619, Sorbonne Universités UPMC-CNRS-EPHE)

  • Martin Jiskra

    (Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/OMP/Université de Toulouse)

  • Christine L. Olson

    (Desert Research Institute)

  • Dominique P. Colegrove

    (Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado)

  • Jacques Hueber

    (Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado)

  • Christopher W. Moore

    (Desert Research Institute
    Gas Technology Institute (GTI))

  • Jeroen E. Sonke

    (Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/OMP/Université de Toulouse)

  • Detlev Helmig

    (Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado)

Abstract

A two-year study of mercury deposition in the Arctic finds that the main source of mercury is gaseous elemental mercury, which is deposited throughout the year and leads to very high soil mercury levels.

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  • Daniel Obrist & Yannick Agnan & Martin Jiskra & Christine L. Olson & Dominique P. Colegrove & Jacques Hueber & Christopher W. Moore & Jeroen E. Sonke & Detlev Helmig, 2017. "Tundra uptake of atmospheric elemental mercury drives Arctic mercury pollution," Nature, Nature, vol. 547(7662), pages 201-204, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:547:y:2017:i:7662:d:10.1038_nature22997
    DOI: 10.1038/nature22997
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    6. Chuxian Li & Martin Jiskra & Mats B. Nilsson & Stefan Osterwalder & Wei Zhu & Dmitri Mauquoy & Ulf Skyllberg & Maxime Enrico & Haijun Peng & Yu Song & Erik Björn & Kevin Bishop, 2023. "Mercury deposition and redox transformation processes in peatland constrained by mercury stable isotopes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    7. Joshua D. Landis & Daniel Obrist & Jun Zhou & Carl E. Renshaw & William H. McDowell & Christopher J. Nytch & Marisa C. Palucis & Joanmarie Vecchio & Fernando Montano Lopez & Vivien F. Taylor, 2024. "Quantifying soil accumulation of atmospheric mercury using fallout radionuclide chronometry," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.

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