They provide an updated mass balance of the Arctic land and ocean mercury cycle.
Apr / 12 / 2022
Mercury
All what you wanted to know about mercury in the Mediterranean Sea…
Cossa and his co-workers summarized a critical review on the mercury budget, fate and health consequences in the Mediterranean Sea.
Mar / 23 / 2022
Mercury stable isotopes constrain atmospheric pathways to the ocean
The study’s results hold promise that the implementation of anti-pollution measures under the Minamata Convention will likely result in a faster decrease of oceanic mercury levels than previously thought.
Nov / 18 / 2021
Loss of old Arctic sea ice increases methylmercury concentrations
Researchers from the SCRIPPS, the Stockholm Natural Museum and the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography show the importance of sea ice composition on methylmercury budgets
Sep / 02 / 2020
Precise estimate of the mercury export from the Arctic to the Atlantic Ocean
Using new observations acquired during GEOTRACES Arctic cruises, a refined arctic mercury budget has been established
Jul / 21 / 2020
Arctic mercury export flux with marine particles higher than anticipated
In the ocean, the residence time of mercury (Hg), is largely driven by two removal mechanisms: evasion to the atmosphere and downward export flux with settling particles. The later was […]
May / 06 / 2020
Who produces methylmercury in the global ocean?
The UNEP Minamata Convention was ratified in August 2017 and aims to protect human health from mercury exposure by reducing anthropogenic, inorganic, mercury emissions. The most toxic and biomagnifying mercury […]
Mar / 18 / 2020
Methylmercury subsurface maxima explain mercury accumulation in Canadian Arctic marine mammals
Mercury (Hg) concentrations in Canadian Arctic marine mammals were monitored during the last four decades and found to be highly elevated, frequently exceeding toxicity thresholds. Mercury concentrations in marine biota […]
Nov / 05 / 2018
High production of methylmercury in the anoxic waters of the Black Sea
As part of the GEOTRACES MedBlack cruise, the research vessel Pelagia occupied 12 full-depth stations in the Black Sea along an East-West transect between July 13th and 25th, 2013. In […]
Apr / 30 / 2018