Tundra uptake of atmospheric elemental mercury drives Arctic mercury pollution

Daniel Obrist (), Yannick Agnan, Martin Jiskra, Christine L. Olson, Dominique P. Colegrove, Jacques Hueber, Christopher W. Moore, Jeroen E. Sonke and Detlev Helmig ()
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Daniel Obrist: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Yannick Agnan: Desert Research Institute
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
Jeroen E. Sonke: Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/OMP/Université de Toulouse
Detlev Helmig: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado

Nature, 2017, vol. 547, issue 7662, 201-204

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.

Date: 2017
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