Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling
Past and present anthropogenic mercury (Hg) release to ecosystems causes neurotoxicity and cardiovascular disease in humans with an estimated economic cost of $117 billion USD annually. Humans are primarily exposed to Hg via the consumption of contaminated freshwater and marine fish. The UNEP Minama...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org:ark:/13030/qt5kb6383d 2023-09-05T13:22:33+02:00 Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling Sonke, Jeroen E Angot, Hélène Zhang, Yanxu Poulain, Alexandre Björn, Erik Schartup, Amina 853 - 876 2023-05-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5kb6383d unknown eScholarship, University of California qt5kb6383d https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5kb6383d public Ambio, vol 52, iss 5 Life Below Water Life on Land Animals Humans Ecosystem Mercury Fishes Environmental Monitoring Climate change Environment Exposure Fish consumption Minamata Convention Toxicity Ecology article 2023 ftcdlib 2023-08-21T18:04:15Z Past and present anthropogenic mercury (Hg) release to ecosystems causes neurotoxicity and cardiovascular disease in humans with an estimated economic cost of $117 billion USD annually. Humans are primarily exposed to Hg via the consumption of contaminated freshwater and marine fish. The UNEP Minamata Convention on Hg aims to curb Hg release to the environment and is accompanied by global Hg monitoring efforts to track its success. The biogeochemical Hg cycle is a complex cascade of release, dispersal, transformation and bio-uptake processes that link Hg sources to Hg exposure. Global change interacts with the Hg cycle by impacting the physical, biogeochemical and ecological factors that control these processes. In this review we examine how global change such as biome shifts, deforestation, permafrost thaw or ocean stratification will alter Hg cycling and exposure. Based on past declines in Hg release and environmental levels, we expect that future policy impacts should be distinguishable from global change effects at the regional and global scales. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost University of California: eScholarship |
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Life Below Water Life on Land Animals Humans Ecosystem Mercury Fishes Environmental Monitoring Climate change Environment Exposure Fish consumption Minamata Convention Toxicity Ecology Sonke, Jeroen E Angot, Hélène Zhang, Yanxu Poulain, Alexandre Björn, Erik Schartup, Amina Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling |
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Past and present anthropogenic mercury (Hg) release to ecosystems causes neurotoxicity and cardiovascular disease in humans with an estimated economic cost of $117 billion USD annually. Humans are primarily exposed to Hg via the consumption of contaminated freshwater and marine fish. The UNEP Minamata Convention on Hg aims to curb Hg release to the environment and is accompanied by global Hg monitoring efforts to track its success. The biogeochemical Hg cycle is a complex cascade of release, dispersal, transformation and bio-uptake processes that link Hg sources to Hg exposure. Global change interacts with the Hg cycle by impacting the physical, biogeochemical and ecological factors that control these processes. In this review we examine how global change such as biome shifts, deforestation, permafrost thaw or ocean stratification will alter Hg cycling and exposure. Based on past declines in Hg release and environmental levels, we expect that future policy impacts should be distinguishable from global change effects at the regional and global scales. |
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Sonke, Jeroen E Angot, Hélène Zhang, Yanxu Poulain, Alexandre Björn, Erik Schartup, Amina |
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Sonke, Jeroen E Angot, Hélène Zhang, Yanxu Poulain, Alexandre Björn, Erik Schartup, Amina |
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Sonke, Jeroen E |
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Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling |
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Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling |
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Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling |
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Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling |
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Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling |
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global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling |
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