Assessment of Mercury Concentrations and Fluxes Deposited from the Atmosphere on the Territory of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Stella Eyrikh, Liliya Shol, Elena Shinkaruk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: mercury; Arctic; atmospheric wet precipitation; deposition fluxes; AMDE; permafrost thawing; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Salekhard; Nadym; nenets; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13010037; https://doaj.org/article/6571374193844b4c841be7a5a10568be

The problem of mercury input and its further distribution in the Arctic environment is actively debated, especially in recent times, due to the observed processes of permafrost thawing causing the enhanced release of mercury into the Arctic atmosphere and further distribution in the terrestrial and...