| Title | Recent advances in understanding the global mercury cycle |
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| Author | Outridge, P ;
Mason, R; Wang, F; Heimbürger, L -E; Feng, X |
| Source | Technical background report to the global mercury assessment 2018; by AMAP; UN Environment; 2019 p. 2.1-2.10  Open Access |
| Links | Online - En ligne
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| Year | 2019 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20170179 |
| Publisher | United Nations Environment Programme, Chemicals Branch |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf (Adobe® Reader®) |
| Province | Canada |
| NTS | 1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 62; 63; 64; 65;
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| Area | world |
| Lat/Long WENS | -180.0000 180.0000 90.0000 -90.0000 |
| Subjects | environmental geology; Nature and Environment; Economics and Industry; mercury; mercury geochemistry; models; environmental impacts; mining; silver; cores; core analysis; atmospheric geochemistry; sea
water geochemistry; soil geochemistry; vegetation; cumulative effects |
| Illustrations | tables; time series; schematic representations; flow diagrams |
| Program | Environmental Geoscience
Management |
| Released | 2019 09 10 |
| Abstract | (unpublished)
This section of the Introductory chapter of the 2018 UNEP Global Mercury Update Assessment covers recent improvements (since 2012) in our understanding of the cycling and mass
balance budget of mercury in the global environment. Key topics include: new information on historical and current inputs from natural geogenic, and anthropogenic, sources; rates of removal of mercury from the bioactive environment, especially the
oceans; the importance in the present environment of historical mercury emissions from small-scale and artisanal gold, silver and mercury mining in past centuries; and uncertainties in our present understanding of the global mercury model. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The goal of the 2018 Global Mercury Update Assessment is to report to UNEP Governing Council on the state of science at present concerning mercury in the
global environment, including sources, environmental geochemistry, transport, and human and wildlife health. This Introductory section of the Assessment covers recent improvements (since 2012) in our understanding of the cycling and mass balance
budget of mercury in the global environment. Key topics include: new information on historical and current inputs from natural geogenic, and anthropogenic, sources; rates of removal of mercury from the bioactive environment, especially the oceans;
the importance in the present environment of historical mercury emissions from small-scale and artisanal gold, silver and mercury mining in past centuries; and uncertainties in our present understanding of the global mercury model. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 305867 |
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