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SUBMITTER: Schneider L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10073387 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schneider Larissa L Fisher Jenny A JA Diéguez María C MC Fostier Anne-Hélène AH Guimaraes Jean R D JRD Leaner Joy J JJ Mason Robert R
Ambio 20230321 5
Recent studies demonstrate a short 3-6-month atmospheric lifetime for mercury (Hg). This implies Hg emissions are predominantly deposited within the same hemisphere in which they are emitted, thus placing increasing importance on considering Hg sources, sinks and impacts from a hemispheric perspective. In the absence of comprehensive Hg data from the Southern Hemisphere (SH), estimates and inventories for the SH have been drawn from data collected in the NH, with the assumption that the NH data ...[more]