Global Mercury Emissions and Transport: Effectiveness Evaluation of Minamata Convention
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 December 2026 | Viewed by 117
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Interests: mercury biogeochemical cycling; mercury exposure and health effects; mercury stable isotopes; remediation of mercury contamination
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Interests: mercury; stable isotopes; speciation; methylation
Interests: mercury; trace contaminants; environmental health; modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mercury is a global pollutant since it occurs in the atmosphere mainly in elemental vapor form. Both human activities, such as coal combustion, metal smelting, cement production, waste incineration, etc., and natural processes, such as evasion from soil and water surfaces, forest fires, volcanic eruptions and geothermal activities, release large amounts of mercury into the atmosphere, which can travel long distances in the atmosphere and then be deposited in aquatic systems, forming MeHg, which can be bio-accumulated and bio-magnified in aquatic food chains, posing risks for the environment and human health. The Minamata Convention approved by the United Nations, which went into force in 2017, aimed to reduce mercury emissions in the atmosphere. Currently, the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention is employing international experts to evaluate the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention using monitoring data and modeling approaches. This Special Issue will present the latest research findings on and advancements in our understanding of the sources, transport, transformation, deposition, and impacts of mercury in the atmosphere. It will cover varied topics, including, but not limited to, the development of new monitoring techniques for atmospheric mercury, the assessment of mercury emissions from various sources, the study of mercury's behavior and fate in the atmosphere, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of policies and measures for reducing mercury emissions. This Special Issue will provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art on mercury in the atmosphere and identify future research directions. Contributions from experts in the field are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Xinbin Feng
Prof. Dr. Jianbo Shi
Dr. Asif Qureshi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- atmospheric Hg
- monitoring data
- modeling
- emission inventory from human activities
- natural emissions
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