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Mercury isotope evidence for Arctic summertime re-emission of mercury from the cryosphere

Araujo, Beatriz Ferreira
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Osterwalder, Stefan
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Szponar, Natalie
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August 24, 2022
Nature Communications

During Arctic springtime, halogen radicals oxidize atmospheric elemental mercury (Hg0), which deposits to the cryosphere. This is followed by a summertime atmospheric Hg0 peak that is thought to resultmostly fromterrestrial Hg inputs to the ArcticOcean, followed by photoreduction and emission to air. The large terrestrial Hg contribution to the Arctic Ocean and global atmosphere has raised concern over the potential release of permafrost Hg, via rivers and coastal erosion,with Arctic warming. Here we investigateHg isotope variability of Arctic atmospheric,marine, and terrestrial Hg.We observe highly characteristic Hg isotope signatures during the summertime peak that reflect re-emission of Hg deposited to the cryosphere during spring. Air mass back trajectories support a cryospheric Hg emission source but nomajor terrestrial source. This implies that terrestrial Hg inputs to theArcticOcean remain in the marine ecosystem, without substantial loss to the global atmosphere, but with possible effects on food webs.

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