A Synthesis of Progress and Uncertainties in Attributing the Sources of Mercury in Deposition
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- 1 February 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in AMBIO
- Vol. 36 (1), 19-33
- https://doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[19:asopau]2.0.co;2
Abstract
A panel of international experts was convened in Madison, Wisconsin, in 2005, as part of the 8th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Our charge was to address the state of science pertinent to source attribution, specifically our key question was: “For a given location, can we ascertain with confidence the relative contributions of local, regional, and global sources, and of natural versus anthropogenic emissions to mercury deposition?” The panel synthesized new research pertinent to this question published over the past decade, with emphasis on four major research topics: long-term anthropogenic change, current emission and deposition trends, chemical transformations and cycling, and modeling and uncertainty. Within each topic, the panel drew a series of conclusions, which are presented in this paper. These conclusions led us to concur that the answer to our question is a “qualified yes,” with the qualification being dependent upon the level of uncertainty one is willing t...This publication has 105 references indexed in Scilit:
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