Mercury reallocation in thawing subarctic peatlands

Warming Arctic temperatures have led to permafrost thaw that threatens to release previously sequestered mercury (Hg) back into the environment. Mobilisation of Hg in permafrost waters is of concer ...

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Geochemical Perspectives Letters

• Publication date

  2019-10-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.7185/geochemlet.1922
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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