Rivers as the largest source of mercury to coastal oceans worldwide

• Published in: Nature geoscience Vol. 14; no. 9; pp. 672 - 677
• Main Authors: Liu, Maodian, Zhang, Qianru, Maavara, Taylor, Liu, Shaoda, Wang, Xuejun, Raymond, Peter A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.09.2021; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/172/4081; 704/47/4112; Atmospheric models; Bioaccumulation; Climate change; Coastal fisheries; Deposition; Dimethylmercury; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth System Sciences; Exports; Fish; Fish consumption; Fisheries; Geochemistry; Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; High flow; Intellectual disabilities; Mercury; Mercury (metal); Methyl mercury; Methylmercury; Neurotoxicity; Ocean models; Oceans; Rivers

Mercury is a potent neurotoxic substance and accounts for 250,000 intellectual disabilities annually. Worldwide, coastal fisheries contribute the majority of human exposure to mercury through fish consumption. Recent global mercury cycling and risk models attribute all the mercury loading to the oce...