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IKIMP Oil & Gas report published

Tue 31 January, 2012

IKIMP has today released a report on Mercury arising from oil and gas production in the United Kingdom and UK continental shelf which is now avialable for download.

US crackdown on mercury pollution

Fri 23 December, 2011

Chemistry World News, 23 December 2011 The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its long-awaited standards to limit mercury, lead and other toxic pollutants emitted by power
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UNEP Press Release: Mercury Negotiations Move Forward Towards Global Treaty

Mon 7 November, 2011

Nairobi, 3 November 2011 – Representatives from 120 governments gathered at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programmed (UNEP) in Nairobi for negotiations towards a global treaty
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Mercury Literature from Oxford Earth Sciences

Martin et al (2011) Rapid mercury (Hg) oxidation at volcanic vents: insights from high temperature thermodynamic models and vegetation biomonitoring at Mt Etna (Sicily). Chemical Geology, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.01.027.

Witt  et al  (2010) Atmospheric trace metals over the south-west Indian Ocean: Total gaseous mercury, aerosol trace metal concentrations and lead isotope ratios.  Marine Chemistry, doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2010.02.005

Witt  et al  (2010) Aerosol trace metals, particle morphology and total gaseous mercury in the atmosphere of Oxford, UK. Atmospheric Environment, doi/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.01.008

Martin et al.,  (2010) A total volatile inventory for Masaya volcano, Nicaragua,  Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research doi:10.1029/2010JB007480.

R. Martin et al., (2010) Major and trace element distributions around active volcanic vents determined by analyses of grass species: Implications for biogeochemical cycling and biomonitoring. Bulletin of Volcanology, doi:10.1007/s00445-010-0374-7.

Witt et al (2008) Fumarole compositions and mercury emissions from the Tatun Volcanic Field, Taiwan: Results from real time measurements and direct sampling techniques.  Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.  doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.06.035

Witt et al  (2008) Mercury and halogens from Masaya and Telica volcanoes, Nicaragua. JGR Solid Earth. doi:10.1029/2007JB005401

Aiuppa et al (2007 ) Real-time simultaneous detection of volcanic Hg and SO2 at La Fossa Crater, Vulcano (Aeolian Islands, Sicily). Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2007GL030762

Bagnato et al (2007), Degassing of gaseous (elemental and reactive) and particulate mercury from Mount Etna volcano (Southern Italy), Atmospheric Environment, (doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.05.060)

Mather and Pyle, (2004) Volcanic emissions of mercury to the atmosphere: global and regional inventories. Comment. The Science of the Total Environment,  (doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.08.031)

Pyle and Mather, (2003) The importance of volcanic emissions in the global atmospheric mercury cycle, Atmospheric Environment, (doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.07.011)


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