Aarhus University, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Department of Ecoscience, P.O. Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Secretariat, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway.
Sci Total Environ. 2022 Oct 15;843:157020. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157020. Epub 2022 Jun 26.
This Editorial presents an overview of the Special Issue on advances in Arctic mercury (Hg) science synthesized from the 2021 assessment of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). Mercury continues to travel to Arctic environments and threaten wildlife and human health in this circumpolar region. Over the last decade, progress has been achieved in addressing policy-relevant uncertainties in environmental Hg contamination. This includes temporal trends of Hg, its transport to and within the Arctic, methylmercury cycling, climate change influences, biological effects of Hg on fish and wildlife, human exposure to Hg, and forecasting of Arctic responses to different future scenarios of anthropogenic Hg emissions. In addition, important contributions of Indigenous Peoples to Arctic research and monitoring of Hg are highlighted, including through projects of knowledge co-production. Finally, policy-relevant recommendations are summarized for future study of Arctic mercury. This series of scientific articles presents comprehensive information relevant to supporting effectiveness evaluation of the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury.
本社论概述了北极汞 (Hg) 科学进展的特刊，该特刊综合了北极监测与评估计划 (AMAP) 2021 年的评估结果。汞仍在向北极环境迁移，并威胁着这个环极地区的野生动植物和人类健康。在过去的十年中，在解决与政策相关的环境汞污染不确定性方面取得了进展。这包括汞的时间趋势、它在北极的传输和在北极的传输和循环、气候变化的影响、汞对鱼类和野生动物的生物影响、人类对汞的暴露，以及对不同未来人为汞排放情景下北极响应的预测。此外，还强调了土著人民对北极汞研究和监测的重要贡献，包括通过知识共同生产项目。最后，为未来的北极汞研究总结了与政策相关的建议。这一系列科学文章提供了与支持《联合国汞问题水俣公约》有效性评估相关的综合信息。
