Figure 1: APMMN site map showing the 15 countries where wet deposition of mercury has been monitored. The Asia Pacific Mercury Monitoring Network (APMMN) cooperates with government agencies, academic institutions, and scientific research organisations.
Assessing Mercury Contamination in the Finniss River: Uncovering the Hidden Threat to Traditional Foods and Aquatic Life
Rum Jungle, 60 km from Darwin in the Northern Territory, was once famous for its uranium mine. From 1953 to 1962, copper, lead, and silver were extracted from the 200-hectare mine site. The mine finally
Mercury Transport in the Burdekin River and Implications to Aquatic Species Toxicity
The Burdekin catchment, with an area of 133,600 km2, is in tropical North Queensland and is the largest source of suspended sediment released to the Great Barrier Reef. During the wet season, flooding dislodges and
PhD Project: Long range toxic metal pollution in Australia and the Sub-Antarctic Islands
Expressions of Interest close on the 10th of October 2022. A doctoral scholarship awarded to an outstanding candidate to undertake environmental research on Sub-Antarctic Islands This committed PhD scholarship will be awarded to a
Workshop on rPlum age-depth modelling
This workshop introduced participants to the new R-Package, PLUM, a novel approach to age-depth modelling that uses Bayesian statistics to reconstruct accumulation histories for 210Pb-dated deposits using prior information. It can combine 210Pb, 14C, and
Mercury dispersion within the Burdekin River catchment from legacy gold mine sites
Mercury (Hg) is a toxic heavy metal that has gained recent attention in Australia during the last few years, especially as Australia’s commitment to the Minamata Convention (focused on reducing anthropogenic release of Hg into
Special Forum
Mercury in the Southern Hemisphere and Tropics Over the last two decades, the cycle of mercury between the atmosphere, terrestrial and aquatic systems has received abundant attention in the Northern Hemisphere. In contrast, our understanding
Palaeoecological research in Timor-Leste to unveil deep-time dynamics of the biogeochemical cycle of mercury in the tropics
Rainfall is the most significant component of current climate variability in the tropics around Timor-Leste and is associated with the Monsoon, the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and the El Niño. A critical question on understanding
The biogeochemical cycle of mercury in Australia: fieldwork in the remote peatlands of Barrington Tops National Park, NSW
Biogeochemical cycles are the backbone of Earth system science. Mercury Australia is conducting research to understand how human activities have changed the natural biogeochemical cycle of mercury (Hg) in Australia. The goal of this study
Launch of Mercury Australia – March 2019
Mercury Australia Launch at the Australian National University on the 28th March 2019. List of speakers: Dr Larissa Schneider, Mercury Australia Convener, The Australian National University. Associate Professor Darren Sinclair, Mercury Australia Convener, University of
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