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USGS provides information on mercury sources, cycling, bioaccumulation and toxicity to assist land and resource managers reduce mercury hazards to people and the environment.

Background

USGS Fact Sheets on Mercury in the Environment

Information on worldwide supply & demand and flow of mercury

Mercury in U.S. Coal

Featured Activities

KQED's Mercury in the Bay - Part 1, interviews USGS scientist Mark Marvin-DiPasquale

Mercury and organic carbon dynamics during runnoff episodes from a Northeastern USA watershed

USGS Science Activities

National Mercury Studies

Research on Mercury Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems

Mercury Related to Mining and Natural Geologic Sources

Mercury Bioaccumulation

Mercury Atmospheric Deposition

Mercury Studies in Geographic Areas

Measuring Mercury in the Environment

Meetings and Discussion Groups

Atmospheric mercury session, Fall 2008 NADP meeting

Environmental Fate and Transformation of Mercury session at November 2008 SETAC Annual Meeting

Geological Society of America:
session: Mercury Cycling, Fate, and Bioaccumulation in Coastal Zones
GSA Joint Fall meeting

Fall 2008 American Geophysical Union
      Mercury Cycling in Ecosystems: Hot Spots and Hot Moments
      Effects of Air Pollutants on Ecosystems
      complete list of mercury-related AGU sessions

9th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (2009)

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