Global warming exacerbates mercury soil pollution

Climate warming can amplify the remobilization of mercury from the soil, making it easier for it to be incorporated into the food webs that humans exploit

Mercury, a neurotoxic substance, circulates globally and is significantly stored in soils through atmospheric deposition and plant decomposition.
Despite being deposited, mercury can be remobilized and released into the atmosphere and water, improving its overall cycle.

Recent research suggests that global warming may amplify the remobilization of mercury from the soil, making it easier for it to be incorporated into the food webs that humans exploit.

Increased plant growth due to climate change may add even more mercury to the soil, which continues to grow despite the 2017 emissions reduction agreement.

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