Researchers reach milestone in measurement of airborne mercury

New testing technologies to support global effort to reduce health risks to people, wildlife

Peer-Reviewed Publication

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO

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IMAGE: THE NEW MEMBRANE SAMPLERS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED FOR TESTING AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD, INCLUDING HERE ON AMSTERDAM ISLAND IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. THE REMOTE ISLAND IS ROUGHLY EQUI-DISTANT, ABOUT 3,200 KILOMETERS, FROM MADAGASCAR, AUSTRALIA AND ANTARCTICA. view more 

CREDIT: PHOTO BY OLIVIER MAGAND.

JOURNAL

Science of The Total Environment

DOI

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159219 

METHOD OF RESEARCH

Experimental study

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH

Not applicable

ARTICLE TITLE

Comparison and calibration of methods for ambient reactive mercury quantification

Students learn to use one of the atmospheric mercury measurement systems at the University’s Valley Road Greenhouse Complex, part of the Experiment Station. Left to right: Natalie Allen, Chris Ford, Ben Ingle.

CREDIT

Photo by Sarrah Dunham-Cheatham