David Evers and Celia Chen are issue editors of a special issue of Ambio: A Journal of Environment and Society, titled Global mercury impact synthesis: Processes in the Southern Hemisphere.

“In the summer of 2021, lead authors of the 15th ICMGP 2022 synthesis were invited to develop and write papers in 2021–2022. These five papers later provided the basis for a virtual synthesis workshop that was held at the end of August 2022 to communicate the findings of the papers to policy makers, particularly those involved in the implementation of the Minamata Convention. The four topics and five papers comprising the present special section were presented in the plenary sessions of the 15th ICMGP 2022 and in special sessions on their topic areas. The first paper provides a review of the use of mercury in ASGM and mercury-free alternatives. The second paper examines the effects of climate change on the biogeochemical cycling of mercury. The third paper reviews the evolution of the scientific understanding of the risks of mercury to human health. And lastly, the fourth and fifth papers focus on the natural and anthropogenic sources and cycling of mercury in the Southern Hemisphere.”

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