A study co-led by the Blas Cabrera Institute of Physical Chemistry (IQF-CSIC) and the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) detects high concentrations of compounds not predicted by current chemical models, based on the first measurements of oxidized mercury species using mass spectrometry. The work, published in Nature Communications, represents an advance in better understanding the oxidation of mercury in the atmosphere and the transport of this pollutant to regions far from human-made emission sources.
