Gulf of Maine near Nova Scotia on the RV Endeavor. Net tows yields lots of stuff. McLane pimps for particles & trace metal clean rosette for water. Not a bad day at the office! ⁦UConn Marine Sciences⁩ ⁦U.S. National Science Foundation⁩ ⁦⁦UConn Research⁩

Next week join us for a #MinamataOnline session on "#Mercury in Southern Hemisphere" co-organized with the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP). 🗓️ Wednesday 12 April, at 12h00-13h30 CEDT Learn more & register 🔜 bit.ly/MO230412

Arriving back after a short but successful cruise

Congratulations to Dr. Patricia Myer, who has defended her dissertation titled "A Critical Examination of the Factors Controlling Methylmercury Uptake into Marine Plankton!" Read more here: marinesciences.uconn.edu/2023/04/10/con…

80+ oF day in April is crazy but why not haul out the grill! Wonderful evening cooking up a storm - crab cakes, grilled verges & tempeh kebabs

Wren nesting in box outside kitchen window & bluebird in box next to vegetable garden. Spring, it’s happening

Red Sox win over Blue Jays again & Celtics blow past the 76ers. A good night to be watching them both. Excellent outcomes

Paper on modeling MeHg into mummichogs across contamination gradients now published. Great to finally get it out there! nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Non science news! In London & have met newly born granddaughter Farran Mason McDade. Now 2 weeks old! Wonderful to meet her & catch up with new Mom Nina.

Next week, #MinamataOnline will celebrate ##WorldEnvironmentDay with a session focusing on photography & mercury, with winners & jury members of the 2022 #MakeMercuryHistory photo contest. 🗓️ Monday 5 June, at 13h00-14h00 CEDT Learn more & register ➡️ bit.ly/MO230605PC

Load shedding! A wonderful way for South Africa to label regularly scheduled power outages. 3 a day at the moment. Getting to experience these live as am in Stellenbosch & surrounds for a few months on a fellowship. Such is life & the wine is excellent

Website for ICMGP is now live. Check it out & see you in Cape Town in 2024! 16th International Conference On Mercury As A Global Pollutant | 21 - 26 July 2024 mercurycapetown.com

Today at 13h00-14h00 CEDT, join our #MinamataOnline conversation on #photography & #mercury with our #MakeMercuryHistory contest winners & #Minamata film director Andrew Levitas. 🗓️ Register on WebEx ➡️ bit.ly/MO230605PC 📺Watch on #YouTubeLive ⤵️ youtube.com/live/vNU1Lykad…

At Cape Point Atmospheric Watch station checking equipment & getting stuff for the upcoming cruise. TGM ~ 1 ng/m3 today.

Express delivery and installation for continuous dissolved gaseous #mercury measurements onboard #research #icebreaker Agulhas II

Congratulations to Alina Kleindienst for her 1st 1st author paper | Excellent #metrology work showing how to measure methylated #mercury species in the #ocean | sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In the late stages of a cruise in the Gulf of Maine. Mercury, of course. Water, particles with McLane pumps, net tows, meth/demeth and all! Collab with Dartmouth colleagues.

Maodian Liu's paper on Hg cycling and net methylation in Long Island Sound is now published in ES&T. pubs.acs.org/action/showCit…

via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/09/22/wor…

via ⁦The New York Times⁩ . Pretty good article on the impact of mercury use in gold mining on developing nations where most of the activity occurs. Currently China is the main mercury producer globally so its role makes sense nytimes.com/2023/09/22/wor…