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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 20.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2018 Nov 8;52(22):12968–12977. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b04542

Figure 2:

Figure 2:

(a) Global primary anthropogenic emissions of Hg to the atmosphere (in Mg). A New Policy (NP) is implemented in 2010 (black), 2020 (blue), 2025 (red), 2030 (green), 2035 (yellow) or 2050 (purple). The NP annual emissions target9 is reached at a rate of −32.7 Mg yr−1 even in case of delayed global action. (b) Global atmospheric Hg deposition to ecosystems (in Mg). Each 5-year delay in implementing NP delays by additional extra ca. 4 years the return of Hg deposition to its year 2010 level (chosen for illustrative purposes) due to legacy emissions.