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POSTECH ±Ç¼¼À± ±³¼ö´Â ¡°¼öÀº À¯ÀÔ °æ·Î¿Í ±â¿©µµ¸¦ Á¤·®ÀûÀ¸·Î Á¦½ÃÇØ ±âÈÄ º¯È·Î ±Þº¯ÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Â ºÏ±Ø Áö¿ª¿¡¼ ¼öÀº ³óµµ¿Í À̵¿À» ¿¹ÃøÇÏ´Â ±âÃÊ ÀÚ·á·Î È°¿ëµÉ °ÍÀ̸ç, UNEPÀÇ ¹Ì³ª¸¶Å¸Çù¾à(±¹Á¦¼öÀºÇù¾à)ÀÇ Á¤Ã¥ ¹æÇâ ¼³Á¤À» À§ÇÑ °¡À̵å¶óÀÎÀÌ µÉ °Í¡±À̶ó¸ç À̹ø ¿¬±¸ÀÇ ÀÇÀǸ¦ ÀüÇß´Ù. ÇÑÆí, ÀÌ ¿¬±¸´Â °úÇбâ¼úÁ¤º¸Åë½ÅºÎ¿Í Çؾç¼ö»êºÎ, Çؾç¼ö»ê°úÇбâ¼úÁøÈï¿øÀÇ Áö¿øÀ¸·Î ¼öÇàµÆ´Ù. <±¸±Û ¹ø¿ªÀ¸·Î ¹ø¿ªÇÑ ¿µ¹® ±â»çÀÇ Àü¹® ÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ¹ø¿ª¿¡ ¿À·ù°¡ ÀÖÀ» ¼ö ÀÖÀ½À» ¹àÈü´Ï´Ù.> POSTECH and Polar Research Institute Joint Research Team Identifies New Pathway of Mercury Threatening Arctic Ecosystem POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) announced on the 26th that the research team of Professor Kwon Se-yoon of the Department of Environmental Engineering and Integrated Program Lim Seung-hyun, through research with the Polar Research Institute research team, identified the path through which creatures living in the Arctic are exposed to high concentrations of mercury, thereby suggesting a new direction for protecting the Arctic ecosystem. This research was published in ¡®Nature Communications,¡¯ one of the international academic journals in the field of science. Mercury (Hg) is the only metal that exists as a liquid at room temperature, and is released into the environment through coal combustion or waste incineration, and is very fatal to humans and nature. However, recently, higher-than-expected mercury concentrations have been detected in Arctic cod and polar bears living in the Arctic, known as a mercury-free region, raising concerns about the Arctic ecosystem. In order to protect the Arctic from mercury contamination, it is necessary to accurately identify the main inflow paths and sources, but existing analysis methods have limited accurate analysis because they focus only on measuring the total amount of mercury. To overcome these limitations, the research team at POSTECH and the Polar Research Institute introduced an analysis method using seven stable isotopes of mercury. Mercury enters through various routes such as the atmosphere, ocean, and land, and since each source of inflow has its own isotope ratio, comparing them allows us to distinguish the sources of mercury inflow and estimate each ratio. The analysis of samples (including marine plankton, fish, seawater, and sediment) collected from waters adjacent to the Arctic, such as the Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea, and Beaufort Sea, showed that approximately 70% of the mercury present in Arctic organisms originated from gaseous mercury in the atmosphere. This means that gaseous mercury in the atmosphere is oxidized on the surface of plants and sea salt particles, converted into a form that can be directly absorbed by marine organisms, and then supplied to the seawater. The research team¡¯s analysis results show that the mercury contamination route in the Arctic ecosystem is clearly different from that in low-latitude regions. In low-latitude regions, mercury flows into the ocean through human activities, but in the Arctic, it has been revealed that mercury can also move into the ocean through natural processes. Professor Kwon Se-yoon of POSTECH said, ¡°It will be used as basic data to predict mercury concentration and movement in the Arctic region, which is rapidly changing due to climate change, by quantitatively presenting the mercury inflow path and contribution, and it will serve as a guideline for setting policy directions for the Minamata Convention (International Mercury Convention) of UNEP,¡± explaining the significance of this study. Meanwhile, this study was conducted with the support of the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology Promotion. Ãâó: ºê·¹ÀÌÅ©´º½º |