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Jonas Sommar is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research contributions focus extensively on mercury impact and mitigation studies, with additional work addressing toxic organic pollutants impact, heavy metal exposure and toxicity, and heavy metals in the environment.

Their scholarly output includes publications in key subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

Sommar has published research articles in several scientific journals, notably:

  • "Mercury biogeochemical cycling: A synthesis of recent scientific advances," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Recent advances in understanding and measurement of Hg in the environment: Surface-atmosphere exchange of gaseous elemental mercury (Hg0)," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Stable Mercury Isotope Transition during Postdepositional Decomposition of Biomass in a Forest Ecosystem over Five Centuries," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Quantification of Atmospheric Mercury Deposition to and Legacy Re-emission from a Subtropical Forest Floor by Mercury Isotopes," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Characteristics, Accumulation, and Potential Health Risks of Antimony in Atmospheric Particulate Matter," 2021, ACS Omega

Frequent publication venues for Sommar's work include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • ACS Omega
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Water Research

Co-authors who have often collaborated with Sommar are:

  • Xinbin Feng
  • Che-Jen Lin
  • Xuewu Fu
  • Leiming Zhang
  • Guangyi Sun

Main topics addressed throughout Sommar's career encompass:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection

Best Publications

  • A synthesis of atmospheric mercury depletion event chemistry in the atmosphere and snow

    A. Steffen;T. Douglas;M. Amyot;P. Ariya

  • Mercury in the marine boundary layer and seawater of the South China Sea: Concentrations, sea/air flux, and implication for land outflow

    Xuewu Fu;Xinbin Feng;Gan Zhang;Weihai Xu;Weihai Xu

  • A kinetic study of the gas-phase reaction between the hydroxyl radical and atomic mercury

    Jonas Sommar;Katarina Gårdfeldt;Dan Strömberg;Xinbin Feng

  • Atmospheric mercury inputs in montane soils increase with elevation: evidence from mercury isotope signatures

    Hua Zhang;Run-sheng Yin;Xin-bin Feng;Jonas Sommar

  • Nevada STORMS project: Measurement of mercury emissions from naturally enriched surfaces

    M. Sexauer Gustin;S. Lindberg;F. Marsik;A. Casimir

  • Distribution patterns of inorganic mercury and methylmercury in tissues of rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants and possible bioaccumulation pathways.

    Bo Meng;Xinbin Feng;Guangle Qiu;Yong Cai

  • International field intercomparison measurements of atmospheric mercury species at Mace Head, Ireland

    R. Ebinghaus;S.G. Jennings;W.H. Schroeder;T. Berg

  • A review of studies on atmospheric mercury in China

    Xuewu Fu;Xinbin Feng;Jonas Sommar;Shaofeng Wang

  • Intercomparison of methods for sampling and analysis of atmospheric mercury species

    J Munthe;I Wängberg;N Pirrone;Å Iverfeldt

  • Stable Isotope Evidence Shows Re-emission of Elemental Mercury Vapor Occurring after Reductive Loss from Foliage.

    Wei Yuan;Jonas Sommar;Che-Jen Lin;Che-Jen Lin;Xun Wang

  • Oxidation of atomic mercury by hydroxyl radicals and photoinduced decomposition of methylmercury in the aqueous phase

    Katarina Gårdfeldt;Jonas Sommar;Dan Strömberg;Xinbin Feng;Xinbin Feng

  • Mass-Dependent and -Independent Fractionation of Mercury Isotope during Gas-Phase Oxidation of Elemental Mercury Vapor by Atomic Cl and Br.

    Guangyi Sun;Jonas Sommar;Xinbin Feng;Che-Jen Lin

  • Atmospheric mercury distribution in Northern Europe and in the Mediterranean region

    I. Wängberg;J. Munthe;N. Pirrone;Å. Iverfeldt

  • Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Mercury in China: New Evidence for Sources and Transformation Processes in Air and in Vegetation.

    Ben Yu;Xuewu Fu;Runsheng Yin;Hui Zhang

  • Evasion of mercury from coastal and open waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea

    Katarina Gårdfeldt;Jonas Sommar;Romano Ferrara;Claudia Ceccarini

  • Increases in mercury emissions from desert soils in response to rainfall and irrigation

    S. E. Lindberg;H. Zhang;M. Gustin;A. Vette

  • Enhanced concentrations of dissolved gaseous mercury in the surface waters of the Arctic Ocean

    Maria Andersson;Jonas Sommar;Katarina Gardfeldt;Oliver Lindqvist

  • Total gaseous mercury in the atmosphere of Guiyang, PR China.

    Xinbin Feng;Shunlin Tang;Lihai Shang;Haiyu Yan

  • Occurrence, emissions and deposition of mercury during coal combustion in the province Guizhou, China

    Xinbin Feng;Jonas Sommar;Oliver Lindqvist;Yetang Hong

  • Using Mercury Isotopes To Understand Mercury Accumulation in the Montane Forest Floor of the Eastern Tibetan Plateau.

    Xun Wang;Ji Luo;Runsheng Yin;Wei Yuan

  • A kinetic study of the gas-phase reaction between the hydroxyl radical and atomic mercury

    J. Sommar;Katarina Gårdfeldt;Xinbin Feng;Dan Strömberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Xinbin Feng
Xinbin Feng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Che-Jen Lin
Che-Jen Lin Lamar University
Oliver Lindqvist
Oliver Lindqvist University of Gothenburg
John Munthe
John Munthe IVL - Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Xuewu Fu
Xuewu Fu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ralf Ebinghaus
Ralf Ebinghaus Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Lihai Shang
Lihai Shang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xun Wang
Xun Wang Tsinghua University
Runsheng Yin
Runsheng Yin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kevin Bishop
Kevin Bishop Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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