Mercury is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant. In Australia, there is an active Mercury Australia Network that held a symposium in 2023 that demonstrated the interest in the topic. We are seeking papers that cover all aspects of mercury in the environment, not only in Australia but in other international locations.

Environmental Chemistry publishes manuscripts addressing the chemistry of the natural and engineered environment (including indoor and outdoor air, water, earth and biota), including the behaviour and impacts of contaminants and other anthropogenic disturbances. The scope encompasses atmospheric chemistry, geochemistry and biogeochemistry, climate change, marine and freshwater chemistry, polar chemistry, fire chemistry, soil and sediment chemistry, and chemical aspects of ecotoxicology. Papers that take an interdisciplinary approach, while advancing our understanding of the linkages between chemistry and physical or biological processes, are particularly encouraged. The special issue will consider all studies that cover any of these areas in relation to mercury as an environmental contaminant.