Fig. 3: Spatiotemporal shifts in anthropogenic Hg emissions worldwide from 1960 to 2021.
From: Declines in anthropogenic mercury emissions in the Global North and China offset by the Global South
a Shifts in the proportion of global emissions contributed by ten regions from 1960 to 2021. b Latitudinal shifts in Hg emissions from 1960 to 2021. In panel b, bars represent the sum of all anthropogenic Hg emissions in each latitudinal interval, lines represent the latitudinal trends of Hg emissions, and the gray arrow represents the direction of movement of the emission hotspots. WEurope - Western Europe, ECEurope - Eastern and Central Europe, U.S.&CA - United States and Canada, RON - the rest of the Global North, SSA - Sub-Saharan Africa, NAME - Northern Africa and the Middle East, LATIN - Latin America, ROS - the rest of the Global South.
