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Articles | Volume 26, issue 7
Articles | Volume 26, issue 7
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Articles | Volume 26, issue 7
Technical note
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13 Apr 2026
Technical note |  | 13 Apr 2026

Technical note: A framework for causal inference applied to solar radiation and temperature effects on measured levels of gaseous elemental mercury in seawater

Hans-Martin Heyn and Michelle Nerentorp Mastromonaco

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We studied how environmental factors influence the release of mercury from seawater to the atmosphere. We applied a novel approach in which prior knowledge about cause-and-effect is captured as graphical models and then used to estimate effect sizes. Results showed that sunlight affects mercury both directly and indirectly, with about 32 % of the effect explained by temperature increase. Thus, causal models can improve our understanding of pollution processes and the effect policies.
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