Mercury is known as a global pollutant emitted by both anthropogenic and natural sources. In the atmosphere, the predominant form of mercury is gaseous elemental mercury, Hg°, (GEM), and its residence time in the atmosphere is around 1 year allowing a long-range transport. The global cycle of mercury is not well known because of its complexity. The study of Hg° in the atmosphere can provide a lot of information about its global cycle. The atmospheric Hg° concentration has been continuously measured in the atmosphere since the 1990's only. Being able to reconstruct past levels of GEMmercury would be very helpful to have a better comprehension of the mercury cycle, the anthropogenic impact, the response of the atmosphere, the importance of th...