Microplastics as an emerging threat to plant and soil health in agroecosystems

J Zhou, Y Wen, MR Marshall, J Zhao, H Gui… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (MPs,< 5 mm in diameter) have been widely recognized as a critical
environmental issue due to their extensive use and low degradation rate. Based on current …

Microplastics in plant-soil ecosystems: a meta-analysis

Y Zhang, C Cai, Y Gu, Y Shi, X Gao - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution is a recognized hazard in aquatic systems, but in the past decade has
emerged as a pollutant of interest in terrestrial ecosystems. This paper is the first formal meta …

The cycle of nitrogen in river systems: sources, transformation, and flux

X **a, S Zhang, S Li, L Zhang, G Wang… - … science: Processes & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrogen is a requisite and highly demanded element for living organisms on Earth.
However, increasing human activities have greatly altered the global nitrogen cycle …

Ecological risks of microplastics contamination with green solutions and future perspectives

A Khan, Z Jie, J Wang, J Nepal, N Ullah… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rise of plasticulture as mulching material in farming systems has raised concerns about
microplastics (MPs) in the agricultural landscape. MPs are emerging pollutants in croplands …

How climate change and eutrophication interact with microplastic pollution and sediment resuspension in shallow lakes: A review

Y Zhang, J Liang, G Zeng, W Tang, Y Lu, Y Luo… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change and eutrophication are both critical environmental issues currently. Climate
change induces more critical microplastic pollution and sediment resuspension in eutrophic …

Are biodegradable mulch films a sustainable solution to microplastic mulch film pollution? A biogeochemical perspective

F Huang, Q Zhang, L Wang, C Zhang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mulch film residue contributes significantly to global plastic pollution, and consequently
biodegradable mulch films (BDMs) are being adopted as a solution. BDMs decompose …

Evidence for assimilatory nitrate reduction as a previously overlooked pathway of reactive nitrogen transformation in estuarine suspended particulate matter

R Hu, S Liu, W Huang, Q Nan, PJ Strong… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Suspended particulate matter (SPM) contributes to the loss of reactive nitrogen (Nr) in
estuarine ecosystems. Although denitrification and anaerobic ammonium oxidation in SPM …

Enhanced microbial nitrification-denitrification processes in a subtropical metropolitan river network

Y Xuan, Y Mai, Y Xu, J Zheng, Z He, L Shu, Y Cao - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban rivers are hotspots of regional nitrogen (N) pollution and N transformations. Previous
studies have reported that the microbial community of urban rivers was different from that of …

Aromatic compounds releases aroused by sediment resuspension alter nitrate transformation rates and pathways during aerobic-anoxic transition

X Liu, R Sun, S Hu, Y Zhong, Y Wu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Aromatic compounds (ACs) releases aroused by sediment resuspension would certainly
change the concentrations of suspended sediment (SPS) and organic carbon, which may …

Can microplastics mediate soil properties, plant growth and carbon/nitrogen turnover in the terrestrial ecosystem?

Y Yao, W Lili, P Shufen, L Gang, L Hongmei… - Ecosystem Health …, 2022 - spj.science.org
Microplastic (MP) pollution, a global environmental problem, has been recently studied in
marine and freshwater environments. However, our understanding of MP effect on terrestrial …