Effects of microplastics on soil properties: current knowledge and future perspectives

F Wang, Q Wang, CA Adams, Y Sun, S Zhang - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are a type of emerging contaminants that pose a potential threat to
global terrestrial ecosystems, including agroecosystems. In recent years, MPs in soil and …

Microplastic pollution in terrestrial ecosystems: Global implications and sustainable solutions

A Zeb, W Liu, N Ali, R Shi, Q Wang, J Wang, J Li… - Journal of hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MPs) pollution has become a global environmental concern with significant
impacts on ecosystems and human health. Although MPs have been widely detected in …

Microplastic pollution in soils, plants, and animals: a review of distributions, effects and potential mechanisms

X Chang, Y Fang, Y Wang, F Wang, L Shang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing production of synthetic plastics and poor management of plastic wastes have
dramatically increased the amount of plastics in the environment. In 2014, at the first United …

The ecology of the plastisphere: microbial composition, function, assembly, and network in the freshwater and seawater ecosystems

C Li, L Wang, S Ji, M Chang, L Wang, Y Gan, J Liu - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics provide a unique habitat for microorganisms, forming the plastisphere. Yet the
ecology of the plastisphere, including the microbial composition, functions, assembly …

Microplastics in soils: A review of methods, occurrence, fate, transport, ecological and environmental risks

Y Zhou, J Wang, M Zou, Z Jia, S Zhou, Y Li - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The global prevalence of microplastics (MPs) poses a potential threat and unpredictable risk
to the function and health of environmental systems. However, the research progress of soil …

Interactions between microplastics and soil fauna: a critical review

Q Wang, CA Adams, F Wang, Y Sun… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Microplastics (MPs) are emerging contaminants that cause diverse impacts on soil
ecosystems. As integral members of soil food webs, soil fauna exert key ecological functions …

Long-term fertilization history alters effects of microplastics on soil properties, microbial communities, and functions in diverse farmland ecosystem

HZ Li, D Zhu, JH Lindhardt, SM Lin… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microplastics (MPs) pollution has caused a threat to soil ecosystem diversity and functioning
globally. Recently, an increasing number of studies have reported effects of MPs on soil …

[HTML][HTML] Polystyrene microplastics induced female reproductive toxicity in mice

Z Liu, Q Zhuan, L Zhang, L Meng, X Fu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastics have caused serious environmental pollution. In recent years, microplastics (MPs)
have caused widespread concern about their potential toxicity on animals and humans …

Microplastics affect rice (Oryza sativa L.) quality by interfering metabolite accumulation and energy expenditure pathways: A field study

X Wu, H Hou, Y Liu, S Yin, S Bian, S Liang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic accumulation in agricultural soils can stress plants and affects quality of the
products. Current research on the effects of microplastics on plants is not consistent and the …

“Microplastic communities” in different environments: differences, links, and role of diversity index in source analysis

C Li, Y Gan, C Zhang, H He, J Fang, L Wang, Y Wang… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics have been detected in various environments, yet the differences between
microplastics in different environments are still largely unknown. Scientists have proposed …