The soil plastisphere

MC Rillig, SW Kim, YG Zhu - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding the effects of plastic pollution in terrestrial ecosystems is a priority in
environmental research. A central aspect of this suite of pollutants is that it entails particles …

Plant responses to multifactorial stress combination

SI Zandalinas, R Mittler - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Human activity is causing a global change in plant environment that includes a significant
increase in the number and intensity of different stress factors. These include combinations …

Formation of necromass-derived soil organic carbon determined by microbial death pathways

T Camenzind, K Mason-Jones, I Mansour… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Soil organic matter is the dominant carbon pool in terrestrial ecosystems, and its
management is of increasing policy relevance. Soil microbes are the main drivers of soil …

Polystyrene microplastics-induced cardiotoxicity in chickens via the ROS-driven NF-κB-NLRP3-GSDMD and AMPK-PGC-1α axes

Y Zhang, K Yin, D Wang, Y Wang, H Lu, H Zhao… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) pollution is getting increasingly prominent, and its dangers have
attracted widespread attention. The heart is the central hub of the organism's survival, and …

Multiple anthropogenic pressures eliminate the effects of soil microbial diversity on ecosystem functions in experimental microcosms

G Yang, M Ryo, J Roy, DR Lammel… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Biodiversity is crucial for the provision of ecosystem functions. However, ecosystems are
now exposed to a rapidly growing number of anthropogenic pressures, and it remains …

Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide

YR Liu, MGA Van der Heijden, J Riedo… - nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Soil contamination is one of the main threats to ecosystem health and sustainability. Yet little
is known about the extent to which soil contaminants differ between urban greenspaces and …

Increasing the number of stressors reduces soil ecosystem services worldwide

MC Rillig, MGA Van der Heijden, M Berdugo… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Increasing the number of environmental stressors could decrease ecosystem functioning in
soils. Yet this relationship has not been globally assessed outside laboratory experiments …

Understanding the combined effects of multiple stressors: A new perspective on a longstanding challenge

E Pirotta, L Thomas, DP Costa, AJ Hall… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wildlife populations and their habitats are exposed to an expanding diversity and intensity of
stressors caused by human activities, within the broader context of natural processes and …

The impact of multifactorial stress combination on plants, crops, and ecosystems: how should we prepare for what comes next?

SI Zandalinas, MÁ Peláez‐Vico, R Sinha… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The complexity of environmental conditions encountered by plants in the field, or in nature,
is gradually increasing due to anthropogenic activities that promote global warming, climate …

Number of simultaneously acting global change factors affects composition, diversity and productivity of grassland plant communities

B Speißer, RA Wilschut, M Van Kleunen - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Plant communities experience impacts of increasing numbers of global change factors (eg,
warming, eutrophication, pollution). Consequently, unpredictable global change effects …