Insight into microplastics in the aquatic ecosystem: Properties, sources, threats and mitigation strategies

N Ali, MH Khan, M Ali, S Ahmad, A Khan, G Nabi… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Globally recognized as emergent contaminants, microplastics (MPs) are prevalent in
aquaculture habitats and subject to intense management. Aquaculture systems are at risk of …

Current progress on plastic/microplastic degradation: Fact influences and mechanism

Z Lin, T Jin, T Zou, L Xu, B Xi, D Xu, J He, L Xiong… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution, particularly non-degradable residual plastic films and microplastics (MPs),
is a serious environmental problem that continues to worsen each year. Numerous studies …

Microplastic pollution in soil and groundwater: a review

RW Chia, JY Lee, H Kim, J Jang - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021 - Springer
Plastic particles of less than 5 mm size, referred as microplastics, have recently become a
major environmental issue. While microplastics are well known in marine and lake systems …

Microplastics in agricultural soils in China: Sources, impacts and solutions

KHD Tang - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
The detection of microplastics (MPs) in agricultural soils has raised alarms on their potential
impacts on agricultural production, particularly in China where agriculture has great …

Soil microplastic characteristics and the effects on soil properties and biota: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Qiu, S Zhou, C Zhang, Y Zhou, W Qin - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
The soil environment serves as an assembling area for microplastics, and is an important
secondary source of microplastics in other environmental media. Recently, soil microplastics …

A critical review of microplastics in the soil-plant system: Distribution, uptake, phytotoxicity and prevention

Z Zhang, Q Cui, L Chen, X Zhu, S Zhao, C Duan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are creating an emerging threat on the soil ecosystems and are of great
global concern. However, the distribution in soil-plant system, as well as the phytotoxicity …

Interactions between microplastics and heavy metals in aquatic environments: a review

S Liu, J Shi, J Wang, Y Dai, H Li, J Li, X Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microplastics (MPs), tiny particles broken down from larger pieces of plastics, have
accumulated everywhere on the earth. As an inert carbon stream in aquatic environment …

The occurrence of microplastics in farmland and grassland soils in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau: Different land use and mulching time in facility agriculture

S Feng, H Lu, Y Liu - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution in the environment has aroused great concern. However, our
knowledge of MP abundance and distribution in soil environment is scarce. This work …

Polyethylene microplastics alter the microbial functional gene abundances and increase nitrous oxide emissions from paddy soils

Y Yu, X Li, Z Feng, M Xiao, T Ge, Y Li, H Yao - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The accumulation of microplastics (MPs) in terrestrial ecosystems can affect greenhouse
gases (GHGs) production by changing soil structure and microbial functions. In this study …

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 …