Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystems: Moving beyond the state of the art to minimize the risk of ecological surprise

Understanding plastic degradation and microplastic formation in the environment: A review

(2021) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Weathering of microplastics and interaction with other coexisting constituents in terrestrial and aquatic environments

(2021) Jiajun Duan et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastic Shape, Polymer Type, and Concentration Affect Soil Properties and Plant Biomass

(2021) Yudi M. Lozano et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Microplastic effects on carbon cycling processes in soils

(2021) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Techniques Used for Analyzing Microplastics, Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Community Composition: A Mini-Review

(2021) Simona Bartkova et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Vertical migration of microplastics along soil profile under different crop root systems

(2021) Haixiao Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

LDPE microplastics affect soil microbial communities and nitrogen cycling

(2021) Lili Rong et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Scaling‐up biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning research

(2020) Andrew Gonzalez et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

An Overlooked Entry Pathway of Microplastics into Agricultural Soils from Application of Sludge-based Fertilizers

(2020) Lishan Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in soils: a review of possible sources, analytical methods and ecological impacts

(2020) Bin Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

A Detailed Review Study on Potential Effects of Microplastics and Additives of Concern on Human Health

(2020) Campanale et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

A Global Perspective on Microplastics

(2020) Robert C. Hale et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS

Effects of Microplastic Fibers and Drought on Plant Communities

(2020) Yudi M. Lozano et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Food web transfer of plastics to an apex riverine predator

(2020) Joseph M. D’Souza et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microplastics provide new microbial niches in aquatic environments

(2020) Yuyi Yang et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Effect of Polyvinyl Chloride Microplastics on Bacterial Community and Nutrient Status in Two Agricultural Soils

(2020) Yuanyuan Yan et al.   BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Sewage sludge application as a vehicle for microplastics in eastern Spanish agricultural soils

(2020) Pim van den Berg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ecotoxicological effects of microplastics and cadmium on the earthworm Eisenia foetida

(2020) Yanfei Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastic in terrestrial ecosystems

(2020) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   SCIENCE

Transfer and transport of microplastics from biosolids to agricultural soils and the wider environment

(2020) Jill Crossman et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Polystyrene microplastics (PS-MPs) toxicity induced oxidative stress and intestinal injury in nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

(2020) Yunjiang Yu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Atmospheric transport is a major pathway of microplastics to remote regions

(2020) N. Evangeliou et al.   Nature Communications

Interactions of microplastics and cadmium on plant growth and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in an agricultural soil

(2020) Fayuan Wang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Communicating the absence of evidence for microplastics risk: Balancing sensation and reflection

(2020) Toby Wardman et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Where is the evidence that human exposure to microplastics is safe?

(2020) H.A. Leslie et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastic accumulation in the gastrointestinal tracts in birds of prey in central Florida, USA

(2020) Julia Carlin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl-Contaminated Freshwater Impacts Adjacent Riparian Food Webs

(2020) Alina Koch et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the agroecosystem: Are they an emerging threat to the plant-soil system?

(2020) Huadong Zang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Nanoplastic occurrence in a soil amended with plastic debris

(2020) Aurélie Wahl et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastic Addition Alters the Microbial Community Structure and Stimulates Soil Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Vegetable‐Growing Soil

(2020) Bo Gao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Environmental fate, toxicity and risk management strategies of nanoplastics in the environment: Current status and future perspectives

(2020) Liuwei Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastic pollution alters forest soil microbiome

(2020) Ee Ling Ng et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris

(2019) Nanna B. Hartmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A catchment-scale perspective of plastic pollution

(2019) Fredric M. Windsor et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A Review on Heavy Metals Contamination in Soil: Effects, Sources, and Remediation Techniques

(2019) Changfeng Li et al.   SOIL & SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION

Rethinking microplastics as a diverse contaminant suite

(2019) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Negligible effects of microplastics on animal fitness and HOC bioaccumulation in earthworm Eisenia fetida in soil

(2019) Jie Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in municipal mixed-waste organic outputs induce minimal short to long-term toxicity in key terrestrial biota

(2019) Jonathan D. Judy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics Can Change Soil Properties and Affect Plant Performance

(2019) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Things we know and don’t know about nanoplastic in the environment

(2019) Stephan Wagner et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Microplastic abundance in atmospheric deposition within the Metropolitan area of Hamburg, Germany

(2019) Malin Klein et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Are ecosystem services provided by insects “bugged” by micro (nano)plastics?

(2019) Miguel Oliveira et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Uptake and adverse effects of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics fibers on terrestrial snails (Achatina fulica) after soil exposure

(2019) Yang Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ecotoxicity and genotoxicity of polystyrene microplastics on higher plant Vicia faba

(2019) Xiaofeng Jiang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of polyester microfibers on soil physical properties: Perception from a field and a pot experiment

(2019) G.S. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Evidence of microplastic accumulation in agricultural soils from sewage sludge disposal

(2019) Fabio Corradini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Global synergies and trade-offs between multiple dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystem services

(2019) Marco Girardello et al.   Scientific Reports

Adverse outcome pathways potentially related to hazard identification of microplastics based on toxicity mechanisms

(2019) Jaeseong Jeong et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Polyester-derived microfibre impacts on the soil-dwelling earthworm Lumbricus terrestris

(2019) Miranda T. Prendergast-Miller et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic particles reduce reproduction in the terrestrial worm Enchytraeus crypticus in a soil exposure

(2019) Elma Lahive et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of Microplastics in Soil Ecosystems: Above and Below Ground

(2019) Bas Boots et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Molecular toxicity of nanoplastics involving in oxidative stress and desoxyribonucleic acid damage

(2019) Tongtong Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR RECOGNITION

Increasing Temperature and Microplastic Fibers Jointly Influence Soil Aggregation by Saprobic Fungi

(2019) Yun Liang et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Microplastics from mulching film is a distinct habitat for bacteria in farmland soil

(2019) Mengjun Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Mechanical formation of micro- and nano-plastic materials for environmental studies in agricultural ecosystems

(2019) A.F. Astner et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Natural or synthetic – how global trends in textile usage threaten freshwater environments

(2019) Catherine Stone et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

From macroplastics to microplastics: Role of water in the fragmentation of polyethylene

(2019) Fanon Julienne et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Defense responses in earthworms (Eisenia fetida) exposed to low-density polyethylene microplastics in soils

(2019) Yuling Chen et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Effects of microplastics on greenhouse gas emissions and the microbial community in fertilized soil

(2019) Xinwei Ren et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Size-dependent effects of polystyrene plastic particles on the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as related to soil physicochemical properties

(2019) Shin Woong Kim et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

First discoveries of microplastics in terrestrial snails

(2019) A. Panebianco et al.   FOOD CONTROL

Microplastics in agricultural soils on the coastal plain of Hangzhou Bay, east China: Multiple sources other than plastic mulching film

(2019) Bianying Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Exposure to nanoplastics disturbs the gut microbiome in the soil oligochaete Enchytraeus crypticus

(2018) Bo-Kai Zhu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Trophic predator-prey relationships promote transport of microplastics compared with the single Hypoaspis aculeifer and Folsomia candida

(2018) Dong Zhu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic Disguising As Soil Carbon Storage

(2018) Matthias C. Rillig   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in Swiss Floodplain Soils

(2018) Michael Scheurer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The importance of long-term experiments in agriculture: their management to ensure continued crop production and soil fertility; the Rothamsted experience

(2018) A. E. Johnston et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling

(2018) John N. Hahladakis et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future?

(2018) Luís Carlos de Sá et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An overview of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution in agroecosystems

(2018) Ee-Ling Ng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The distribution of microplastics in soil aggregate fractions in southwestern China

(2018) G.S. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Decay of low-density polyethylene by bacteria extracted from earthworm's guts: A potential for soil restoration

(2018) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Ecotoxicological effects of microplastics in soil: Comments on the paper by Zhu et al. (2018) ‘Exposure of soil collembolans to microplastics perturbs their gut microbiota and alters their isotopic composition.’ Soil Biology & Biochemistry 116, 302-310

(2018) Cornelis A.M. van Gestel et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review on occurrence, environmental effects, and methods for microplastics detection

(2018) Jingyi Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Polystyrene (nano)microplastics cause size-dependent neurotoxicity, oxidative damages and other adverse effects in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2018) Lili Lei et al.   Environmental Science-Nano

Nanoparticles in the environment: where do we come from, where do we go to?

(2018) Mirco Bundschuh et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

Impacts of Microplastics on the Soil Biophysical Environment

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity

(2018) Andrea J. Reid et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Co-selection of multi-antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens in metal and microplastic contaminated environments: An emerging health threat

(2018) Md. Imran et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

A review of the pathways of human exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and present understanding of health effects

(2018) Elsie M. Sunderland et al.   Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Identification and quantification of macro- and microplastics on an agricultural farmland

(2018) Sarah Piehl et al.   Scientific Reports

Polyethylene microplastics influence the transport of organic contaminants in soil

(2018) Thorsten Hüffer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Incorporation of microplastics from litter into burrows of Lumbricus terrestris

(2017) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Transport of microplastics by two collembolan species

(2017) Stefanie Maaß et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic Exposure Assessment in Aquatic Environments: Learning from Similarities and Differences to Engineered Nanoparticles

(2017) Thorsten Hüffer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Stressor Exposures Determine Risk: So, Why Do Fellow Scientists Continue To Focus on Superficial Microplastics Risk?

(2017) G. Allen Burton   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic Bag Derived-Microplastics as a Vector for Metal Exposure in Terrestrial Invertebrates

(2017) Mark E. Hodson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A framework for predicting impacts on ecosystem services from (sub)organismal responses to chemicals

(2017) Valery E. Forbes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Inventory and transport of plastic debris in the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2017) Matthew J. Hoffman et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Mineralisation of 14 C-labelled polystyrene plastics by Penicillium variabile after ozonation pre-treatment

(2017) Lili Tian et al.   New Biotechnology

Ecological surprise: concept, synthesis, and social dimensions

(2017) Karen Filbee-Dexter et al.   Ecosphere

Microplastic Incorporation into Soil in Agroecosystems

(2017) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Microplastic transport in soil by earthworms

(2017) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   Scientific Reports

Field evidence for transfer of plastic debris along a terrestrial food chain

(2017) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   Scientific Reports

A Procedure for Measuring Microplastics using Pressurized Fluid Extraction

(2016) Stephen Fuller et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the Terrestrial Ecosystem: Implications for Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)

(2016) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in Sewage Sludge: Effects of Treatment

(2016) A. M. Mahon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Assessing the risks of pesticides to threatened and endangered species using population modeling: A critical review and recommendations for future work

(2016) Valery E. Forbes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

When can positive interactions cause alternative stable states in ecosystems?

(2016) Sonia Kéfi et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Pollution: Do microplastics spill on to farm soils?

(2016) Luca Nizzetto et al.   NATURE

Global threat to agriculture from invasive species

(2016) Dean R. Paini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microscopic anthropogenic litter in terrestrial birds from Shanghai, China: Not only plastics but also natural fibers

(2016) Shiye Zhao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An Underground Revolution: Biodiversity and Soil Ecological Engineering for Agricultural Sustainability

(2016) S. Franz Bender et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Antimicrobial resistance: A global emerging threat to public health systems

(2015) Maurizio Ferri et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Fate and Bioavailability of Engineered Nanoparticles in Soils: A Review

(2014) Geert Cornelis et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Belowground biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

(2014) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   NATURE

Low Concentrations of Silver Nanoparticles in Biosolids Cause Adverse Ecosystem Responses under Realistic Field Scenario

(2013) Benjamin P. Colman et al.   PLoS One

Xylem- and Phloem-Based Transport of CuO Nanoparticles in Maize (Zea mays L.)

(2012) Zhenyu Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Metal-based nanoparticles in soil: Fate, behavior, and effects on soil invertebrates

(2012) Paula S. Tourinho et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

(2011) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Recalcitrance of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil contributes to background pollution

(2011) Rosa Posada-Baquero et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Evidence for Negative Effects of TiO2and ZnO Nanoparticles on Soil Bacterial Communities

(2011) Yuan Ge et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Developmental phytotoxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles toArabidopsis thaliana

(2010) Chang Woo Lee et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Implications of climate change for agricultural productivity in the early twenty-first century

(2010) J. Gornall et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2010

(2009) William J. Sutherland et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS: ARE MAJOR SURPRISES INEVITABLE

(2008) Daniel F. Doak et al.   ECOLOGY

Degradation of unpretreated and thermally pretreated polypropylene by soil consortia

(2008) Ambika Arkatkar et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Navigating Amazonia under uncertainty: past, present and future environmental governance

(2008) E. Boyd   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mechanistic implications of plastic degradation

(2007) Baljit Singh et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY