Microplastics Increase Soil pH and Decrease Microbial Activities as a Function of Microplastic Shape, Polymer Type, and Exposure Time

Effects of microplastics and drought on soil ecosystem functions and multifunctionality

(2021) Yudi M. Lozano et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

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

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

Effects of Microplastic Fibers on Soil Aggregation and Enzyme Activities Are Organic Matter Dependent

(2021) Yun Liang et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Underestimated Microplastic Pollution Derived from Fishery Activities and “Hidden” in Deep Sediment

(2020) Baoming Xue et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The effects of three different microplastics on enzyme activities and microbial communities in soil

(2020) Meiling Yi et al.   WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH

Microplastic Research Should Embrace the Complexity of Secondary Particles

(2020) Walter R. Waldman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic in terrestrial ecosystems

(2020) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2020) Fayuan Wang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Effects of Different Microplastics on Nematodes in the Soil Environment: Tracking the Extractable Additives Using an Ecotoxicological Approach

(2020) Shin Woong Kim et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Soil Pollution from Micro- and Nanoplastic Debris: A Hidden and Unknown Biohazard

(2020) Shamina Imran Pathan et al.   Sustainability

Inhibitory effect of microplastics on soil extracellular enzymatic activities by changing soil properties and direct adsorption: An investigation at the aggregate-fraction level

(2020) Hong Yu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic effects on plants

(2019) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Microplastics Can Change Soil Properties and Affect Plant Performance

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

Shaping Up: Toward Considering the Shape and Form of Pollutants

(2019) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Effects of Microplastics in Soil Ecosystems: Above and Below Ground

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

The sensitivity of soil microbial respiration declined due to crop straw addition but did not depend on the type of crop straw

(2019) Shutao Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

The responses of extracellular enzyme activities and microbial community composition under nitrogen addition in an upland soil

(2019) Sami Ullah et al.   PLoS One

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

(2019) Yun Liang et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

LDPE microplastic films alter microbial community composition and enzymatic activities in soil

(2019) Yi Huang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Identification of Microfibers in the Environment Using Multiple Lines of Evidence

(2019) Xia Zhu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat rhizosphere and soil properties

(2019) Yueling Qi et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Response of soil enzyme activities and bacterial communities to the accumulation of microplastics in an acid cropped soil

(2019) Yufan Fei et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Towards an ecology of soil microplastics

(2019) Maxwell S. Helmberger et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Interaction of chemical contaminants with microplastics: Principles and perspectives

(2019) Omowunmi H. Fred-Ahmadu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

Different partition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon on environmental particulates in freshwater: Microplastics in comparison to natural sediment

(2018) Wenfeng Wang et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Microplastics in Swiss Floodplain Soils

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

The distribution of microplastics in soil aggregate fractions in southwestern China

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

Plastics in soil: Analytical methods and possible sources

(2018) Melanie Bläsing et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Impacts of Microplastics on the Soil Biophysical Environment

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

Soil organic matter is important for acid buffering and reducing aluminum leaching from acidic forest soils

(2018) Jun Jiang et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

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

(2018) Sarah Piehl et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of plastic contamination on water evaporation and desiccation cracking in soil

(2018) Yong Wan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The biological activities of β-glucosidase, phosphatase and urease as soil quality indicators: a review

(2017) A.T. Adetunji et al.   Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

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

Microplastics as vector for heavy metal contamination from the marine environment

(2016) Dennis Brennecke et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Assessment of the effects of phenanthrene and its nitrogen heterocyclic analogues on microbial activity in soil

(2016) Ihuoma N. Anyanwu et al.   SpringerPlus

Soil microbial respiration rate and temperature sensitivity along a north-south forest transect in eastern China: Patterns and influencing factors

(2016) Qing Wang et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Responses of enzymatic activities within soil aggregates to 9-year nitrogen and water addition in a semi-arid grassland

(2015) Ruzhen Wang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Seasonal changes in soil acidity and related properties in ginseng artificial bed soils under a plastic shade

(2015) Jiangfeng You et al.   Journal of Ginseng Research

Soil pH Determines Microbial Diversity and Composition in the Park Grass Experiment

(2014) Kateryna Zhalnina et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Physiological shifts in the microbial community drive changes in enzyme activity in a perennial agroecosystem

(2013) Sarah K. Hargreaves et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Polystyrene Plastic: A Source and Sink for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Determination of Microbial Extracellular Enzyme Activity in Waters, Soils, and Sediments using High Throughput Microplate Assays

(2013) Colin R. Jackson et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

Microplastic in Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Soil?

(2012) Matthias C. Rillig   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Environmental and health hazard ranking and assessment of plastic polymers based on chemical composition

(2011) Delilah Lithner et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Soil bacterial and fungal communities across a pH gradient in an arable soil

(2010) Johannes Rousk et al.   ISME Journal

Contrasting Soil pH Effects on Fungal and Bacterial Growth Suggest Functional Redundancy in Carbon Mineralization

(2009) J. Rousk et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

(2009) E. L. Teuten et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES