Microplastics alter soil structure and microbial community composition
Environ Int. 2024 Feb 16;185:108508. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108508. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMicroplastics (MPs), including conventional hard-to-biodegrade petroleum-based and faster biodegradable plant-based ones, impact soil structure and microbiota in turn affecting the biodiversity and functions of terrestrial ecosystems. Herein, we investigated the effects of conventional and biodegradable MPs on aggregate distribution and microbial community composition in microhabitats at the aggregate scale. Two MP types (polyethylene (PE) and polylactic acid (PLA) with increasing size (50, 150, and 300 μm)) were mixed wi...
Source: Environment International - February 20, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Lanfang Han Liying Chen Yanfang Feng Yakov Kuzyakov Qi'ang Chen Sibo Zhang Liang Chao Yanpeng Cai Chuanxin Ma Ke Sun Matthias C Rillig Source Type: research
Altitude-associated trends in bacterial communities in ultrahigh-altitude residences
CONCLUSIONS: Altitude may be a long-neglected factor that shapes residential bacterial communities and thus warrants attention.PMID:38377724 | DOI:10.1016/j.envint.2024.108503 (Source: Environment International)
Source: Environment International - February 20, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Yiran Lu Mengjie Duan Yifan Li Shengyu Zhang Xiaomin Hu Li Liu Source Type: research
Microplastics alter soil structure and microbial community composition
Environ Int. 2024 Feb 16;185:108508. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108508. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMicroplastics (MPs), including conventional hard-to-biodegrade petroleum-based and faster biodegradable plant-based ones, impact soil structure and microbiota in turn affecting the biodiversity and functions of terrestrial ecosystems. Herein, we investigated the effects of conventional and biodegradable MPs on aggregate distribution and microbial community composition in microhabitats at the aggregate scale. Two MP types (polyethylene (PE) and polylactic acid (PLA) with increasing size (50, 150, and 300 μm)) were mixed wi...
Source: Environment International - February 20, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Lanfang Han Liying Chen Yanfang Feng Yakov Kuzyakov Qi'ang Chen Sibo Zhang Liang Chao Yanpeng Cai Chuanxin Ma Ke Sun Matthias C Rillig Source Type: research
Altitude-associated trends in bacterial communities in ultrahigh-altitude residences
CONCLUSIONS: Altitude may be a long-neglected factor that shapes residential bacterial communities and thus warrants attention.PMID:38377724 | DOI:10.1016/j.envint.2024.108503 (Source: Environment International)
Source: Environment International - February 20, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Yiran Lu Mengjie Duan Yifan Li Shengyu Zhang Xiaomin Hu Li Liu Source Type: research
Urban environment in pregnancy and postpartum depression: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 12 European birth cohorts
DISCUSSION: The study findings suggest that exposure to PM10, road traffic noise and blue spaces in pregnancy may increase PPD risk, however future studies should explore this causally.PMID:38368715 | DOI:10.1016/j.envint.2024.108453 (Source: Environment International)
Source: Environment International - February 18, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tim Cadman Katrine Strandberg-Larsen Lucinda Calas Malina Christiansen Iryna Culpin Payam Dadvand Montserrat de Castro Maria Foraster Serena Fossati M ònica Guxens Jennifer R Harris Manon Hillegers Vincent Jaddoe Yunsung Lee Johanna Lepeule Hanan El Marr Source Type: research
