Microplastics and nanoplastics barely enhance contaminant mobility in agricultural soils

The transfer of organic contaminants from surface to deeper layers in farmland soils is barely enhanced by microplastic and nanoplastic transport, according to an analytical modeling study.

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Main Authors: Stephanie Castan, Charlotte Henkel, Thorsten Hüffer, Thilo Hofmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature 2021-09-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00267-8
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spelling doaj-851f5c6ce3e2442ba7086f8f8ac5451f2021-09-19T11:16:19ZengNatureCommunications Earth & Environment2662-44352021-09-01211910.1038/s43247-021-00267-8Microplastics and nanoplastics barely enhance contaminant mobility in agricultural soilsStephanie Castan0Charlotte Henkel1Thorsten Hüffer2Thilo Hofmann3Environmental Geosciences EDGE, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of ViennaEnvironmental Geosciences EDGE, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of ViennaEnvironmental Geosciences EDGE, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of ViennaEnvironmental Geosciences EDGE, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of ViennaThe transfer of organic contaminants from surface to deeper layers in farmland soils is barely enhanced by microplastic and nanoplastic transport, according to an analytical modeling study.https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00267-8
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title Microplastics and nanoplastics barely enhance contaminant mobility in agricultural soils
title_short Microplastics and nanoplastics barely enhance contaminant mobility in agricultural soils
title_full Microplastics and nanoplastics barely enhance contaminant mobility in agricultural soils
title_fullStr Microplastics and nanoplastics barely enhance contaminant mobility in agricultural soils
title_full_unstemmed Microplastics and nanoplastics barely enhance contaminant mobility in agricultural soils
title_sort microplastics and nanoplastics barely enhance contaminant mobility in agricultural soils
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description The transfer of organic contaminants from surface to deeper layers in farmland soils is barely enhanced by microplastic and nanoplastic transport, according to an analytical modeling study.
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