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{"title":"Sources and identification of microplastics in soils","authors":"Weixin Fan ,&nbsp;Chunsheng Qiu ,&nbsp;Qian Qu ,&nbsp;Xiangang Hu ,&nbsp;Li Mu ,&nbsp;Ziwei Gao ,&nbsp;Xin Tang","doi":"10.1016/j.seh.2023.100019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seh.2023.100019","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Large-scale production, rapid consumption, insufficient recovery and management, and slow degradation lead to a large accumulation of plastic waste and microplastics. Microplastics are characterized as stable, small, and having a large specific surface area and strong hydrophobicity. They are carriers of many hydrophobic organic pollutants, heavy metals, pathogenic bacteria and drug resistance genes. Worldwide, microplastic pollution in soils has attracted much attention. The progress and perspectives in the separation and detection of soil microplastics deserve a comprehensive review and discussion. Here, the sources and distributions of microplastics in soil from the use of agricultural plastic film, sludge recycling, long-term application of organic fertilizer, surface runoff, and sewage irrigation are summarized. Physical separation methods such as density separation, electrostatic separation, oil extraction and pressurized liquid extraction, and chemical extraction methods such as acid digestion, alkaline digestion, hydrogen peroxide and Fenton reagent oxidation, and enzymatic hydrolysis for soil microplastics are reviewed. Futhermore, the detection technologies of soil microplastics through microscopy, spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance are reviewed. Finally, the perspectives are put forward from understanding the impacts of microplastics on soil functions and health, developing source control and environmental remediation technology, investigating low-cost and rapid separation and extraction methods that preserve the characteristics of microplastics, strengthen the degree of automation to avoid artificial operation error, and establish the standard methods for isolating, extracting, identifying, and quantifying microplastics in soils. This review serves as a technical reference for rapid identification of soil microplastics and builds the foundation for scientific assessment of the ecological and human environmental risks of soil microplastics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":94356,"journal":{"name":"Soil & Environmental Health","volume":"1 2","pages":"Article 100019"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49899670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Retention and loss pathways of soluble nutrients in biochar-treated slope land soil based on a rainfall simulator","authors":"Selly Maisyarah ,&nbsp;Jyun-Yuan Chen ,&nbsp;Zeng-Yei Hseu ,&nbsp;Shih-Hao Jien","doi":"10.1016/j.seh.2023.100021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seh.2023.100021","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Global food crisis makes intense agricultural activity necessary, which accelerates soil degradation and increases pollution risk to nearby catchments. Application of biochar can effectively retain plant-required nutrients in soils. However, the linkage between retention and loss pathways of nutrients is still unclear, particularly at slope lands. Therefore, a simulated rainfall experiment (rainfall intensity ​= ​50 ​mm ​h⁻¹) was conducted in a sandy soil with 10° gradient slope (indoor experiment) to clarify loss pathways of soluble C, N, P and K in biochar-amended soils. Wood biochar pyrolized at 300 ​°C (LWB) or 600 ​°C (HWB) was applied at 1% (LWB1; HWB1) or 2% (LWB2; HWB2). Our results show that the pathways for C, N, P and K loss was percolation ​&gt; ​surface runoff ​&gt; ​soil erosion. Compared to control, HWB2 treatment had a 2–4 times higher infiltration amount but 5–6 times lower surface runoff and soil loss, indicating that this treatment alleviated nutrient loss via erosion and runoff in the sloped soil. Among all treatments, HWB2 treatment was the most effective for retaining organic C, dissolved organic C, total N, and exchangeable K through various pathways. However, a substantial amount of soluble P was lost through percolation. Therefore, the potential pollution of groundwater by P through percolation pathway should be considered during biochar application.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":94356,"journal":{"name":"Soil & Environmental Health","volume":"1 2","pages":"Article 100021"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49899672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of limed manure digestate application in sandy soil on plant nitrogen availability and soil N2O emissions","authors":"Roy Posmanik ,&nbsp;Ali Nejidat ,&nbsp;Amit Gross","doi":"10.1016/j.seh.2023.100006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seh.2023.100006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Anaerobically-digested manure is frequently applied to agricultural soil to enhance plant growth and reduce the need for chemical fertilizers. This practice also stimulates microbial nitrogen transformations and often results in N₂O emissions. A single mesophilic anaerobic digestion is insufficient for pathogen removal or inactivation and therefore, a post treatment is required for its stabilization and hygienization. Here, we examined the effects of limed manure-digestate as a nitrogen source for plant growth and on N₂O emission compared with compost. A plant growth experiment was conducted in a sandy soil and N₂O emissions were monitored throughout the experiment. Plants were irrigated with freshwater or liquid-N fertilizer. The combination of compost application and liquid-N fertilizer resulted in surface N₂O fluxes over 0.7 ​mg ​m⁻² d⁻¹, which were correlated with ammonium concentration in the soil. The presence of N₂O in the rhizosphere was only detected in compost-amended soil 2–10 days after plantation. A significantly-lower surface N₂O flux of 0.4 ​mg ​m⁻² d⁻¹ was recorded with application of limed-digestate, probably due to its effects on nitrogen-transforming microorganisms. Both compost and limed-digestate enhanced plant growth, with a more distinct effect in the freshwater treatment. Our observations demonstrate that limed-digestate can be an efficient substitute for compost as it effectively supports plant growth with substantially-lower N₂O emissions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":94356,"journal":{"name":"Soil & Environmental Health","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100006"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49880274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soil: Sources, fate, and remediation","authors":"Yifei Wang,&nbsp;Umar Munir,&nbsp;Qingguo Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.seh.2023.100004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seh.2023.100004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are being widely investigated for their distribution and remediation in the environment. It is crucial to consider the interactions of PFAS between soil and the other media in the ecosystem, including air, water, and plants, when studying their fate and transport in soil, while few studies have taken such an integrative approach. This review examined the potential input of PFAS to soil from air, water, and landfill by analyzing both the PFAS concentration in each source and the mechanisms by which a soil is impacted by PFAS from these sources. It was found that PFAS in air (on average 10¹⁻² ​pg/m³) and landfill leachates (on average 10^0-² ​ng/L) are the main sources of PFAS in soil. Many factors, such as solution pH and cations, influence sorption and desorption of PFAS in the water-soil interface, but no single factor is deterministic. The migration of PFAS from soil to plant through root uptake was found in many plant species, including wheat and maize, and the effects vary with different PFAS and plant species. PFAS levels in soil were associated with land-use type. They were the highest in the primary exposure sites (10⁻¹-10² ​ng/g), followed by secondary exposure sites (10⁻¹-10¹ ​ng/g), and background sites (10⁻²-10¹ ​ng/g), with legacy PFAS- PFOA (10^0-¹ ​ng/g) and PFOS (10^0-² ​ng/g) as the most predominant. There are a few promising destructive technologies targeted at PFAS in soil, such as thermal treatment and ultrasound, but still need to overcome low efficiency and high cost to scale up. In the meantime, PFAS may either be immobilized in soil or be removed for ex-situ treatment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":94356,"journal":{"name":"Soil & Environmental Health","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100004"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49880279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Applications of the hormesis concept in soil and environmental health research","authors":"Evgenios Agathokleous ,&nbsp;Chen-Jing Liu ,&nbsp;Edward J. Calabrese","doi":"10.1016/j.seh.2023.100003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seh.2023.100003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Hormesis refers to positive biological effects caused by exposure to low doses of a stressor known to be toxic at higher doses. These effects include an enhanced defense system and stimulated plant/microorganism growth and reproduction. Hormesis has emerged as a fundamental concept with broad relevance to the field of soil and environmental health. Its utilization in evaluating environmental effects and ecotoxicity can reduce uncertainties introduced by extrapolating from high to low doses of pollutants. Similarly, its consideration in risk assessment can help tackle toxicity risks imposed by chemical mixtures. Further, it can maximize the effectiveness of novel agrochemicals applied at the lowest possible concentration, thus reducing their ecological and human risks. Hormesis-based interventions, such as plant priming and stimulation of beneficial insects and waste-degrading microbes, can further reduce agrochemical loads into the environment, thereby enhancing plant and soil health. Inclusion of hormesis in strategies to control harmful organisms, such as pests, pathogenic microbes and harmful algal bloom organisms, can aid in combating chemical resistance. Hormesis-inclusive studies also provide useful information regarding suitable pollutant tolerance levels for microorganisms and plants during bioremediation and phytoremediation, thus enhancing environmental remediation. In sum, hormesis is highly relevant and offers numerous potential applications in soil and environmental health research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":94356,"journal":{"name":"Soil & Environmental Health","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100003"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49880275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Toxicity of micro/nanoplastics in the environment: Roles of plastisphere and eco-corona","authors":"Xingdong Shi ,&nbsp;Zhijie Chen ,&nbsp;Wei Wei ,&nbsp;Jun Chen ,&nbsp;Bing-Jie Ni","doi":"10.1016/j.seh.2023.100002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seh.2023.100002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Micro/nanoplastics (MPs/NPs) are a growing threat to environmental health as these particles are dispersed to remote locations. However, the migration process of NPs differs from MPs due to their differences in sizes and physicochemical properties, thereby inducing different environmental behaviours and fates. While MPs provide surfaces to host microorganisms to form a plastisphere, NPs are smaller than microorganisms, which are often encapsulated by protein or organic matter to form unique eco-corona. Both plastisphere and eco-corona alter the physiochemical property of MPs/NPs, thereby changing their environmental toxicity. To fully understand the toxicity of MPs/NPs after forming plastisphere or eco-corona, this review aims to evaluate the roles and toxicities of MPs/NPs in the environment. Specifically, this review discusses the formation of plastisphere on MPs and eco-corona on NPs, summarizes the biochemical mechanisms of toxicity of MPs/NPs, and assesses their potential health threats to humans. Finally, perspectives are provided to better manage plastic pollution to protect the environment and human health.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":94356,"journal":{"name":"Soil & Environmental Health","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100002"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49880278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health as a unifying concept to promote integrated soil and environmental research","authors":"Dong-Xing Guan,&nbsp;Zhou Shi,&nbsp;Lizhong Zhu,&nbsp;Yong-Guan Zhu,&nbsp;Randy A. Dahlgren,&nbsp;Lena Q. Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.seh.2023.100001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seh.2023.100001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94356,"journal":{"name":"Soil & Environmental Health","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100001"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49880277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unique biogeochemical characteristics in coastal ghost forests – The transition from freshwater forested wetland to salt marsh under the influences of sea level rise","authors":"Huan Chen ,&nbsp;Alexander Martin Rücker ,&nbsp;Yina Liu ,&nbsp;David Miller ,&nbsp;Jia-Ning Dai ,&nbsp;Jun-Jian Wang ,&nbsp;Dennis O. Suhre ,&nbsp;Li-Jung Kuo ,&nbsp;William H. Conner ,&nbsp;Barbara J. Campbell ,&nbsp;Robert C. Rhew ,&nbsp;Alex T. Chow","doi":"10.1016/j.seh.2023.100005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seh.2023.100005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Seawater intrusion by rising sea levels has created large areas of ghost forests along low-lying coastal wetlands in the southeastern USA, but more information is needed to better understand its soil biogeochemistry. Here, we characterized several soil and environmental parameters, including tree litterfall, surface and soil porewater quality, emissions of greenhouse gases, and microbial communities along a forest-to-marsh transect, including a freshwater forested wetland, a salt-impacted degraded ghost forest, and a salt marsh in Winyah Bay, SC, USA. General water quality parameters such as electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen, temperature and aboveground productivity showed distinct trends along the freshwater forested wetland → degraded ghost forest → salt marsh transect, whereas there were no obvious trends in soil biogeochemical parameters. Concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the degraded ghost forest were generally similar to the freshwater forested wetland, but on average were higher than those in the salt marsh. More labile molecular features observed through Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry indicated an increase in the DOC biodegradability along the forest-to-marsh transect. Greater DOC biodegradability in the degraded ghost forest was observed and confirmed through its generation of the highest average electrical currents from sediment microbial fuel cells. The lowest CH₄ and CO₂ fluxes, but the highest degradable DOC, were observed in the degraded ghost forest, suggesting that lateral C export is important in this wetland. Moreover, the degraded ghost forest was dominated by a unique microbial community, including high abundance of Woesearchaeia, which enables carbon metabolism via symbiotic and/or fermentation-based lifestyles. Our study illustrates a ghost forest with very different characteristics compared to its parental freshwater forested wetland and its transitioned salt marsh. Data obtained from the two endmember ecosystems along the salinity gradient transect were not useful in predicting the unique biogeochemical processes in the degraded ghost forest.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":94356,"journal":{"name":"Soil & Environmental Health","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100005"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49880276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Importance and inconsistencies of the influence of soil properties on nitrogen mineralization: a systematic review","authors":"Gabriela Mendoza-Carreón, J. P. Flores-Márgez, Pedro Osuna-Ávila, S. Sanogo","doi":"10.20517/sh.2022.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/sh.2022.02","url":null,"abstract":"Climate and soil properties profoundly impact N mineralization (Nmin). Hence, there is a critical need to identify how physical-chemical-biological factors involved in organic matter decomposition influence globally reported predictive models. This paper reflects research focused on those factors considered relevant and used during the construction of Nmin models. The literature data found on factors affecting Nmin or N availability in soils published since 1990 was downloaded to a database in Access. Using different bivariate and multivariate statistical techniques, we compiled results of 785 statistical analyses presented by authors of 90 research articles that related Nmin and environmental factors, management strategies, and soil biological and physicochemical attributes. For organization purposes, we decided to group results according to the similarity of properties related to mineralization into environmental factors (18.6%), ecosystem/vegetation (14.52%), management (7.64%), soil physicochemical properties (34.65%), organic matter (16.05%), and microbiota (6.37%). The measurements of the response variables were 16.2% using N content in soil (as ammonium, nitrates, Organic N and Total N), and 83.88% represent N in the process of mineralization, including potentially mineralized N. As Nmin is the dependent variable, the results included 109 independent variables, of which 47.7% presented seemingly inconsistent results, which means different effects in Nmin. The difference in results was found to be related mostly to a difference in ecosystems or variable interactions. We conclude that acquiring a general prediction model for Nmin or constructing a specific equation for local conditions poses a limitation to optimizing N management for crop production. A more useful strategy is to generate a prediction model for Nmin, including significative soil and weather conditions, within a region and ecosystem; thus, the information can support soil and crop management decisions.","PeriodicalId":94356,"journal":{"name":"Soil & Environmental Health","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72639271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Soil Health","authors":"图雅 道仁","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-44364-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44364-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94356,"journal":{"name":"Soil & Environmental Health","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76836432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}