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Microplastic Disguising As Soil Carbon Storage
Summary
This study investigated whether microplastics in soil are mistakenly counted as carbon storage, finding that microplastic particles can interfere with soil carbon measurements and may cause overestimates of organic carbon in agricultural and natural soils.
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEViewpointNEXTMicroplastic Disguising As Soil Carbon StorageMatthias C. Rillig*Matthias C. RilligFreie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Berlin, GermanyBerlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany*E-mail [email protected]More by Matthias C. Rillighttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-7853Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52, 11, 6079–6080Publication Date (Web):May 14, 2018Publication History Received2 May 2018Published online14 May 2018Published inissue 5 June 2018https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.8b02338https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b02338newsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2018 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views12324Altmetric-Citations246LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (229 KB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Carbon capture and storage,Environmental pollution,Plastics,Soil pollution,Soils Get e-Alerts
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