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Software for evaluating the threat of plastic pollution to global agriculture
Summary
Researchers synthesized data on long-term plasticulture use to assess its impacts on crop productivity and greenhouse gas emissions, developing software tools to evaluate the compounding threat of macro- and microplastic accumulation in global agricultural soils on food and climate security.
Plastic pollution is a pervasive threat in global ecosystems. Plasticulture is a widely adopted method that increases crop yield, yet its long-term use results in macro- and microplastics accumulation in farmland soils, threatening food and climate security. Here, we synthesized to assess the long-term impacts and drivers of plasticulture use on crop productivity and GHG emissions.
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