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ClearSustainability Through Bio-Agriculture: Carbon Dioxide Reduction (CDR) Plus Biodiversity Recovery
Researchers examined bio-agriculture approaches for simultaneous carbon dioxide reduction and biodiversity recovery, arguing that technological carbon capture strategies often overlook the parallel biodiversity crisis and proposing integrated agricultural solutions.
Biochar-amended soil can further sorb atmospheric CO2 for more carbon sequestration
Researchers found that adding biochar to soil not only stores carbon but also helps the soil absorb additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through mineral reactions. While not directly about microplastics, biochar-amended soils could offer dual benefits by both sequestering carbon and potentially trapping microplastics, since biochar has been shown to adsorb plastic particles. This approach could address both climate change and plastic pollution in agricultural settings.
Role of biochar toward carbon neutrality
This review examines how biochar, a carbon-rich material made from plant waste, can help fight climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions across agriculture, energy, and construction. While not directly about microplastics, biochar is also used as an environmental cleanup tool that can adsorb pollutants from soil and water, including plastic particles.
Sugarcane/soybean intercropping with reduced nitrogen addition promotes photosynthesized carbon sequestration in the soil
This paper is not directly about microplastics; it investigates how sugarcane-soybean intercropping with reduced nitrogen fertilizer improves carbon sequestration in agricultural soil by increasing root biomass and transferring photosynthesized carbon into stable soil carbon pools.
Leveraging the bioeconomy for carbon drawdown
This paper reviews strategies for large-scale carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere, including bioenergy with carbon capture. The discussion is relevant to understanding how sustainable materials and reduced plastic production fit into broader climate change mitigation strategies.
Toward Economically Efficient Carbon Reduction: Contrasting Greening Plastic Supply Chains with Alternative Energy Policy Approaches
This paper is not directly about microplastics; it compares the carbon-reduction potential and cost-effectiveness of recycled plastics, bioplastics, and virgin plastics within supply chains, finding recycled plastics offer the best low-cost carbon reduction despite quality concerns.
Advancing modified biochar for sustainable agriculture: a comprehensive review on characterization, analysis, and soil performance
This review covers how biochar, a carbon-rich material made from organic waste, can be modified to improve soil health and crop growth. While not directly about microplastics, modified biochar has been studied as a potential tool for absorbing and immobilizing microplastics in contaminated soil. Understanding how to optimize biochar properties could help develop strategies for reducing microplastic uptake by food crops.
Influence of biochar and microplastics on microbial necromass accumulation and CO2 and N2O emission in a Calcaric Fluvisol
A 91-day soil experiment found that biochar reduced CO2 and N2O emissions, but the presence of microplastics partially counteracted these benefits, suggesting that plastic pollution can undermine soil carbon management strategies.
Bio-based plastics – a sustainable solution to plastic pollution
This review outlines the production, properties, and sustainability potential of bio-based plastics derived from renewable or recycled raw materials, arguing they can form part of a circular economy with lower carbon footprints than conventional petroleum-based plastics.
Impact of the sustainable agricultural practices for governing soil health from the perspective of a rising agri-based circular bioeconomy
This review examines sustainable farming practices for maintaining soil health and supporting a circular bioeconomy, focusing on preserving soil organic matter as the foundation of productive agriculture. Depleted soils are a growing global concern as population expansion demands more food production. While not directly about microplastics, healthy soil management is relevant because degraded soils are more vulnerable to microplastic accumulation and contamination.
Characterisation and causal model of the holistic dynamics of the integral sustainability of the agri-food system
Not relevant to microplastics — this is an agricultural systems study developing a structural model to characterize the dynamics of sustainability in agri-food production systems.
Land-based climate mitigation strategies for achieving net zero emissions in India
Researchers modeled land-based strategies for India to achieve its net-zero emissions target, including bioenergy crops and soil carbon sequestration on marginal lands. While the study focuses primarily on climate mitigation rather than microplastics, it touches on the broader environmental management context relevant to pollution. The findings suggest that strategic land use could offset a significant portion of India's residual emissions.
Microplastic Removal from Water Using Biomass‐Based Carbon: A Review of Recent Advances
This review evaluates the potential of carbon materials derived from biomass, such as agricultural waste and wood, for removing microplastics from water. Researchers found that these materials offer advantages including low cost, abundant raw material sources, and effective removal capabilities. The study highlights biomass-derived carbon as a promising sustainable technology for addressing microplastic contamination in aquatic environments.
The potential contribution of nanocarbon to fostering sustainable agriculture for future generations
This paper is not about microplastics — it reviews how nanocarbon materials can be applied in agriculture to improve soil structure, enable controlled nutrient release, purify water, and monitor crop health, while noting safety concerns around their broader adoption.
Impact of Agricultural Activities on Climate Change: A Review of Greenhouse Gas Emission Patterns in Field Crop Systems
This review examines greenhouse gas emissions from different crop farming systems and management practices. While not directly about microplastics, it is relevant because plastic mulch films widely used in agriculture contribute to both microplastic soil contamination and altered greenhouse gas emissions. The study highlights how agricultural practices affect both climate change and environmental pollution simultaneously.
Plant-driven strategies for mitigating microplastic pollution in agricultural ecosystems
Researchers review how microplastics damage agricultural soils and crops — disrupting soil structure, starving plants of nutrients, and triggering oxidative stress — and explore plant- and microbe-based strategies like root-associated bacteria and biochar amendments as promising but underexplored tools for cleaning up plastic-contaminated farmland.
Maximizing Environmental Impact Savings Potential through Innovative Biorefinery Alternatives: An Application of the TM-LCA Framework for Regional Scale Impact Assessment
This study evaluated the environmental savings potential of innovative biorefinery approaches for converting agricultural and organic waste into valuable products. It is a life cycle assessment paper on industrial ecology with no direct relevance to microplastics.
Microplastic biodegradability does not modify plant carbon input in soil but accelerate soil carbon loss in agroecosystems
Researchers investigated how non-biodegradable polyethylene (PE) and biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA) microplastics affect plant carbon input and soil carbon turnover in a dryland agroecosystem over two years using 13CO2 pulse-labeling. They found that both microplastic types did not significantly alter plant carbon fixation but accelerated soil carbon loss, with implications for climate change feedbacks in agricultural soils.
Environmental sustainability from the perspective of political economy
Not relevant to microplastics — this book chapter takes a political economy perspective on environmental sustainability, discussing climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution at a broad policy and philosophical level rather than conducting original microplastics research.
Energy budget and carbon footprint in a wheat and maize system under ridge furrow strategy in dry semi humid areas
This agricultural study compared the energy use and carbon footprint of wheat-maize farming systems using different irrigation and planting strategies in semi-arid China. The research has no direct relevance to microplastic research but informs sustainable farming practices that reduce overall environmental impact.
Microplastic effects on carbon cycling in terrestrial soil ecosystems: Storage, formation, mineralization, and microbial mechanisms
Microplastics in soil contribute to organic carbon storage through degradation and leaching, but also disrupt carbon cycling by altering plant growth, litter decomposition, and microbial activity. The net effect on soil CO2 and CH4 emissions varies depending on how microplastics reshape microbial community structure and enzyme activity.
Microplastic effects on carbon cycling processes in soils
Researchers reviewed how microplastics affect carbon cycling processes in soils, including their influence on microbial activity, plant growth, and litter decomposition. Since microplastics are themselves carbon-based materials, they can directly alter soil carbon stocks while also indirectly shifting microbial communities. The study calls for a major research effort to understand the widespread effects of microplastics on soil functioning and terrestrial ecosystem health.
Utilization of cotton byproduct-derived biochar: a review on soil remediation and carbon sequestration
This review examines how biochar made from cotton plant byproducts can be used to improve soil health and capture carbon dioxide. While not directly about microplastics, biochar has been shown in other studies to bind microplastics and reduce their mobility in soil. The use of agricultural waste-derived biochar for soil remediation could offer a dual benefit of improving crop productivity while helping to immobilize microplastic contaminants in farmland.
Stability of organic carbon pools and sequestration potential as affected under different agroforestry systems
This study evaluates how five different agroforestry systems affect soil organic carbon stability and sequestration in degraded Himalayan soils in northeast India. It is not about microplastics and is a false positive for microplastic relevance.