Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide
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Published:2023-03-27
Issue:1
Volume:14
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ISSN:2041-1723
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Container-title:Nature Communications
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Nat Commun
Author:
Liu Yu-RongORCID, van der Heijden Marcel G. A.ORCID, Riedo JudithORCID, Sanz-Lazaro CarlosORCID, Eldridge David J.ORCID, Bastida FelipeORCID, Moreno-Jiménez EduardoORCID, Zhou Xin-Quan, Hu Hang-WeiORCID, He Ji-ZhengORCID, Moreno José L.ORCID, Abades SebastianORCID, Alfaro FernandoORCID, Bamigboye Adebola R., Berdugo MiguelORCID, Blanco-Pastor José L., de los Ríos AsunciónORCID, Duran Jorge, Grebenc TineORCID, Illán Javier G., Makhalanyane Thulani P.ORCID, Molina-Montenegro Marco A.ORCID, Nahberger Tina U., Peñaloza-Bojacá Gabriel F.ORCID, Plaza CésarORCID, Rey AnaORCID, Rodríguez Alexandra, Siebe ChristinaORCID, Teixido Alberto L., Casado-Coy NuriaORCID, Trivedi PankajORCID, Torres-Díaz Cristian, Verma Jay PrakashORCID, Mukherjee Arpan, Zeng Xiao-Min, Wang Ling, Wang JianyongORCID, Zaady EliORCID, Zhou Xiaobing, Huang QiaoyunORCID, Tan Wenfeng, Zhu Yong-Guan, Rillig Matthias C.ORCID, Delgado-Baquerizo ManuelORCID
Abstract
AbstractSoil contamination is one of the main threats to ecosystem health and sustainability. Yet little is known about the extent to which soil contaminants differ between urban greenspaces and natural ecosystems. Here we show that urban greenspaces and adjacent natural areas (i.e., natural/semi-natural ecosystems) shared similar levels of multiple soil contaminants (metal(loid)s, pesticides, microplastics, and antibiotic resistance genes) across the globe. We reveal that human influence explained many forms of soil contamination worldwide. Socio-economic factors were integral to explaining the occurrence of soil contaminants worldwide. We further show that increased levels of multiple soil contaminants were linked with changes in microbial traits including genes associated with environmental stress resistance, nutrient cycling, and pathogenesis. Taken together, our work demonstrates that human-driven soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces globally, and highlights that soil contaminants have the potential to cause dire consequences for ecosystem sustainability and human wellbeing.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Chemistry,Multidisciplinary
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