Assessment of the Environmental Risk and Challenges of Micro(nano)plastics
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 804
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Increasing global production and release of plastics render a fast growth in the production of micro(nano)plastics (plastic particles < 5 mm, including nanoplastics which are < 0.1 μm), which exist in almost all environmental compartments of the earth. Exposure to micro(nano)plastics may induce a variety of impacts on the biota. Micro(nano)plastics also have the potential to accumulate chemical or biological contaminants, leading to alterations in the availability and effects of these hazardous substances to biota. Both animals and plants can take up micro(nano)plastics, making it possible for the trophic transfer of these tiny particles and associated toxins along the aquatic or terrestrial food chain. Furthermore, the presence of micro(nano)plastics in sediment or soil can affect the physicochemical properties and microbial community structure and activities of these matrices. Micro(nano)plastics have been increasingly considered a factor of global change which can cause changes in the functioning of ecosystems, in particular, the biogechemical cycling of elements.
The Special Issue invites contributions, including but not limited to the following detailed topics:
(1) Occurrence, sources, and transport pathways of micro(nano)plastics in the environment;
(2) Biological effects of micro(nano)plastics and associated contaminants;
(3) Trophic transfer of micro(nano)plastics;
(4) Effects of micro(nano)plastics on the physicochemical and microbial properties of soils or sediments;
(5) Effects of micro(nano)plastics on element biogechemical cycling and the underlying mechanisms.
Prof. Dr. Wenfeng Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- micro(nano)plastics
- environmental behavior
- biological effects
- biogechemical cycling
