Possible hazards from biodegradation of soil plastic mulch: Increases in microplastics and CO₂ emissions

Affiliations

• ¹ State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
• ² State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ³ Jiangsu Provincial Agricultural Technology Extension Station, Nanjing 210036, China.
• ⁴ National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Centre, Beijing 100026, China.
• ⁵ Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Institute of Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
• ⁶ School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China.
• ⁷ Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Wuppertal, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285, Wuppertal, Germany.
• ⁸ UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia.