Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide

Y.-R. Liu; M. G. A. Van der Heijden; J. Riedo; C. Sanz-Lazaro; D. J. Eldridge; F. Bastida; E. Moreno-Jimenez; X.-Q. Zhou; H.-W. Hu; J.-Z. He; J. L. Moreno; S. Abades; F. Alfaro; A. R. Bamigboye; M. Berdugo; J. L. Blanco-Pastor; A. De los Rios; J. Duran; T. Grebenc; J.G. Illan; T.P. Makhalanyane; M.A. Molina-Montenegro; T. U. Nahberger; G. F. Penaloza-Bojaca; C. Plaza; A. Rey; A. Rodriguez; C. Siebe; A. L. Teixido; N. Casado-Coy; P. Trivedi; C. Torres-Diaz; J. P. Verma; A. Mukherjee; X.-M. Zeng; L. Wang; J. Wang; E. Zaady; X. Zhou; Q. Huang; W. Tan; Y.-G. Zhu; M. C. Rillig; Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo

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Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide

Y.-R. Liu, M. G. A. Van der Heijden, J. Riedo, C. Sanz-Lazaro, D. J. Eldridge, F. Bastida, E. Moreno-Jimenez, X.-Q. Zhou, H.-W. Hu, J.-Z. He, J. L. Moreno, S. Abades, F. Alfaro, A. R. Bamigboye, M. Berdugo, J. L. Blanco-Pastor, A. De los Rios, J. Duran, T. Grebenc, J.G. IllanT.P. Makhalanyane, M.A. Molina-Montenegro, T. U. Nahberger, G. F. Penaloza-Bojaca, C. Plaza, A. Rey, A. Rodriguez, C. Siebe, A. L. Teixido, N. Casado-Coy, P. Trivedi, C. Torres-Diaz, J. P. Verma, A. Mukherjee, X.-M. Zeng, L. Wang, J. Wang, E. Zaady, X. Zhou, Q. Huang, W. Tan, Y.-G. Zhu, M. C. Rillig, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo

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Soil 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.

Original language	English
Article number	1706
Number of pages	12
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37428-6
Publication status	Published - Dec 2023

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Liu, Y.-R., Van der Heijden, M. G. A., Riedo, J., Sanz-Lazaro, C., Eldridge, D. J., Bastida, F., Moreno-Jimenez, E., Zhou, X.-Q., Hu, H.-W., He, J.-Z., Moreno, J. L., Abades, S., Alfaro, F., Bamigboye, A. R., Berdugo, M., Blanco-Pastor, J. L., De los Rios, A., Duran, J., Grebenc, T., ... Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023). Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 1706. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37428-6

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