ArticleNature communications2023
Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide.
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Yu-Rong LiuState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. yrliu@mail.hzau.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1112-4255
Marcel G A van der HeijdenPlant-Soil Interactions, Agroscope, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7040-1924
Judith RiedoDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6887-7664
Carlos Sanz-LazaroMultidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies (MIES), University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, Alicante, E-03080, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4431-1762
David J EldridgeCentre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-486X
Felipe BastidaCEBAS-CSIC. Department of Soil and Water Conservation. Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100, Murcia, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9958-7099
Eduardo Moreno-JiménezDepartment of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2125-1197
Xin-Quan ZhouCollege of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Hang-Wei HuFaculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-102X
Ji-Zheng HeFaculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9169-8058
José L MorenoCEBAS-CSIC. Department of Soil and Water Conservation. Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100, Murcia, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6063-7156
Sebastian AbadesGEMA Center for Genomics, Ecology & Environment, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5704-4037
Fernando AlfaroGEMA Center for Genomics, Ecology & Environment, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2922-1838
Adebola R BamigboyeNatural History Museum (Botany Unit), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Miguel BerdugoDepartamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, C/Jose Antonio Novais 12, Madrid, 28040, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1053-8907
José L Blanco-PastorINRAE, UR4 (URP3F), Centre Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Poitiers, Lusignan, 86600, France.
Asunción de Los RíosMuseo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 115 bis, 28006, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-3516
Jorge DuranMisión Biológica de Galicia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Pontevedra, Spain.
Tine GrebencDepartment of Forest Physiology and Genetics, Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4035-8587
Javier G IllánDepartment of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164 USA, USA.
Thulani P MakhalanyaneDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Marine Microbiomics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8173-1678
Marco A Molina-MontenegroCentre for Integrative Ecology, ICB, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6801-8942
Tina U NahbergerDepartment of Forest Physiology and Genetics, Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Gabriel F Peñaloza-BojacáLaboratório de Sistemática Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, MG, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7085-9521
César PlazaInstituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 115 bis, 28006, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-7001
Ana ReyMuseo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 115 bis, 28006, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0394-101X
Alexandra RodríguezMisión Biológica de Galicia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Pontevedra, Spain.
Christina SiebeInstituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F, 04510, CP, México.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-6778
Alberto L TeixidoDepartamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa, 2367, Boa Esperança, Cuiabá, 78060-900, MT, Brazil.
Nuria Casado-CoyMultidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies (MIES), University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, Alicante, E-03080, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4348-2225
Pankaj TrivediMicrobiome Network and Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 80523, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0173-2804
Cristian Torres-DíazGrupo de Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (BCG), Departamento de Ciencias. Básicas, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Campus Fernando May, Chillán, Chile.
Jay Prakash VermaPlant-Microbes Interaction Lab, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2643-9623
Arpan MukherjeePlant-Microbes Interaction Lab, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Xiao-Min ZengCollege of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Ling WangInstitute of Grassland Science/School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University, and Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Changchun, 130024, Jilin, China.
Jianyong WangInstitute of Grassland Science/School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University, and Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Changchun, 130024, Jilin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9863-0056
Eli ZaadyDepartment of Natural Resources, Agricultural Research Organization, Institute of Plant Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Negev, 8531100, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3304-534X
Xiaobing ZhouState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China.
Qiaoyun HuangState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2733-8066
Wenfeng TanCollege of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Yong-Guan ZhuState Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China.
Matthias C RilligInstitute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, 14195, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-7853
Manuel Delgado-BaquerizoLaboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico. Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Av. Reina Mercedes 10, Sevilla, E-41012, Spain. m.delgadobaquerizo@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6499-576X
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Abstract
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.
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