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ArticleEnvironmental science and ecotechnology2025

Microplastic pollution threatens mangrove carbon sequestration capacity.

Xiaotong He, Shiguang Xu, Han Ren, Xiaobing Yang, Feizhou Su, Shuo Gao, Chenxi Xie, Junhui Zhao, Zhan Jin, Xiangjin Shen and 2 more

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Article in Environmental science and ecotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Xiaotong HeState & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ecological Treatment Technology of Urban Water Pollution, College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China.
Shiguang XuState & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ecological Treatment Technology of Urban Water Pollution, College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China.
Han RenState & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ecological Treatment Technology of Urban Water Pollution, College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China.
Xiaobing YangState & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ecological Treatment Technology of Urban Water Pollution, College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China.
Feizhou SuState & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ecological Treatment Technology of Urban Water Pollution, College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China.
Shuo GaoState & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ecological Treatment Technology of Urban Water Pollution, College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China.
Chenxi XieState & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ecological Treatment Technology of Urban Water Pollution, College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China.
Junhui ZhaoState & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ecological Treatment Technology of Urban Water Pollution, College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China.
Zhan JinState & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ecological Treatment Technology of Urban Water Pollution, College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China.
Xiangjin ShenNortheast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China.
Rongxiao CheState Key Laboratory for Vegetation Structure, Function and Construction (VegLab), Institute of International Rivers and Ecosecurity, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China.
Derong XiaoState & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ecological Treatment Technology of Urban Water Pollution, College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microplastics are a pervasive environmental pollutant, altering microbial communities and disrupting global biogeochemical cycles. Mangrove forests, critical blue carbon habitats, are significant sinks for microplastic accumulation, yet they also cycle large amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The effect of plastic pollution on methane dynamics in these vital habitats remains, however, poorly understood. Here we show that microplastic pollution in mangrove soils is linked to an increased potential for methane production by favouring methanogenic archaea. Through a nationwide survey of Chinese mangroves, we found that microplastic concentrations were higher (6516 ± 1725 particles kg

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Biogeochemical cyclesCarbon emissionMangroveMethane microbeMicroplastics

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PMID40689411
PMCPMC12274697

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