The concept and future prospects of soil health

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 1(10), P. 544 - 553

Published: Aug. 25, 2020

Language: Английский

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Biodiversity and human health: mechanisms and evidence of the positive health effects of diversity in nature and green spaces

British Medical Bulletin, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 127(1), P. 5 - 22

Published: June 13, 2018

Natural environments and green spaces provide ecosystem services that enhance human health well-being. They improve mental health, mitigate allergies reduce all-cause, respiratory, cardiovascular cancer mortality. The presence, accessibility, proximity greenness of determine the magnitude their positive effects, but role biodiversity (including species diversity) within remains underexplored. This review describes mechanisms evidence effects in nature on health.We identified studies listed PubMed Web Science using combinations keywords including 'biodiversity', 'diversity', 'species richness', 'human health', 'mental health' 'well-being' with no restrictions year publication. Papers were considered for detailed evaluation if they written English reported data levels outcomes.There is associations between diversity well-being (psychological physical) immune system regulation.There a very limited number relate measured to health. There more self-reported psychological than well-defined clinical outcomes. High has been associated both reduced increased vector-borne disease risk.Biodiversity supports mitigating heat, noise air pollution, which all mediate spaces, direct long-term outcomes have insufficiently studied so far.Additional research newly developed methods are needed quantify short- exposure perceived objectively diversity, nature-based solutions microbiota.

Language: Английский

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Soil biota, antimicrobial resistance and planetary health

Environment International, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 131, P. 105059 - 105059

Published: July 30, 2019

The concept of planetary health acknowledges the links between ecosystems, biodiversity and human well-being. Soil, critical component interconnected ecosystem, is most biodiverse habitat on Earth, soil microbiomes play a major role in well-being through ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, pollutant remediation synthesis bioactive compounds antimicrobials. Soil also natural source antimicrobial resistance, which often termed intrinsic resistance. However, increasing use misuse antimicrobials humans animals recent decades has increased both diversity prevalence resistance soils, particularly areas affected by animal wastes, organic manures reclaimed wastewater, air transmission. Antimicrobials are two sides sword, while essential care; globally, jeopardizing effectiveness drugs, thus threatening health. crucial pathway exposed to determinants, including those harbored pathogens. In this review, we nexus focus discuss illustrate impacts This review examines sources dynamics soils uses perspective track movement antimicrobial-resistance genes environmental compartments, soil, water, food air.

Language: Английский

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Soil and Human Health: Current Status and Future Needs

Air Soil and Water Research, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: Jan. 1, 2020

Soil influences human health in a variety of ways, with being linked to the soil. Historically, emphasis has been placed on negative impacts that soils have health, including exposures toxins and pathogenic organisms or problems created by growing crops nutrient-deficient soils. However, there are number positive ways enhance from food production nutrient supply medications enhancement immune system. It is increasingly recognized soil an ecosystem myriad interconnected parts, each influencing other, when all necessary parts present functioning (ie, healthy), also benefits. Despite advances made, still many areas need additional investigation. We do not good understanding how chemical mixtures environment influence rule, exception. sparse information most chemicals react within chemically biologically active ecosystem, what those reactions mean for health. There better integrate ecology agronomic crop food/nutrition science, genetics bacterial fungal sequencing capabilities, metagenomics, subsequent analysis interpretation. While considerable work focused microbiology, macroorganisms received much less attention regarding links attention. Finally, pressing effectively communicate connections our broader society, as people cannot act they have. Multidisciplinary teams researchers, scientists, social others, will be essential move these issues forward.

Language: Английский

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Evidence for co-selection of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in metal polluted urban soils

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 656, P. 512 - 520

Published: Nov. 26, 2018

Language: Английский

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Exploring the multiple land degradation pathways across the planet

Earth-Science Reviews, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 220, P. 103689 - 103689

Published: May 25, 2021

Language: Английский

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Impacts of atmospheric particulate matter pollution on environmental biogeochemistry of trace metals in soil-plant system: A review

Environmental Pollution, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 255, P. 113138 - 113138

Published: Sept. 12, 2019

Language: Английский

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Urbanisation-driven land degradation and socioeconomic challenges in peri-urban areas: Insights from Southern Europe

AMBIO, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 51(6), P. 1446 - 1458

Published: Jan. 29, 2022

Climate change and landscape transformation have led to rapid expansion of peri-urban areas globally, representing new 'laboratories' for the study human-nature relationships aiming at land degradation management. This paper contributes debate on human-driven processes by highlighting how natural socioeconomic forces trigger soil depletion environmental in areas. The aim was classify synthesise interactions urbanisation-driven factors with direct or indirect, on-site off-site, short-term century-scale impacts degradation, focussing Southern Europe as a paradigmatic case address this issue. Assuming complex multifaceted among influencing factors, relevant contribution shown derive from drivers, most important which were population growth urban sprawl. Viewing socio-environmental systems adapting intense transformations, these identified forming 'syndromes' driven urbanisation. Based classification, we suggested three key measures support future management European

Language: Английский

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The ecosystem services of urban soils: A review

Geoderma, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 395, P. 115076 - 115076

Published: March 19, 2021

The expansion of urban areas worldwide is increasing the anthropogenic impact upon soil and highlights important role in supporting a sustainable future. As such, soils are becoming more delivery broad range ecosystem services (ESs), including carbon storage climate regulation, biomass provision for food water flow recreational benefits. In this review, we aim to support development emerging research area and, subsequently, improved treatment management ES delivery. We present systematic review which ESs have been studied examine trends using co-occurrence analysis key terms. then provide summary current knowledge on identify gaps knowledge. Our that young, but growing, field research, with marked increase publications since 2014. found processes regulating were most commonly studied, 88% 71% papers relating quantitative studies addressing these, respectively. Cultural, provisioning water-related relatively understudied, suggesting future research. However, may be attributable disconnection between academic communities rather than lack Fewer 20% addressed two simultaneously, leading us suggest multifunctionality highlighting need integrate understanding across disciplines professions. addition overarching suggestion, propose six opportunities: further into food, cultural ESs; greater geographical representation; interconnection practitioner communities; focus drivers change environments.

Language: Английский

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Wastewater generation and treatment by various eco-friendly technologies: Possible health hazards and further reuse for environmental safety

Chemosphere, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 313, P. 137547 - 137547

Published: Dec. 15, 2022

Language: Английский

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