Aulan, Undervisningshuset, Campus Ultuna, Ultuna
Where do microplastics in agricultural soils come from? Where do they go? What happens to them when they are in our soils? Can we measure plastics in soils? Are these plastics harmful to our soils? Following the defence of Wiebke Mareile Heinze on Microplastic distribution and transport in Agricultural Soils on 10th of October, we have gathered her opponent, assessment committee and co-supervisors for exciting lectures on the fate and ecotoxicology of microplastics in soils.
The Department of Soil and Environment is proud to have Wiebke Mareile Heinze defending her doctoral work on the 10th of October. Her opponent, assessment committee, co-supervisors and some of her colleagues have agreed to share some of the latest insights in fate and ecotoxicology of microplastics in soils. We also aim to spur fruitful academic and other discussions to bring clarity on the issue and identify where research should do better to fill relevant knowledge gaps. The workshop is financed by the department of Soil and is arranged in the context of projects financed by Formas and EJP Soil (EOM4Soil).
08.30 – 08.40
Welcome and introduction
Geert Cornelis, Associate Professor at SLU
08.40 – 09.00
Peter Fiener, Professor at Augsburg University (DE)
Soils as long-term sinks and sources of microplastics - the importance of soil erosion.
9.00 – 9.20
Christina Bogner, Professor at Köln University (DE)
Microplastics at the interface between rivers and soils
09.20 – 9.40
Rachel Hurley, research scientist at NIVA (Norwegian Institute for Water Research) (NO).
Drivers of the vertical transport of conventional and biodegradable mulching film fragments in soil
9.40 – 9.50
Discussion on research progress and knowledge gaps on microplastic fate in soils
Peter Fiener, Christina Bogner, Rachel Hurley, Geert Cornelis,
9.50 - 10.10
Coffee
10.10 – 10.30
Jan E. Groenenberg, senior researcher at Wageningen University and Research (NL)
Time-dependent risks of fragmenting microplastic particles in soil.
10.30 – 10.50
Elma Lahive, senior ecotoxicologist at the Centre of Ecology and Hydrology (CEH, UK)
Fate and effects of microplastics as observed during soil mesocosm tests
10.50 – 11.10
Denise Mitrano, Professor at ETH Zürich (CH)
The potential indirect impacts of microplastics in soil: oxygen diffusivity and soil structure
11.10 – 11.30
Nithyapriya Manivannan, post-doctoral researcher at SLU
Impact of microplastics and related heavy metal contamination on growth factors in cereal and legume crops
11.30 – 12.00
Discussion on research progress and knowledge gaps on microplastic effects on and in soils and closing remarks
Jan E. Groenenberg, Elma Lahive, Denise Mitrano, Geert Cornelis
Geert Cornelis
Researcher in Soil Chemistry at the Department of Soil and Environment
+4618671268, +46730639668
geert.cornelis@slu.se