Microplastics, an emerging pollutant, have garnered widespread attention due to potential repercussions on human health and the environment. Given the critical role of seafood in food security, growing concerns about microplastics might be detrimental to meeting future global food demand. This study employs a discrete choice experiment to investigate Chilean consumers' preferences for technology aimed at mitigating microplastic levels in mussels. Using a between-subjects design with information treatments, we examined the impact of informing consumers about potential human health and environmental effects linked to microplastics pollution on their valuation for the technology. We found that the information treatments increased consumers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 willingness to pay for them. Specifically, consumers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 willingness to pay for mussels with a 90% depuration efficiency certification is around US$ 4. The provision of health impact information increased the price premium by 56%, while the provision of environmental information increased it by 21%. Furthermore, combined health and environmental information significantly increased the probability of non-purchasing behavior by 22.8% and the risk perception of microplastics for human health by 5.8%. These results emphasize the critical role of information in shaping consumer preferences and provide evidence for validating investment in research and development related to microplastic pollution mitigation measures.Little is known about the global distribution and environmental drivers of key microbial functional traits such as antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Soils are one of Earth\uffe2\uff80\uff99s largest reservoirs of ARGs, which are integral for soil microbial competition, and have potential implications for plant and human health. Yet, their diversity and global patterns remain poorly described. Here, we analyzed 285 ARGs in soils from 1012 sites across all continents and created the first global atlas with the distributions of topsoil ARGs.
ResultsWe show that ARGs peaked in high latitude cold and boreal forests. Climatic seasonality and mobile genetic elements, associated with the transmission of antibiotic resistance, were also key drivers of their global distribution. Dominant ARGs were mainly related to multidrug resistance genes and efflux pump machineries. We further pinpointed the global hotspots of the diversity and proportions of soil ARGs.
ConclusionsTogether, our work provides the foundation for a better understanding of the ecology and global distribution of the environmental soil antibiotic resistome.
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It contains the following shapefiles: PO6_BAU_NoZoning_50.shp PO6_BAU_NoZoning_100.shp PO6_BAU_Zoning_50.shp PO6_Sprawl_Zoning_50.shp PO6_BAU_NoZoning_50.shp PO6_Compact_Zoning_50.shp PO6_Compact_NoZoning_50.shp The metronamica Model was applied on six scenarios with combinations of business as usual, suburban sprawl or compact city development which build on the socio-economic projections and density assumptions of the ESPON-ET2050 project, and use the land use allocation parameters from the RECARE and SoilCare Integrated Assessment Models. Spatial development (zoning) was for some scenarios restricted in high productive fields. The model results give probabilities (0 \u2013 1) of urban development within the 1 km\u00b2 cells. Based on these probability percentages the different soil functions are reduced (100% of the probability and 50% of the probability) compared to the current soil functioning and, for the 50% scenarios, partly replaced by low productive grasslands as gardens and other public greenery. Z-scores are calculated from the spatial SF maps for each of the environmental zones. These environmental zones are derived from the Metzger et al. (2013). The z-scores give the signed fractional number of standard deviations by which SF means for an environmental zone are above or below the mean value and allow us indicate which areas have a higher or lower soil function performance compared to the mean value. Z-scores from the current SF maps and scenario maps were then compared to each other to calculate the change in z-scores. This change in z-scores is given in the shapefiles and describes the relative change in soil function performance. Positive values indicate an improvement in soil functioning compared to the current situation, negative values a decrease. More information regarding calculation and interpretation of both this dataset and the soil function maps used to calculate the z-scores can be found in: Vrebos D., F. Bampa, R. Creamer, A. Jones, E. Lugato, L. O\u2019Sullivan, P. Meire, R.P.O. Schulte, J. Schr\u00f6der and J. Staes (2018). Scenarios maps: visualizing optimized scenarios where supply of soil functions matches demands. LANDMARK Report 4.3. and Jones A. et al. (2019). An options document to propose future policy tools for functional soil management. LANDMARK 5.3. All available from www.landmark2020.eu.", "keywords": ["Water resources", "Food Safety", "Food Safety and Toxicology", "Nutritional Sciences", "Social Sciences", "7. Clean energy", "Pathology and Forensic Medicine", "Health and Life Sciences", "Farming Systems and Practices", "11. Sustainability", "13. Climate action", "Agriculture", " Forestry", " Horticulture", "Human Health and Pathology", "Soils and soil sciences", "Agricultural Sciences", "Life Sciences", "Hydrology and Hydrogeology", "15. 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Rapid, sustained mitigation and adaptation actions can benefit all these elements of the nexus. Key transitions in energy, land and marine ecosystems, urban areas, industry and society are essential for climate change mitigation, adaptation and sustainable development. These transitions require interdisciplinary research, policy support and societal engagement. Here we present an assessment of 69 response options, a subset of which (15) was used in the climate change chapter of the IPBES Nexus Assessment. We show that the majority of climate change response options for land, oceans and ecosystems, settlement and infrastructure, industrial and societal system transitions have broadly positive impacts across the nexus. However, energy system transitions show more apparent trade\uffe2\uff80\uff90offs. Most of these impacts result from energy infrastructure that would also be required for fossil fuel\uffe2\uff80\uff90based systems and should be compared to the far more damaging consequences of continued fossil fuel use. Transitioning to cleaner, renewable energy sources reduces these risks and offers significant improvements across the nexus by reducing climate change impacts. Of the 69 response options assessed, 59% have entirely positive effects, or at least no negative effects, across all nexus elements and can be considered as low\uffe2\uff80\uff90risk, immediately actionable options. The remaining 41% show either negative or variable impacts on at least one nexus element. However, this does not render them unviable; rather, their implementation must be carefully managed. Where impacts are variable, strategies should be tailored to ensure positive outcomes; where trade\uffe2\uff80\uff90offs are unavoidable, efforts should focus on minimising negative effects and maximising synergies. Our findings suggest that prioritising policies that address the interconnected challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, pollution, food insecurity, access to clean water, energy for all and sustainable development will deliver more effective and equitable climate action.Little is known about the global distribution and environmental drivers of key microbial functional traits such as antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Soils are one of Earth\uffe2\uff80\uff99s largest reservoirs of ARGs, which are integral for soil microbial competition, and have potential implications for plant and human health. Yet, their diversity and global patterns remain poorly described. Here, we analyzed 285 ARGs in soils from 1012 sites across all continents and created the first global atlas with the distributions of topsoil ARGs.
ResultsWe show that ARGs peaked in high latitude cold and boreal forests. Climatic seasonality and mobile genetic elements, associated with the transmission of antibiotic resistance, were also key drivers of their global distribution. Dominant ARGs were mainly related to multidrug resistance genes and efflux pump machineries. We further pinpointed the global hotspots of the diversity and proportions of soil ARGs.
ConclusionsTogether, our work provides the foundation for a better understanding of the ecology and global distribution of the environmental soil antibiotic resistome.
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Malgr\u00e9 les progr\u00e8s th\u00e9rapeutiques, leur mortalit\u00e9 reste tr\u00e8s \u00e9lev\u00e9e en cas de recours \u00e0 la ventilation m\u00e9canique invasive. La ventilation non invasive (VNI) est recommand\u00e9e comme traitement de premi\u00e8re ligne en raison de la diminution de mortalit\u00e9 rapport\u00e9e dans les \u00e9tudes randomis\u00e9es anciennes. R\u00e9cemment, ces b\u00e9n\u00e9fices ont \u00e9t\u00e9 remis en cause par des essais de plus grande ampleur. Toutefois, il est possible que les r\u00e9glages de la VNI n\u2019aient pas \u00e9t\u00e9 optimaux dans ces \u00e9tudes, diminuant ainsi son efficacit\u00e9. Par ailleurs, l\u2019oxyg\u00e9noth\u00e9rapie nasale \u00e0 haut d\u00e9bit (OHD) est une technique d\u2019oxyg\u00e9nation r\u00e9cente avec des r\u00e9sultats prometteurs dans de nombreuses situations cliniques. L\u2019objectif final de ce projet \u00e9tait de conduire une \u00e9tude prospective randomis\u00e9e multicentrique comparant la VNI avec des r\u00e9glages optimis\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019OHD chez les patients immunod\u00e9prim\u00e9s admis en R\u00e9animation pour une insuffisance respiratoire aigu\u00eb. Nous avons tout d\u2019abord valid\u00e9 l\u2019hypoth\u00e8se de recherche du projet, son objectif principal, les calculs d\u2019effectif et le taux de recrutement au moyen d\u2019une \u00e9tude pilote r\u00e9trospective. Puis nous avons \u00e9labor\u00e9 le protocole de VNI \u00e0 partir d\u2019une revue syst\u00e9matique de la litt\u00e9rature comparant l\u2019efficacit\u00e9 des diff\u00e9rents protocoles de VNI publi\u00e9s. Ensuite, nous avons analys\u00e9 les facteurs de risque d\u2019\u00e9chec de la VNI chez les patients hypox\u00e9miques afin d\u2019identifier les param\u00e8tres physiologiques respiratoires \u00e0 surveiller chez les patients trait\u00e9s par VNI. En outre, nous avons identifi\u00e9 les m\u00e9canismes responsables des effets physiologiques de l\u2019OHD au moyen d\u2019une \u00e9tude sur banc puis chez des volontaires sains. Enfin, nous avons s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 la m\u00e9thode d\u2019estimation de la fraction inspir\u00e9e en dioxyg\u00e8ne mesur\u00e9e au masque la plus fiable en comparant les diff\u00e9rentes m\u00e9thodes existantes dans le but d\u2019affiner les crit\u00e8res d\u2019inclusion du projet. Ces cinq \u00e9tudes pr\u00e9liminaires nous ont permis de conduire une \u00e9tude prospective randomis\u00e9e dans 30 centres en France et en Italie dans le but de comparer les effets de l\u2019OHD seule d\u00e9livr\u00e9e \u00e0 60 L/min \u00e0 son association \u00e0 la VNI intensive (administr\u00e9e au moins 12 heures par jour avec une pression expiratoire positive d\u2019au moins 8 cmH2O et un volume courant expir\u00e9 inf\u00e9rieur \u00e0 8 ml/kg de poids pr\u00e9dit) sur la mortalit\u00e9 \u00e0 28 jours chez 300 patients immunod\u00e9prim\u00e9s admis en R\u00e9animation pour une insuffisance respiratoire aigu\u00eb.", "keywords": ["Clinical study", "Immunod\u00e9pression", "[SDV.MHEP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology", "High-Flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy", "Ventilation non invasive", "\u00c9tude clinique", "[SDV.MHEP.PSR] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Pulmonology and respiratory tract", "Insuffisance respiratoire aigu\u00eb", "Oxyg\u00e9noth\u00e9rapie nasale \u00e0 haut d\u00e9bit", "Acute respiratory failure", "Noninvasive ventilation", "Immunosuppression"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Coudroy, R\u00e9mi", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/1e653c62e5737fecd5d1bfcda54efca7"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "1e653c62e5737fecd5d1bfcda54efca7", "name": "item", "description": "1e653c62e5737fecd5d1bfcda54efca7", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/1e653c62e5737fecd5d1bfcda54efca7"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "3114970092", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:25:10Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "Science for policy 6: Urban planning: sealing the future of soil functions - datasets?", "description": "Open AccessThis dataset is part of Deliverable and 5.3 and produced by the WP4 team of the Landmark H2020 project. It contains the following shapefiles: PO6_BAU_NoZoning_50.shp PO6_BAU_NoZoning_100.shp PO6_BAU_Zoning_50.shp PO6_Sprawl_Zoning_50.shp PO6_BAU_NoZoning_50.shp PO6_Compact_Zoning_50.shp PO6_Compact_NoZoning_50.shp The metronamica Model was applied on six scenarios with combinations of business as usual, suburban sprawl or compact city development which build on the socio-economic projections and density assumptions of the ESPON-ET2050 project, and use the land use allocation parameters from the RECARE and SoilCare Integrated Assessment Models. Spatial development (zoning) was for some scenarios restricted in high productive fields. The model results give probabilities (0 \u2013 1) of urban development within the 1 km\u00b2 cells. Based on these probability percentages the different soil functions are reduced (100% of the probability and 50% of the probability) compared to the current soil functioning and, for the 50% scenarios, partly replaced by low productive grasslands as gardens and other public greenery. Z-scores are calculated from the spatial SF maps for each of the environmental zones. These environmental zones are derived from the Metzger et al. (2013). The z-scores give the signed fractional number of standard deviations by which SF means for an environmental zone are above or below the mean value and allow us indicate which areas have a higher or lower soil function performance compared to the mean value. Z-scores from the current SF maps and scenario maps were then compared to each other to calculate the change in z-scores. This change in z-scores is given in the shapefiles and describes the relative change in soil function performance. Positive values indicate an improvement in soil functioning compared to the current situation, negative values a decrease. More information regarding calculation and interpretation of both this dataset and the soil function maps used to calculate the z-scores can be found in: Vrebos D., F. Bampa, R. Creamer, A. Jones, E. Lugato, L. O\u2019Sullivan, P. Meire, R.P.O. Schulte, J. Schr\u00f6der and J. Staes (2018). Scenarios maps: visualizing optimized scenarios where supply of soil functions matches demands. LANDMARK Report 4.3. and Jones A. et al. (2019). An options document to propose future policy tools for functional soil management. LANDMARK 5.3. All available from www.landmark2020.eu.", "keywords": ["Water resources", "Food Safety", "Food Safety and Toxicology", "Nutritional Sciences", "Social Sciences", "7. Clean energy", "Pathology and Forensic Medicine", "Health and Life Sciences", "Farming Systems and Practices", "11. Sustainability", "13. 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Given the critical role of seafood in food security, growing concerns about microplastics might be detrimental to meeting future global food demand. This study employs a discrete choice experiment to investigate Chilean consumers' preferences for technology aimed at mitigating microplastic levels in mussels. Using a between-subjects design with information treatments, we examined the impact of informing consumers about potential human health and environmental effects linked to microplastics pollution on their valuation for the technology. We found that the information treatments increased consumers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 willingness to pay for them. Specifically, consumers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 willingness to pay for mussels with a 90% depuration efficiency certification is around US$ 4. The provision of health impact information increased the price premium by 56%, while the provision of environmental information increased it by 21%. Furthermore, combined health and environmental information significantly increased the probability of non-purchasing behavior by 22.8% and the risk perception of microplastics for human health by 5.8%. These results emphasize the critical role of information in shaping consumer preferences and provide evidence for validating investment in research and development related to microplastic pollution mitigation measures.