Plastic Pollution Impacts on Global Agriculture with GHG Emissions Data

Haihe Gao's dataset, shared on figshare in March 2026, synthesizes research on the long-term impacts of plasticulture. The 494.8 KB XLSX file assesses the threat of macro- and microplastics accumulation in farmland soils to crop productivity and climate security.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between plastic film mulch use and crop yield changes.
• Analyzing drivers of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O) from agricultural plastic use.
• Assessing the accumulation of macro- and microplastics in farmland soils over time.
• Evaluating threats to food and climate security from long-term plasticulture practices.

Strengths

• Data is synthesized from research to assess long-term impacts, suggesting a structured evidence base.
• File is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting reuse and redistribution.
• Dataset is small (494.8 KB), facilitating quick download and initial inspection.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and geographic scope require manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

Haihe Gao via figshare.

Collection Method

Synthesized research to assess long-term impacts and drivers.

Time Range

Long-term impacts, but specific temporal coverage is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 01:25:27; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global agriculture, but specific geographic coverage is not stated.