26. July 2022

How much plastic do soils contain? How much plastic do soils contain?

Not only in the sea, but also in our soils there is "invisible" plastic - nanoplastics to be precise.

Award ceremony of the Klaus Töpfer Research Prize for Soil Scientist Dr. Melanie Braun at the University of Bonn.
Award ceremony of the Klaus Töpfer Research Prize for Soil Scientist Dr. Melanie Braun at the University of Bonn. © Barbara Frommann/Universität Bonn
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Soil scientist Dr. Melanie Braun wants to develop a new method to find out how much of such plastic is actually hiding in the soil. For her innovative project, the junior scientist has now received the Klaus Töpfer Research Prize.

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