Agriculture is an important cause of multiple pollutants in water.With population growth and increasing food demand,more nutrients,plastics,pesticides,pathogens and antibiotics are expected to enter water systems in t...Agriculture is an important cause of multiple pollutants in water.With population growth and increasing food demand,more nutrients,plastics,pesticides,pathogens and antibiotics are expected to enter water systems in the 21st century.As a result,water science has been shifting from singlepollutant to multi-pollutant perspectives for large-scale water quality assessments.This perspective paper summarizes and discusses four main highlights related to water pollution and agriculture from the multi-pollutant perspective.These highlights reveal the spatial and temporal distribution and main sources of multiple pollutants in waters.Based on the highlights,a scientific agenda is proposed to prioritize solutions for sustainable agriculture(UN Sustainable Development Goal 2)and clean water(UN Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 14).This agenda points out that when formulating solutions for water pollution,it is essential to take into account multiple pollutants and their interactions beyond biogeochemistry.展开更多
基金support of the KNAW-MOST project,"Sustainable Resource Management for Adequate and Safe Food Provision(SURE+)"(PSA-SA-E-01,supporting M.Wang)Dutch Talent Program Veni-NWO project(0.16.Veni.198.001,supporting M.Strokal)+4 种基金supported by China Scholarship Council (201913043)Hainan Universitysupported by the FertiCycle project from the European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No.860127supported by Wageningen Institute for Environment and Climate Research (WIMEK) scholarship project No.5160958452supported by the inventWater project from the European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Sklodowska Curie Grant Agreement No.956623
文摘Agriculture is an important cause of multiple pollutants in water.With population growth and increasing food demand,more nutrients,plastics,pesticides,pathogens and antibiotics are expected to enter water systems in the 21st century.As a result,water science has been shifting from singlepollutant to multi-pollutant perspectives for large-scale water quality assessments.This perspective paper summarizes and discusses four main highlights related to water pollution and agriculture from the multi-pollutant perspective.These highlights reveal the spatial and temporal distribution and main sources of multiple pollutants in waters.Based on the highlights,a scientific agenda is proposed to prioritize solutions for sustainable agriculture(UN Sustainable Development Goal 2)and clean water(UN Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 14).This agenda points out that when formulating solutions for water pollution,it is essential to take into account multiple pollutants and their interactions beyond biogeochemistry.
