The black carbon cycle and its role in the Earth system

AI Coppola, S Wagner, ST Lennartz, M Seidel… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Black carbon (BC) is produced by incomplete combustion of biomass by wildfires and
burning of fossil fuels. BC is environmentally persistent over centuries to millennia …

Singlet oxygen quantum yields in environmental waters

R Ossola, OM Jönsson, K Moor, K McNeill - Chemical Reviews, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Singlet oxygen (1O2) is a reactive oxygen species produced in sunlit waters via energy
transfer from the triplet states of natural sensitizers. There has been an increasing interest in …

Enigmatic persistence of dissolved organic matter in the ocean

T Dittmar, ST Lennartz, H Buck-Wiese… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) contains more carbon than the combined stocks of
Earth's biota. Organisms in the ocean continuously release a myriad of molecules that …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the long-term effectiveness of biochar immobilization remediation on heavy metal contaminated soil and the potential environmental factors …

J Wang, L Shi, L Zhai, H Zhang, S Wang, J Zou… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Currently, the research and application of biochar in the remediation of heavy metal
contaminated soil has become a hotspot, especially regarding the remediation of …

Black carbon (biochar) in water/soil environments: molecular structure, sorption, stability, and potential risk

F Lian, B **ng - Environmental science & technology, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Black carbon (BC) is ubiquitous in the environments and participates in various
biogeochemical processes. Both positive and negative effects of BC (especially biochar) on …

Fenton chemistry and reactive oxygen species in soil: Abiotic mechanisms of biotic processes, controls and consequences for carbon and nutrient cycling

GH Yu, Y Kuzyakov - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Although most organic matter (OM) in soil is mineralized by microorganisms, the
nonmicrobial processes, eg, Fenton reactions and photo-degradation, strongly contribute to …

Biochar effects on methane emissions from soils: a meta-analysis

S Jeffery, FGA Verheijen, C Kammann… - Soil Biology and …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Methane (CH 4) emissions have increased by more than 150% since 1750, with agriculture
being the major source. Further increases are predicted as permafrost regions start thawing …

Impact of biochar properties on soil conditions and agricultural sustainability: A review

MI Al‐Wabel, Q Hussain, ARA Usman… - Land Degradation & …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
This review summarizes the influences of pyrolysis conditions and feedstock types on
biochar properties and how biochar properties in turn affect soil properties. Mechanistic …

New approaches to measuring biochar density and porosity

CE Brewer, VJ Chuang, CA Masiello… - Biomass and …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
It is clear that the density and porosity of biochar will impact its mobility in the environment,
its interaction with the soil hydrologic cycle, and its suitability as an ecological niche for soil …

Photogeneration of reactive oxygen species from biochar suspension for diethyl phthalate degradation

G Fang, C Liu, Y Wang, DD Dionysiou… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
In this study, the photogeneration of reactive oxygen species (ROS) from biochar
suspension was investigated. The characterizations of biochar particles before and after …