The increasing use of engineered nanoparticles (NP) in industrial and household
applications will very likely lead to the release of such materials into the environment …

Evidence is accumulating that sorption of organic chemicals to soils and sediments can be
described by “dual-mode sorption”: absorption in amorphous organic matter (AOM) and …

Combustion processes are responsible for the vast majority of the polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) that enter the environment. This review presents and discusses some …

Biomass burning and resulting fire regimes are major drivers of vegetation changes and of
ecosystem dynamics. Understanding past fire dynamics and their relationship to these …

Black carbon (BC), the product of incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass (called
elemental carbon (EC) in atmospheric sciences), was quantified in 12 different materials by …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were analysed in 23 soil samples (0–10 cm layer)
from the Swiss soil monitoring network (NABO) together with total organic carbon (TOC) and …

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon accident released 4.6–6.0× 1011 grams or 4.1 to 4.6 million
barrels of fossil petroleum derived carbon (petrocarbon) as oil into the Gulf of Mexico …

Produced from incomplete combustion of biomass and fossil fuel in the absence of oxygen,
black carbon (BC) is the collective term for a range of carbonaceous substances …

The long-term fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in marsh sediments (West Falmouth, MA)
contaminated in 1969 by the spill of the barge Florida was investigated. A 36-cm-long …

Strong sorption to soot-and charcoal-like material (collectively termed black carbon or BC) in
soils and sediments is possibly the reason for recent observations of elevated geosorbent …