Extreme weather events: Should drinking water quality management systems adapt to changing risk profiles?

SJ Khan, D Deere, FDL Leusch, A Humpage… - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
Among the most widely predicted and accepted consequences of global climate change are
increases in both the frequency and severity of a variety of extreme weather events. Such …

Increasingly frequent extreme weather events urge the development of point-of-use water treatment systems

D Wang, Y Chen, M Jarin, X **e - npj Clean Water, 2022 - nature.com
The frequency of extreme weather events, including floods, storms, droughts, extreme
temperatures, and wildfires, has intensified globally over recent decades due to climate …

Arsenic mobilization is enhanced by thermal transformation of schwertmannite

SG Johnston, ED Burton, EM Moon - Environmental Science & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Fires in iron-rich seasonal wetlands can thermally transform Fe (III) minerals and alter their
crystallinity. However, the fate of As associated with thermally transformed Fe (III) minerals is …

Environmental stability of schwertmannite: a review

S Paikaray - Mine Water and the Environment, 2021 - search.proquest.com
Schwertmannite is sensitive to changes in geochemical, thermal, and microbial conditions.
Changes in aqueous pH beyond its stability, ie pH 2.5–4.5, triggers its transformation to …

How to build a firebreak to stop smouldering peat fire: Insights from a laboratory-scale study

S Lin, Y Liu, X Huang - International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2021 - CSIRO Publishing
Smouldering wildfire is an important disturbance to peatlands worldwide; it contributes
significantly to global carbon emissions and provides positive feedback to climate change …

[HTML][HTML] Fire promotes arsenic mobilization and rapid arsenic (III) formation in soil via thermal alteration of arsenic-bearing iron oxides

SG Johnston, N Karimian, ED Burton - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Arsenic in oxic surface soils readily associates with Fe (III) oxide minerals such as
ferrihydrite and goethite, predominantly as As (V). Fires are a common feature in many …

Rapid arsenic (V)-reduction by fire in schwertmannite-rich soil enhances arsenic mobilisation

SG Johnston, WW Bennett, ED Burton… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Arsenic in acid sulfate soil (ASS) landscapes commonly associates with schwertmannite, a
poorly crystalline Fe (III) mineral. Fires in ASS landscapes can thermally transform Fe (III) …

Divergent repartitioning of copper, antimony and phosphorus following thermal transformation of schwertmannite and ferrihydrite

CL Vithana, SG Johnston, N Dawson - Chemical Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
The consequences of fire-induced thermal transformation of poorly crystalline iron minerals
on the availability of coprecipitated trace-metals, metalloids and nutrients in fire-prone acid …

Field Experimental Investigations on the performance of an environmentally friendly soap-based firefighting agent on indonesian peat fire

T Kanyama, N Fukuda, K Uezu, T Kawahara - Fire Technology, 2023 - Springer
Peat fires contribute to global warming and environmental destruction. Once ignited, the fires
tend to spread deep, underground and are difficult to extinguish using solely water. Mixtures …

Complex ecological responses to drought and fire-retardant contamination impacts in ephemeral waters

S Martín, M Rodríguez, JM Moreno… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2014 - Springer
The frequency and duration of droughts are predicted to increase with global warming,
increasing the risk of wildland fires. This motivates research into how drought interacts with …