Wildland fire ash: production, composition and eco-hydro-geomorphic effects

MB Bodí, DA Martin, VN Balfour, C Santín… - Earth-Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Fire transforms fuels (ie biomass, necromass, soil organic matter) into materials with different
chemical and physical properties. One of these materials is ash, which is the particulate …

[LIVRE][B] Biogeochemistry of wetlands: science and applications

KR Reddy, RD DeLaune, PW Inglett - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
The globally important nature of wetland ecosystems has led to their increased protection
and restoration as well as their use in engineered systems. Underpinning the beneficial …

A review of simulation experiment techniques used to analyze wildfire effects on water quality and supply

CP Brucker, B Livneh, JT Minear… - … Science: Processes & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This review addresses the critical knowledge gap of techniques simulating combustion and
heating characteristics present in natural wildfires and their use in assessing postfire …

Wildfire effects on extractable elements in ash from a Pinus pinaster forest in Portugal

P Pereira, X Úbeda, D Martin… - Hydrological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this work is to study the effects of a wildfire on water‐extractable elements in ash
from a Pinus pinaster forest located in Portugal. The pH, electrical conductivity (EC), calcium …

Food for all? Wildfire ash fuels growth of diverse eukaryotic plankton

TM Ladd, D Catlett, MA Maniscalco… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In December 2017, one of the largest wildfires in California history, the Thomas Fire, created
a large smoke and ash plume that extended over the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Here, we …

Annual burning of a tallgrass prairie inhibits C and N cycling in soil, increasing recalcitrant pyrogenic organic matter storage while reducing N availability

JL Soong, MF Cotrufo - Global change biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Grassland ecosystems store an estimated 30% of the world's total soil C and are frequently
disturbed by wildfires or fire management. Aboveground litter decomposition is one of the …

In Situ Persistence and Migration of Biochar Carbon and Its Impact on Native Carbon Emission in Contrasting Soils under Managed Temperate Pastures

BP Singh, Y Fang, M Boersma, D Collins… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Pyrogenic carbon (PyC) is an important component of the global soil carbon (C) pool, but its
fate, persistence, and loss dynamics in contrasting soils and environments under planted …

Molecular and spectroscopic characterization of water extractable organic matter from thermally altered soils reveal insight into disinfection byproduct precursors

KM Cawley, AK Hohner, DC Podgorski… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
To characterize the effects of thermal-alteration on water extractable organic matter (WEOM),
soil samples were heated in a laboratory at 225, 350, and 500° C. Next, heated and …

Element speciation in UK biomass power plant residues based on composition, mineralogy, microstructure and leaching

AA Bogush, JA Stegemann, R Williams, IG Wood - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
Biomass ash management is an escalating issue in many countries because of increasing
numbers of biomass power plants. Comprehensive characterization of biomass ashes with …

Past fires and post-fire impacts reconstructed from a southwest Australian stalagmite

LK McDonough, PC Treble, A Baker, A Borsato… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Speleothem records of past environmental change provide an important opportunity to
explore fire frequency and intensity in the past, and the antecedent climatic conditions …