It is clear that, in some climates, fires are a natural phenomenon, they have occurred for
millennia and plants have revealed the capacity to cope with them (Pausas et al., 2008). It is …

Soils play an essential role in supporting and sustaining life on this planet. In fire-impacted
environments, fire causes considerable changes to the soil, especially in the various …

Soils and sediments worldwide contain appreciable amounts of thermally altered organic
matter (chars). Chars contain electroactive quinoid functional groups and polycondensed …

The influence of temperature between 25–500° C on several physical and chemical
properties was studied on samples collected from six typical Mediterranean soils. In all soil …

Soil spatial heterogeneity is a major determinant of biological diversity and functions. Among
soil biota, nematodes are considered as excellent models for understanding spatial soil …

High variability in the literature is reported on the soil depth affected by forest fires because
many factors are involved. We study the fire-induced changes on properties related to soil …

Environmental charcoals represent a poorly defined part of the black carbon (BC)
combustion continuum and may differ widely in their chemical and physical properties …

It has been proposed that fragments of an asteroid or comet impacted Earth, deposited silica-
and iron-rich microspherules and other proxies across several continents, and triggered the …

Fire profoundly modifies the terrestrial C cycle of about 40% of the Earth's land surface. The
immediate effect of fire is that of a net loss of C as CO 2 gas and soot particles to the …

Forest fires produce a major impact on soil, water and vegetation. Despite the amount of
research published on this subject, there are two major problems that hamper the fully …