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 …

Biochar is pyrogenic carbon rich material generated from carbon neutral sources (ie,
biomass). Being an environmentally benign means for soil amendment, it also offers …

Depicted as large polymers by the traditional model, humic substances (HS) tend to be
considered resistant to biodegradation. However, HS should be regarded as …

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

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 …

Production of biochar (the carbon (C)-rich solid formed by pyrolysis of biomass) and its
storage in soils have been suggested as a means of abating climate change by …

Pyrogenic carbon (biochar) amendment is increasingly discussed as a method to increase
soil fertility while sequestering atmospheric carbon (C). However, both increased and …

Biochars are increasingly used as soil amendment and for C sequestration in soils. The
influence of feedstock differences and pyrolysis temperature on biochar characteristics has …

Pyrogenic carbon (PyC; includes soot, char, black carbon, and biochar) is produced by the
incomplete combustion of organic matter accompanying biomass burning and fossil fuel …

Char black carbon (BC), the solid residue of incomplete combustion, is continuously being
added to soils and sediments due to natural vegetation fires, anthropogenic pollution, and …