Pyrogenic carbon decomposition critical to resolving fire's role in the Earth system

SPK Bowring, MW Jones, P Ciais, B Guenet… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Recently identified post-fire carbon fluxes indicate that, to understand whether global fires
represent a net carbon source or sink, one must consider both terrestrial carbon retention …

Drivers of mountain soil organic carbon stock dynamics: A review

Y Zhang, C An, W Zhang, L Zheng, Y Zhang… - Journal of Soils and …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Mountains have unique microclimates and rich plant diversity, resulting in different
patterns and dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) across plant communities and …

Burn intensity drives the alteration of phenolic lignin to (Poly) aromatic hydrocarbons as revealed by pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS)

H Chen, JJ Wang, PJ Ku, MTK Tsui… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
High-intensity wildfires alter the chemical composition of organic matter, which is expected
to be distinctly different from low-intensity prescribed fires. Herein, we used pyrolysis gas …

Enhanced loss but limited mobility of pyrogenic and organic matter in continuous permafrost-affected forest soils

M Schiedung, SL Bellè, C Hoeschen… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyrogenic organic matter (PyOM) is a product of incomplete combustion during wildfires and
an important pool of soil organic carbon (SOC). The dynamics of PyOM and SOC in boreal …

[HTML][HTML] Pyrogenic organic matter as a nitrogen source to microbes and plants following fire in an Arctic heath tundra

W Xu, B Elberling, PL Ambus - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, wildfire frequency and severity has increased in the Arctic tundra regions
due to climate change. Pyrogenic organic matter (PyOM) is a product of incomplete …

Megafire affects stream sediment flux and dissolved organic matter reactivity, but land use dominates nutrient dynamics in semiarid watersheds

T Crandall, E Jones, M Greenhalgh, RJ Frei, N Griffin… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Climate change is causing larger wildfires and more extreme precipitation events in many
regions. As these ecological disturbances increasingly coincide, they alter lateral fluxes of …

Vertical SOC distribution and aromatic carbon in centuries old charcoal‐rich Technosols

A Bonhage, T Raab, A Schneider… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Charcoal‐rich Technosols on century‐old relict charcoal hearths (RCHs) are the subject of
ongoing research regarding potential legacy effects that result from historic charcoal …

Chronology and properties of macrocharcoal sequestered in boreal forest soils since deglaciation (southeast of the Kola Peninsula)

N Mergelov, E Zazovskaya, N Fazuldinova, D Petrov… - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Fire relentlessly modifies the belowground pool of pyrogenic carbon (PyC) in boreal
ecosystems. However, only a few soils offer a consistent record of PyC accumulation. Here …

First interactions with the hydrologic cycle determine pyrogenic carbon's fate in the Earth system

CA Masiello, AA Berhe - Earth Surface Processes and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fires produce an aromatic particulate residue commonly referred to as pyrogenic carbon
(PyC). Particulate PyC is low density, high porosity, and is predominantly deposited on the …

[HTML][HTML] Key drivers of pyrogenic carbon redistribution during a simulated rainfall event

SL Bellè, AA Berhe, F Hagedorn, C Santin… - …, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
Pyrogenic carbon (PyC) is produced by the incomplete combustion of vegetation during
wildfires and is a major and persistent pool of the global carbon (C) cycle. However, its …