The prediction of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and of dinitrogen (N 2) emissions formed by biotic
denitrification in soil is notoriously difficult due to challenges in capturing co-occurring …

The ploughing of soils in autumn drastically loosens the soil structure and, at the same time,
reduces its stability against external stresses. A fragmentation of these artificially produced …

Soil structure plays a central role in many soil processes that are environmentally relevant.
Intermittent freezing of the soil over winter is an important abiotic disturbance in temperate …

In the past years X-ray computed tomography (CT) has became more and more common for
geoscientific applications and is used from the µm-scale (eg for investigations of microfossils …

Pore-scale tomography and imaging: applications, techniques and recommended practice Page
1 Solid Earth, 7, 1141–1143, 2016 www.solid-earth.net/7/1141/2016/ doi:10.5194/se-7-1141-2016 …

Trees develop wood grain more or less parallel to the tree axis as they grow laterally.
However, many tree species also develop interlocked grain that is expressed as a change in …

Since the 1950s, the United States has produced approximately 90,000 metric tons of spent
nuclear fuel (SNF)(Office of Nuclear Energy, 2022); however, no long-term storage solutions …