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Charcoal in Organic Horizon and Surface Mineral Soil in a Boreal Forest Fire Chronosequence of Western Quebec: Stocks, Depth Distribution, Chemical Properties and a Synthesis of Related Studies

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science, 2017
Wildfires are a major driver of carbon stocks and ecosystem development in Canadian boreal forests, but there is little information on amounts and properties of the charcoal produced.
Caroline M. Preston   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimization of Biofertilizer Production and its Application in Plants using Pot Culture Technique

open access: yesJournal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2019
Mass production of Bacillus thuringiensis A5-BRSC culture as biofertilizer, using cheap carbon sources revealed that mashed potato is the most effective carbon source followed by arrowroot and liquid waste of boiled rice. Biomass was mixed with charcoal,
Sandip Bandopadhyay
doaj   +1 more source

Millennial-Scale Climate and Human Drivers of Environmental Change and Fire Activity in a Dry, Mixed-Conifer Forest of Northwestern Montana

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2020
Warm summer temperatures and longer fire seasons are promoting larger, and in some cases, more fires that are severe in low- and mid-elevation, dry mixed-conifer forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains (NRM).
David B. McWethy   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fire, climate and the origins of agriculture: micro-charcoal records of biomass burning during the Last Glacial Interglacial Transition in Southwest Asia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This study investigates changes in climate, vegetation, wildfire and human activity in Southwest Asia during the transition to Neolithic agriculture between ca. 16 and ca. 9 ka.
Jenkins, Emma L.   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Assessment of oxygen plasma ashing as a pre-treatment for radiocarbon dating [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This study investigates the potential of low-temperature oxygen plasma ashing as a technique for decontaminating charcoal and wood samples prior to radiocarbon dating.
Bird, M.I.   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Testing the use of bomb radiocarbon to date the surface layers of blanket peat [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The recently formed surface layers of peatlands are archives of past environmental conditions and can have a temporal resolution considerably greater than deeper layers.
Stevenson, A.C., Garnett, M.H.
core   +4 more sources

Effectiveness of sunflower seed husk biochar for removing copper ions from wastewater: a comparative study

open access: yesSoil and Water Research, 2016
Copper represents one of major hazardous pollutants in wastewater. The aim of this study is the comparison between sunflower seed husk biochar (SSHB) and activated carbon (AC) and sunflower seed husk feedstock (SSHF) in their efficiency of Cu2+ removing ...
Maher E. SALEH   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Livelihoods for Protected Area Management: Insights from Northern Madagascar

open access: yesConservation & Society, 2020
Protected Areas (PAs) are the most common approach to conservation globally; however, their effectiveness is unclear when neighbouring human communities are highly natural resource dependent.
Brittney I Vezina   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thermal Performance Analysis of Materials and Configurations for Cylindrical Sidewalls of Charcoal Kilns

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
Most of the charcoal in the world comes from small and medium-sized producers, using rudimentary carbonization kilns that require significant time or energy during the heating and cooling stages of the process.
Antão Rodrigo Valentim   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chalk and Charcoal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Chalk and Charcoal, a solo exhibition of Simon Mee's artworks at Retrospect ...
Mee, Simon
core   +1 more source

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