Global Charcoal Mobilization from Soils via Dissolution and Riverine Transport to the Oceans

Jaffé, Rudolf; Ding, Yan; Niggemann, Jutta; V. Vähätalo, Anssi; Stubbins, Aron; G. M. Spencer, Robert; Campbell, John; Dittmar, Thorsten

doi:10.1126/science.1231476

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Global Charcoal Mobilization from Soils via Dissolution and Riverine Transport to the Oceans

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Authors:

Rudolf Jaffé

Yan Ding

Jutta Niggemann

Abstract

Dissolving Charcoal Biomass burning produces 40 to 250 million tons of charcoal per year worldwide. Much of this is preserved in soils and sediments for thousands of years. However, the estimated production rate of charcoal is significantly larger than that of decomposition, and Jaffe et al. (p. 345...

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