Fire-induced geochemical changes in soil: Implication for the element cycling

A Roshan, A Biswas - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Soils play an essential role in supporting and sustaining life on this planet. In fire-impacted
environments, fire causes considerable changes to the soil, especially in the various …

Molecular insights and impacts of wildfire-induced soil chemical changes

AM Lopez, CCE Avila, JP VanderRoest… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Wildfires act as important ecosystem controls and can benefit fire-adapted biomes by
promoting habitat heterogeneity, seed germination and disease control. However, the …

Quantification of Bioaccessible and Environmentally Relevant Trace Metals in Structure Ash from a Wildland–Urban Interface Fire

CM Villarruel, LA Figueroa… - Environmental Science & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Wildfires at the wildland–urban interface (WUI) are increasing in frequency and intensity,
driven by climate change and anthropogenic ignitions. Few studies have characterized the …

Evidence of hexavalent chromium formation and changes of Cr speciation after laboratory-simulated fires of composted tannery sludges long-term amended …

I Rascio, I Allegretta, CE Gattullo, C Porfido… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Controlled or accidental fires can impact agricultural soils amended with composted organic
materials since high temperatures cause fast organic matter (OM) mineralization and soil …

Efficient removal of mercury and chromium from wastewater via biochar fabricated with steel slag: Performance and mechanisms

H Wang, R Duan, X Zhou, J Wang, Y Liu… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Biochar derived from biomass is regarded as a promising adsorbent for wastewater
treatment, but the high cost of modification is still a challenge for its large-scale practical …

Simulated temperatures of forest fires affect water solubility in soil and litter

K Miotliński, K Tshering, MC Boyce, D Blake… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
As wildfires are of increasing concern in a warming world, there is a need to understand how
fire temperatures affect solute concentrations of forest litter and soils in drinking water …

Wildfires on Cr-rich Ferralsols can cause freshwater Cr (VI) pollution: a pilot study in New Caledonia

G Thery, F Juillot, M Meyer, T Quiniou, M David… - Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of global warming, environmental forcing of wildfires on continental
ecosystems is on a growing trend. Among other environmental impacts, wildfires can …

The introduction of sulfates to suppress Cr (III) oxidation during incineration of tannery sludge and reduce leachability toxicity of incineration residue

B Gao, H Jiang, H Chen, M Peng, W Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Incineration is an alternative approach to disposal of tannery sludge due to the significant
volume reduction. But the Cr (III) oxidation caused by Ca hydrates or carbonates in the …

Oxidation reaction behavior of Cr-hosting spinels during heating of solid wastes containing Cr

X Liu, H Jiang, J Wang, W Zhang, L Hu, M Peng… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cr-hosting spinels are frequently formed during heating of solid wastes containing multiple
metals, and its oxidation reaction (Cr (III)→ Cr (VI)) is closely related with the toxicity of …

Remediation of Cr (VI)-contaminated soil using self-sustaining smoldering

J Li, M Si, Z Dong, J Huang, Q Zhao, Y Li, S Tian - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Self-sustaining smoldering is an emerging technology for nonaqueous-phase liquid
remediation; however, it is rarely applied for Cr (VI)-contaminated soil treatment. In this …