California is on fire. From across the Pacific, Australians watch on and buckle up August 31, 2020 6.01am AEST https://theconversation.com/california-is-on-fire-from-across-the-pacific-australians-wat

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Interestingly, the oldest carbon found in soils is found in micro-aggregates, bound to minerals. This carbon tends to be aliphatic rather than aromatic, and this is largely true within Terra Preta soi

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new research on this topic from Australia https://www.echo.net.au/2020/01/scu-scientists-make-worrying-discovery-fire-scorched-earth/

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Thanks Robert, Chars! 😉

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Don, This recent germane article, which concludes that black carbon in the ocean did not originate mostly on land, has a link to a 2017 paper that may be the one Albert referred to. Robert

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Earlier international work: APRIL 18, 2013 Where does charcoal, or black carbon, in soils go? by National Science Foundation Charred boreal forest after a fire has raged: where does the "charcoal" go?

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Do you have a link to that paper or the title Albert? Chars, Don

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Interesting article, Bob, which raises a lot of questions. I have the author of the research to join our group. Tom

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Maybe USBI should fund a Truth Squad. That wildfire story is easily debunked by the journal paper earlier this year showing how much biochar in the world was made by wildfire and lingers after millenn

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The description of this research on the fate of carbon from wildfires looks like they assume the majority of the labile carbon ends up in streams and that biochar is mostly labile. From that, they dra

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