Charred Dead Standing Tree
by Gabriel Sigmund, Environmental Geosciences - Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science - University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
A charred tree truck barely standing sticks out of the ground following a forest fire in the Rax-Schneeberg region of Austria in 2021. The surface fire in this mixed beech-pine forest left several similar odd shapes standing and formed substantial amounts of pyrogenic carbon. Pyrogenic carbon can remain stable in the environment for extended periods of time and can affect biogeochemical processes in fire-affected soils by altering pH, redox conditions, and organic matter composition.
Taken on 2
December
2021
Submitted on 8 Feb 2022
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- Biogeosciences (538)
- Climate: Past, Present & Future (668)
- Energy, Resources and the Environment (302)
- Field (2733)
- Interdisciplinary/Other (787)
- Soil System Sciences (875)
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- Europe (3484)
- Western Europe (687)
- Austria (124)
- Exact location (15.8077 E, 47.7144 N)
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forest fire, tree, fire, wildfire, pyrogenic carbon
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Credit: Gabriel Sigmund (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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