Carbon-sink

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Environmental Geosciences - Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science - University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Biochar is a carbon rich product of biomass pyrolysis that can be a valuable soil additive and a carbon sink with a high sorption potential towards a wide variety of contaminants. The influence of ageing processes on biochar properties are still subject of intense research. To investigate the effect of ageing on biochar properties, in October 2015 soil samples were collected at an agricultural field site that was treated with Biochar in March 2011. The black particles in the soil are biochar.

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Credit: Gabriel Sigmund (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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Type Image Format JPG Size 3.8 MB Aspect 500:333 Width 4000 px Height 2664 px Brand Canon Model PowerShot G15 Exposure 12 mm f/8 1/60 s ISO 250 Tint White Submitted 29 February 2016 Taken 28 October 2015