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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP1096586
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The abundance and isotope composition of pyrogenic carbon in tropical savannas. Tropical savanna burning represents an important but poorly understood component of the global carbon cycle. This project will quantify the dynamics of pyrogenic carbon (charcoal, soot, biochar) production and dispersal during savanna fires. Pyrogenic carbon is important because it can persist in the environment for thousands of years. Hence it represents both a 'sink' for carbon and a source of information about past environments. The project will also assist in validating 'biochar' as a new tool for carbon sequestration, an enable a deeper understanding of the interactions between fire, humans, vegetation and climate.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2010
End Date: 12-2012
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $384,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Palaeoecology | Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Other Biological Sciences | Global Change Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate change | Other environmental aspects | Earth sciences |
