Aneesh Chandel

Cornell University | CU · College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Soils store the largest amount of carbon (C) in the biosphere, and the C pool in soil is critical to the global C balance. Numerous microbial models have been developed over the last few decades to represent microbial processes that regulate the responses of soil organic carbon (SOC) to climate change. However, the representation of microbial proce...

Soils store the largest amount of carbon (C) in the biosphere, and the C pool in soil is critical to the global C balance. Numerous microbial models have been developed over the last few decades to represent microbial processes that regulate the responses of soil organic carbon (SOC) to climate change. However, the representation of microbial proce...

Using biochar to adsorb and degrade organic contaminants has attracted increasing attention due to its relatively low cost and high efficiency. In this work, two magnetic biochars were synthesized by pyrolyzing a mixture of naturally occurring hematite or goethite mineral and pine needle biomass. The biochar composite was characterized with X-ray d...

Using biochar to adsorb and degrade organic contaminants has attracted increasing attention due to it is relatively low cost and high efficiency. In this work, two magnetic biochar were synthesized by pyrolyzing a mixture of naturally-occurring Hematite or Goethite mineral and pine needle biomass. The biochar composite was characterized with X-ray...

Seed germination as the initial phase of plant growth is considered to be the most sensitive stage of plant life cycle. This chapter describes the current knowledge about the effects of nanoparticles on seed germination. Studies have shown both positive and negative effects of nanoparticles on seed germination based on nanoparticle properties (meta...