Browsing Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) Digital Archive by Author "Hale, Sarah"
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A reconnaissance-scale GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis to support sustainable biochar use: Poland as a case study
Latawiec, Agnieszka E.; Peake, Lewis; Baxter, Helen; Cornelissen, Gerard; Grotkiewicz, Katarzyna; Hale, Sarah; Królczyk, Jolanta B.; Kubon, Maciej; Łopatka, Artur; Medynska-Juraszek, Agnieszka; Reid, Brian J.; Siebielec, Grzegorz; Sohi, Saran P.; Strassburg, Bernardo BN (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Although increasing numbers of research papers regarding biochar are being published worldwide, in some countries growing interest in biochar has only recently been observed; this is true of Poland. We analysed information ... -
Advancing the Use of Passive Sampling in Risk Assessment and Management of Sediments Contaminated with Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals: Results of an International Ex Situ Passive Sampling Interlaboratory Comparison Michiel T. O. Jonker*† , Stephan A. van der He
Jonker, Michiel T.O.; van der Heiden, Stephan A.; Adelman, Dave; Apell, Jennifer N.; Burges, Robert M.; Choi, Yongju; Fernandez, Loretta A.; Flavetta, Geanna M.; Ghosh, Upal; Gschwend, Philip M.; Hale, Sarah; Jalalizadeh, Mehregan; Khairy, Mohammed; Lampi, Mark A.; Lao, Wenjian; Lohmann, Rainer; Lydy, M.J.; Maruya, Keith A.; Nutile, Samuel A.; Oen, Amy M P; Rakowska, Magdalena I.; Reible, Danny; Rusina, Tatsiana P; Smedes, Foppe; Wu, Yanwen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)This work presents the results of an international interlaboratory comparison on ex situ passive sampling in sediments. The main objectives were to map the state of the science in passively sampling sediments, identify ... -
Bioaccumulation of Fluorotelomer Sulfonates and Perfluoroalkyl Acids in Marine Organisms Living in Aqueous Film-Forming Foam Impacted Waters
Langberg, Håkon Austad; Breedveld, Gijs D.; Grønning, Hege Mentzoni; Kvennås, Marianne; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Hale, Sarah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The use of aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs) has resulted in hot spots polluted with poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs). The phase out of long-chained perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) from AFFFs resulted in the ... -
Bioaccumulation of Fluorotelomer Sulfonates and Perfluoroalkyl Acids in Marine Organisms Living in Aqueous Film-Forming Foam Impacted Waters
Langberg, Håkon Austad; Breedveld, Gijs D.; Grønning, Hege Mentzoni; Kvennås, Marianne; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Hale, Sarah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The use of aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs) has resulted in hot spots polluted with poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs). The phase out of long-chained perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) from AFFFs resulted in the ... -
Biochar amendment improves degraded pasturelands in Brazil: environmental and cost-benefit analysis
Latawiec, Agnieszka E.; Strassburg, Bernardo B.; Junqueira, André B.; Araujo, Ednaldo; de Moraes, Luiz F.; Pinto, Helena A. N.; Castro, Ana; Rangel, Marico; Malaguti, Gustavo A.; Rodrigues, Aline; Barioni, Luis Gustavo; Novotny, Etelvino H.; Cornelissen, Gerard; Mendes, Maiara; Batista, Nilcileny; Guerra, Jose Guilherme; Zonta, Everaldo; Jakovac, Catarina; Hale, Sarah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Most deforested lands in Brazil are occupied by low-productivity cattle ranching. Brazil is the second biggest meat producer worldwide and is projected to increase its agricultural output more than any other country. Biochar ... -
Biochar Application in Malaysian Sandy and Acid Sulfate Soils: Soil Amelioration Effects and Improved Crop Production over Two Cropping Seasons
Manickam, Theeba; Cornelissen, Gerard; Bachmann, Robert T.; Ibrahim, Illani Z.; Mulder, Jan; Hale, Sarah (Journal article, 2015) -
Biochar Effect on Maize Yield and Soil Characteristics in Five Conservation Farming Sites in Zambia
Cornelissen, Gerard; Martinsen, Vegard; Shitumbanuma, Victor; Alling, Vanja Karin Gunilla; Breedveld, Gijs D.; Rutherford, W.; Sparrevik, Lars Magnus; Hale, Sarah; Obia, Alfred; Mulder, Jan (Journal article, 2013)Biochar addition to agricultural soils can improve soil fertility, with the added bonus of climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration. Conservation farming (CF) is precision farming, often combining minimum ... -
Biochar from "Kon Tiki" flame curtain and other kilns: Effects of nutrient enrichment and kiln type on crop yield and soil chemistry
Pandit, Naba Raj; Mulder, Jan; Hale, Sarah; Schmidt, Hans Peter; Cornelissen, Gerard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Biochar application to soils has been investigated as a means of improving soil fertility and mitigating climate change through soil carbon sequestration. In the present work, the invasive shrub "Eupatorium adenophorum" ... -
Biochar improves maize growth by alleviation of nutrient stress in a moderately acidic low-input Nepalese soil
Pandit, Naba Raj; Mulder, Jan; Hale, Sarah; Martinsen, Vegard; Schmidt, Hans Peter; Cornelissen, Gerard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)We studied the role of biochar in improving soil fertility for maize production. The effects of biochar on the alleviation of three potential physical-chemical soil limitations for maize growth were investigated, i.e. water ... -
Can polyethylene passive samplers predict polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) uptake by earthworms and turnips in a biochar amended soil?
Silvani, Ludovica; Hjartardottir, Sigurbjørg; Bielská, Lucie; Škulcová, Lucia; Cornelissen, Gerard; Nizzetto, Luca; Hale, Sarah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)A pot experiment was carried out in which aged polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contaminated soil was amended with biochar, and three phases; earthworms, turnips and polyethylene (PE) passive samplers, were added simultaneously ... -
Designing and Performance Evaluation of Biochar Production in a Top-Lit Updraft Upscaled Gasifier
Nsamba, Hussein Kisiki; Hale, Sarah; Cornelissen, Gerard; Bachmann, Robert Thomas (Journal article, 2015)The Original Belonio Rice Husk Gasifier (OBRHG), initially of height of 0.6 m, diameter of 0.15 m and thickness of 0.025 m was tested for biochar production through air gasification of rice husk (RH) and the design was ... -
Effect of Activated Carbon Amendment on Bacterial Community Structure and Functions in a PAH Impacted Urban Soil
Meynet, Paola; Hale, Sarah; Davenport, Russell J.; Cornelissen, Gerard; Breedveld, Gijs D.; Werner, David (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012) -
Fading positive effect of biochar on crop yield and soil acidity during five growth seasons in an Indonesian Ultisol
Cornelissen, Gerard; Jubaedah, X; Nurida, Neneng; Hale, Sarah; Martinsen, Vegard; Silvani, Ludovica; Mulder, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Low fertility limits crop production on acidic soils dominating much of the humid tropics. Biochar may be used as a soil enhancer, but little consensus exists on its effect on crop yield. Here we use a controlled, replicated ... -
Fluorinated Precursor Compounds in Sediments as a Source of Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids (PFAA) to Biota
Langberg, Håkon Austad; Breedveld, Gijs D.; Slinde, Gøril Aasen; Grønning, Hege Mentzoni; Høisæter, Åse; Jartun, Morten; Rundberget, Thomas; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Hale, Sarah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The environmental behavior of perfluorinated alkyl acids (PFAA) and their precursors was investigated in lake Tyrifjorden, downstream a factory producing paper products coated with per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances ... -
How to determine the environmental exposure of PAHs originating from biochar
Mayer, Philipp; Hilber, Isabel; Gouliarmou, Varvara; Hale, Sarah; Cornelissen, Gerard; Bucheli, Thomas D (Journal article, 2016)Biochars are obtained by pyrolysing biomass materials and are increasingly used within the agricultural sector. Owing to the production process, biochars can contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the high mg/kg ... -
Influence of spatial differentiation in impact assessment for LCA-based decision support: implementation of biochar technology in Indonesia
Owsianiak, Mikolaj; Cornelissen, Gerard; Hale, Sarah; Lindhjem, Henrik; Sparrevik, Magnus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Spatial differentiation in evaluation of environmental impacts in life cycle assessment (LCA) may give more accurate and realistic results, especially in cases where impacts occur at a local or regional scale and ... -
Monitoring alkylphenols in water using the polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS): Determining sampling rates via the extraction of PES membranes and Oasis beads
Silvani, Ludovica; Riccardi, Carmela; Eek, Espen; Papini, Marco Petrangeli; Morin, Nicolas; Cornelissen, Gerard; Oen, Amy M P; Hale, Sarah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Polar organic chemical integrative samplers (POCIS) have previously been used to monitor alkylphenol (AP) contamination in water and produced water. However, only the sorbent receiving phase of the POCIS (Oasis beads) is ... -
Multi-year double cropping biochar field trials in Nepal: Finding the optimal biochar dose through agronomic trials and cost-benefit analysis
Pandit, Naba Raj; Mulder, Jan; Hale, Sarah; Zimmermann, Andrew R.; Pandit, Bishnu Hari; Cornelissen, Gerard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Poor water and nutrient retention are the major soil fertility limitations in the low productivity agricultural soils of Nepal. The addition of biochar to these soils is one way these hindrances can be overcome. In the ... -
Nutrient effect of various composting methods with and without biochar on soil fertility and maize growth
Pandit, Naba Raj; Schmidt, Hans Peter; Mulder, Jan; Hale, Sarah; Husson, Olivier; Cornelissen, Gerard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This work showed for the first time that organic nutrient transformation techniques based on locally available materials (manure, green waste and advanced biochar) can increase fertilizing efficiency of the resulting ... -
pH effects of the addition of three biochars to acidic Indonesian mineral soils
Martinsen, Vegard; Alling, Vanja Karin Gunilla; Nurida, NL; Mulder, Jan; Hale, Sarah; Ritz, C.; Rutherford, DW; Heikens, Alex; Breedveld, Gijs D.; Cornelissen, Gerard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)