Publications

2026

Articles de journaux

Mapping soil organic carbon stocks in Swiss subalpine soils: External covariates versus field-mapped soil and vegetation types

G. Licini; B. Dienes; M. Aeppli 

Soil Advances. 2026. Vol. 6. DOI : 10.1016/j.soilad.2026.100136.

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Interactive effects of landscape position and soil diversity drive the spatial variability of soil organic carbon concentration in subalpine soils of Switzerland

B. Dienes; O. Mendoza; K. Bright; G. Licini; M. Aeppli 

Geoderma. 2026. Vol. 473. DOI : 10.1016/j.geoderma.2026.117990.

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Microbial carbon metabolism is linked to organic matter chemistry across soil systems

D. Wasner; O. Lechtenfeld; J. Kaesler; S. Doetterl; M. Aeppli 

Communications Earth & Environment. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s43247-026-03835-y.

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Co‐Variation of Soil Chemistry, Bacterial Communities, and Functional Genes Under Different Tillage Systems in a Semiarid Agroecosystem

M. Yaghoubi Khanghahi; C. Crecchio; R. Addesso; F. M. Calabrese; M. Bernardi et al. 

Soil Use and Management. 2026. Vol. 42, num. 2. DOI : 10.1111/sum.70251.

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A Radiocarbon‐Based Framework to Assess Soil Organic Carbon Persistence and Vulnerability Across Land‐Use Types

L. I. Minich; J. Beem‐Miller; B. Mittelbach; D. Geissbühler; A. Udke et al. 

Global Change Biology. 2026. Vol. 32, num. 3. DOI : 10.1111/gcb.70799.

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Emerging investigator series: metagenomic insights into microbial controls of carbon cycling in alpine soils

K. Bright; B. Dienes; B. van Dongen; I. Strashnov; X. Han et al. 

Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 2026. DOI : 10.1039/d5em01047k.

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Papiers de conférences

Mineral and thermodynamic controls on soil organic carbon stabilisation along a soil moisture gradient in the Swiss Alps

B. Dienes; O. Mendoza; M. Aeppli 

2026. EGU26, the 26th EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, and online, 2026-05-03 – 2026-05-08. DOI : 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-16556.

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Mineralogical Proxies Constrain Turnover and Warming Responses at Regional Scale

M. Mainka; M. Van de Broek; D. Wasner; E. Z. Venegas; S. Doetterl 

2026. EGU26, the 26th EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, and online, 2026-05-03 – 2026-05-08. DOI : 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-8277.

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Quantification of Mn(III)-Oxide Redox Activity: Integrating Mediated Electrochemistry with Kinetic and Mass-Transport Modelling

V. Pothanamkandathil; M. Aeppli 

2026. EGU26, the 26th EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, and online, 2026-05-03 – 2026-05-08. DOI : 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-7407.

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Documents de travail

The Effect of Redox Cycling on the Fate ofTetrahedral Iron in Smectites

F. Baron; J. Biswakarma; M. Aeppli; V. Pothanamkandathil; E. Paineau et al. 

2026

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Redox Properties of Structural Fe in Clay Minerals: 5. The Role of Fe in the Tetrahedral Sheet of Synthetic Smectites

V. Pothanamkandathil; F. Baron; A. Neumann; J. Biswaskarma; M. Sander et al. 

2026

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Posters

Predicting rates of manganese oxide reduction from thermodynamic driving forces and structural properties

X. Liu; V. Pothanamkandathil; L. Schwab; S. Mao; M. Aeppli 

EGU26, the 26th EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, and online, 2026-05-03 – 2026-05-08.

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Présentations

Tidal branching wetlands morphology and its role on water-carbon budget cycles 

F. Miele; B. Kargere; S. Bonetti; M. Aeppli 

EGU26, the 26th EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, and online, 2026-05-03 – 2026-05-08.

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Soil organic carbon in alpine environments. Abundance, spatial distribution and stability

B. Dienes 

Talk at Department of Environment and Geography, York, UK, 2026-02-02.

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Datasets

Interactive effects of landscape position and soil diversity drive the spatial variability of soil organic carbon concentration in subalpine soils of Switzerland

B. Dienes; O. Mendoza; G. Licini; M. Aeppli; K. Bright 

2026.

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2025

Articles de journaux

Effects of tillage on winter wheat productivity and soil fertility: Results from 13 years of no-till in western Switzerland

L. Bragazza; M. Fontana; A. Johannes; J. Koestel; R. Charles et al. 

European Journal of Agronomy. 2025. Vol. 170. DOI : 10.1016/j.eja.2025.127722.

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Heterogeneous Photochemical Generation of Hydroxyl Radical in Mineral-Organics Systems: Dual Roles of Iron Oxides

Z. Shu; Q. Liu; Z. Dai; Z. Pan; M. Aeppli et al. 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2025. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.5c04440.

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Soil carbon concentration drives anoxic microsites across horizons, textures, and aggregate position in a California grassland

E. M. Lacroix; A. Gomes; A. S. Honeyman; K. R. Huy; S. Fendorf et al. 

GEODERMA. 2025. Vol. 454. DOI : 10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117165.

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Reviews

Climate change impacts on organic carbon cycling in European alpine soils

K. Bright; B. Dienes; M. Keiluweit; C. Rixen; M. Aeppli 

Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2025. Vol. 210, p. 109891. DOI : 10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109891.

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Posters

Can substrate chemistry explain microbial growth rates along a temperate grassland gradient?

D. Wasner; O. Lechtenfeld; J. Kaesler; R. Koehler; M. Aeppli 

Microsoil 2025, Poitiers, France, 2025-06-09 – 2025-06-13.

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Episodic drought and flooding impacts on the destabilization of mineral-associated organic matter in the rhizosphere

J. Frei; F. Jamoteau; E. van der Loo; A. Bosco‐Santos; O. Mendoza et al. 

EGU25, the 27th EGU General Assembly, Vienne, Austria, 2025-04-27 – 2025-05-02.

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Présentations

Soil organic carbon stabilisation mechanisms along short environmental gradients in the Swiss Alps

B. Dienes; K. Bright; M. Aeppli 

23rd Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern, Switzerland, 2025-12-05 – 2025-12-06.

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Rapid acclimation of topsoil physicochemical and biotic properties to experimental climate change

D. Wasner; T. W. N. Walker; B. Bektaş; T. Network; J. M. Alexander 

EGU25, the 27th EGU General Assembly, Vienne, Austria, 2025-04-27 – 2025-05-02.

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Datasets

Predicting rates of manganese oxide reduction from thermodynamic driving forces and structural properties

L. Xinru; V. Pothanamkandathil; L. Schwab; S. Mao; M. Aeppli 

2025.

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2024

Articles de journaux

Control of landscape position on organic matter decomposition via soil moisture during a wet summer

A. Francoys; H. Li; O. Mendoza; K. Dewitte; S. Bode et al. 

SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH. 2024. Vol. 244. DOI : 10.1016/j.still.2024.106277.

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X-ray chemical imaging for assessing redox microsites within soils and sediments

V. Noel; K. Boye; H. R. Naughton; E. M. Lacroix; M. Aeppli et al. 

Frontiers In Environmental Chemistry. 2024. Vol. 5, p. 1329887. DOI : 10.3389/fenvc.2024.1329887.

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Organic matters, but inorganic matters too: column examination of elevated mercury sorption on low organic matter aquifer material using concentrations and stable isotope ratios

D. S. McLagan; C. Esser; L. Schwab; J. G. Wiederhold; J-H. Richard et al. 

SOIL. 2024. Vol. 10, num. 1, p. 77 – 92. DOI : 10.5194/soil-10-77-2024.

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Reviews

Resilience of aerobic methanotrophs in soils; spotlight on the methane sink under agriculture

J. Lim; H. Wehmeyer; T. Heffner; M. Aeppli; W. Gu et al. 

Fems Microbiology Ecology. 2024. Vol. 100, num. 3, p. fiae008. DOI : 10.1093/femsec/fiae008.

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Présentations

Soil Organic Carbon in Swiss Alpine Soils: The role of microbial community dynamics

K. Bright 

Centennial Celebration and Congress of the International Union of Soil Sciences, Florence, Italy, May 19-21, 2024.

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Evaluating Changes in Thermal Stability of Organic Carbon in Biochar-Amended Soils During Microbial Incubation

E. L. Defrang 

Centennial Celebration and Congress of the International Union of Soil Sciences, Florence, Italy, May 19-21, 2024.

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Electron transfer reactions and their role in soil carbon cycling

M. Aeppli 

European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 14-19 April 2024.

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2023

Articles de journaux

Field-scale assessment of direct and indirect effects of soil texture on organic matter mineralization during a dry summer

H. Li; A. Francoys; X. Wang; S. Zhang; O. Mendoza et al. 

Science Of The Total Environment. 2023. Vol. 899, p. 165749. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165749.

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Mercury Isotope Fractionation during Dark Abiotic Reduction of Hg(II) by Dissolved, Surface-Bound, and Structural Fe(II)

L. Schwab; N. Gallati; S. M. Reiter; R. L. Kimber; N. Kumar et al. 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2023. Vol. 57, num. 40, p. 15243 – 15254. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.3c03703.

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Iron Reduction in Profundal Sediments of Ultraoligotrophic Lake Tahoe under Oxygen-Limited Conditions

M. Aeppli; G. Schladow; J. S. Lezama Pacheco; S. Fendorf 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2023. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.2c05714.

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Reoxidation of Reduced Peat Organic Matter by Dissolved Oxygen: Combined Laboratory Column‐Breakthrough Experiments and In‐Field Push‐Pull Tests

N. Obradović; P. Joshi; S. Arn; M. Aeppli; M. H. Schroth et al. 

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2023. Vol. 128, num. 11. DOI : 10.1029/2023JG007640.

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Papiers de conférences

Rückverfolgung von Quecksilberquellen und Umwandlungsprozessen mittels stabiler Quecksilberisotopen

L. Schwab; F. M. Rothe; D. S. McLagan; A. Alten; S. M. Kraemer et al. 

2023. Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der SETAC GLB e.V. GDCh-FG-Umweltchemie & Ökotoxikologie, Muttenz, CH, September 2023.

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Reviews

Consider the Anoxic Microsite: Acknowledging and Appreciating Spatiotemporal Redox Heterogeneity in Soils and Sediments

E. M. Lacroix; M. Aeppli; K. Boye; E. Brodie; S. Fendorf et al. 

Acs Earth And Space Chemistry. 2023. DOI : 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00032.

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Posters

Soil organic carbon in Swiss mountain soils

K. Bright; B. Dienes 

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Présentations

Experimental evidence for mass-independent fractionation of even-mass mercury isotopes related to the nuclear volume effect

L. Schwab; N. Gallati; H. Biester; S. Reiter; D. McLagan et al. 

Goldschmidt 2023, Lyon, France, July 2023.

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Variations in mineral structure and redox properties of iron-bearing clay minerals during redox cycling

M. Aeppli; F. Baron; A. Neumann; T. Hofstetter; J. Biswakarma 

Goldschmidt Conferences 2023, Lyon, France, July 9-14, 2023.

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2022

Articles de journaux

Assessing Analytical Methods for the Rapid Detection of Lead Adulteration in the Global Spice Market

A. M. Lopez; C. M. Nicolini; M. Aeppli; S. P. Luby; S. Fendorf et al. 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2022. Vol. 56, num. 23, p. 16996 – 17006. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.2c03241.

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Redox Properties of Solid Phase Electron Acceptors Affect Anaerobic Microbial Respiration under Oxygen-Limited Conditions in Floodplain Soils

M. Aeppli; A. Thompson; C. Dewey; S. Fendorf 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2022. Vol. 56, num. 23, p. 17462 – 17470. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.2c05797.

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