Earth Surface Dynamics – Physical Geography K Van Oost Lab

Publications

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Recent publications. Current Van Oost Lab members are shown in bold.

2026

  • Carlier, N., Barthel, M., de Clippele, A., de Groot, L.W., Drake, T.W., Hemingway, J.D., Hou, Y., Wabakanghanzi, J.N., Mandea, J.Z., Zhao, P., Six, J. & Van Oost, K. A new sediment budget for the Congo River Basin reveals underestimated tributary contributions and large-scale deposition. EGUsphere [preprint]. doi:10.5194/egusphere-2026-247
  • Sun, S., Cotrufo, M.F., Viscarra Rossel, R.A. et al., including Van Oost, K. and Zhao, P. Global hotspots of particulate organic carbon losses under climate change. Nature Communications 17, 4695. doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71321-2
  • Zhao, P., Carlier, N., Ou, X., Wanlin, G., Li, Y., Drake, T.W., de Groot, L.W., de Clippele, A., Engelhardt, M.P., Bahizire Akoko, N., Hou, Y., Barthel, M., Hemingway, J.D., Six, J., Regnier, P.A.G. & Van Oost, K. Large underestimation of smallholder agriculture in the tropics by classic remote sensing products: evidenced from the Kasaï River Basin. Environmental Research Communications 8, 051021. doi:10.1088/2515-7620/ae6f8c
  • Zhao, P., Fallu, D.J., Doetterl, S., Cucchiaro, S., Tarolli, P., Pears, B.R., Lang, A., Mainka, M.F., Ou, X., Whitaker, J., Wang, Z., Brown, A.G., Six, J. & Van Oost, K. Coupled geomorphic and climate-driven biogeochemical processes regulate soil organic carbon stocks in agricultural terraces. Science Advances 12, eaea8560. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aea8560
  • Li, Y., Zhao, P., Henrion, M., Gerin, P., Leclercq, M., Moore, A., du Bois d’Aische, E., Lambot, S., Opfergelt, S., Vanacker, V., Jonard, F. & Van Oost, K. Hillslope-induced environmental gradients regulate potential soil respiration in temperate peatlands. Catena 263, 109769. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2025.109769
  • Drake, T.W., Hemingway, J.D., Barthel, M., de Clippele, A., Haghipour, N., Wabakanghanzi, J.N., Van Oost, K. & Six, J. Millennial-aged peat carbon outgassed by large humic lakes in the Congo Basin. Nature Geoscience 19, 415–418. doi:10.1038/s41561-026-01924-3
  • Barthel, M., Drake, T.W., de Clippele, A., de Groot, L.W., Engelhardt, M., Haghipour, N., Hou, Y., Kueter, N., Lewicka-Szczebak, D., Ludjwera Bahati, A., Tschumbu, C.L., Van Oost, K., Wabakanghanzi, J.N., Werner, R.A., Zambo Mandea, J., Six, J. & Hemingway, J.D. Constraining Greenhouse Gas Cycling and Emissions in Africa's Largest Humic Lake. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 131, e2025JG009218. doi:10.1029/2025JG009218
  • du Bois d’Aische, E., Jonard, F., Hirst, C., Villani, M., Thomas, M., Giesler, R., Mörth, C.-M., Lundin, E., Van Oost, K., Vanacker, V., Lambot, S. & Opfergelt, S. Permafrost Thaw Drives Iron and Organic Carbon Release Into Soil Pore Water During Palsa to Degraded Palsa Transition. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 37, 107–123. doi:10.1002/ppp.70018
  • Moore, A., Henrion, M., Li, Y., du Bois d’Aische, E., Gautschi, P., Christl, M., Jonard, F., Lambot, S., Van Oost, K., Opfergelt, S. & Vanacker, V. Long-term peat thickness from cosmogenic 26Al and 10Be, Hautes Fagnes, Belgian Ardennes. EGUsphere preprint. doi:10.5194/egusphere-2026-36

2025

  • Bagalwa Rukeza, M., Baumgartner, S., Lizaga, I., Ou, X., Barthel, M., Cizungu Ntaboba, L., Boeckx, P. & Van Oost, K. Dynamique des sédiments exportés dans les bassins versants forestier et agricole de la partie ouest de la région du lac Kivu, République Démocratique du Congo. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement 29(3), 135–151. doi:10.25518/1780-4507.21261
  • Li, Y., Henrion, M., Moore, A., Lambot, S., Opfergelt, S., Vanacker, V., Jonard, F. & Van Oost, K. Hot spots, hot moments, and spatiotemporal drivers of soil CO₂ flux in temperate peatlands using UAV remote sensing. Biogeosciences 22, 6369–6392. doi:10.5194/bg-22-6369-2025
  • de Clippele, A., Jaeger, A.C.H., Baumgartner, S., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Botefa, C., Bush, G., Carilli, J., Drake, T.W., Ekamba, C., Lompoko, G., Mukwiele, N.B., Van Oost, K., Werner, R.A., Zambo, J., Six, J. & Barthel, M. Aquatic and soil CO₂ emissions from forested wetlands of Congo's Cuvette Centrale. Biogeosciences 22, 3011–3027. doi:10.5194/bg-22-3011-2025
  • Henrion, M., Li, Y., Wu, K., Jonard, F., Opfergelt, S., Vanacker, V., Van Oost, K. & Lambot, S. Drone-borne ground-penetrating radar reveals spatiotemporal moisture dynamics in peatland root zones. Science of Remote Sensing 12, 100311. doi:10.1016/j.srs.2025.100311
  • Reichenbach, M., Doetterl, S., Van Oost, K., Wilken, F., Muhindo, D., Bamba, F. & Fiener, P. Low but highly variable soil organic carbon stocks across deeply weathered eroding and depositional tropical landforms. Catena 254, 108971. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2025.108971
  • Pears, B., Hudson, S., Lang, A., Snape, L., Bahl, C., Merkel, M.F., Alsos, I.G., Fallu, D., Van Oost, K., Zhao, P., Walsh, K. & Brown, A. Late Holocene sedimentation and palaeoagronomy in a carbonate dry valley system using OSL, sedaDNA and geochemistry: implications for understanding anthropogenic slope-sediment transfer in fluvial headwaters. Geomorphology 490, 110008. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.110008
  • Brown, A.G., Pears, B.R., Cucchiaro, S., Tarolli, P., Lang, A., Zhao, P., Walsh, K., Van Oost, K., Albert, R.M., Alonso Eguiluz, M., Vokotopoulos, L., Tsartsidou, G., Molinari, A., Stagno, A., Ghislandi, S., Wei, W. & Fallu, D. The Geoarchaeology of Agricultural Terraces in Europe: Construction, Resilience and Implications for Sediment Delivery. Geoarchaeology 40(2), e70008. doi:10.1002/gea.70008
  • Ou, X., Sebagenzi, G.D., Mujinya, B.B., Boeckx, P., Doetterl, S., Six, J., Shi, P. & Van Oost, K. From smallholder to commercial farming: the impact of termite mound levelling and spatial heterogeneity in mound morphology on soil organic carbon in Miombo woodlands, Central Africa. Landscape Ecology 40, 83. doi:10.1007/s10980-025-02097-x
  • Fabrizi, A., Fiener, P., Jagdhuber, T., Van Oost, K. & Wilken, F. Plasticulture detection at the country scale by combining multispectral and SAR satellite data. Scientific Reports 15, 11339. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-93658-2
  • Zheng, H., Miao, C., Huntingford, C., Tarolli, P., Li, D., Panagos, P., Yue, Y., Borrelli, P. & Van Oost, K. The Impacts of Erosion on the Carbon Cycle. Reviews of Geophysics 63, e2023RG000829. doi:10.1029/2023RG000829