Waste-derived biochar for water pollution control and sustainable development

M He, Z Xu, D Hou, B Gao, X Cao, YS Ok… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Biochar, a carbon-rich material made from the partial combustion of biomass wastes, is an
emerging material of interest as it can remediate pollutants and serve as a negative carbon …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of biochar as a microbial carrier for agricultural and environmental applications

S Bolan, D Hou, L Wang, L Hale… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar can be an effective carrier for microbial inoculants because of its favourable
properties promoting microbial life. In this review, we assess the effectiveness of biochar as …

Diverse carbon dioxide removal approaches could reduce impacts on the energy–water–land system

J Fuhrman, C Bergero, M Weber, S Monteith… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is a critical tool in all plans to limit warming to below 1.5° C,
but only a few CDR pathways have been incorporated into integrated assessment models …

Global crop production increase by soil organic carbon

Y Ma, D Woolf, M Fan, L Qiao, R Li, J Lehmann - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
Soil organic carbon sequestration has been promoted to combat climate change while
improving soil fertility. However, its quantitative contribution to crop productivity has proven …

Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production

L **a, L Cao, Y Yang, C Ti, Y Liu, P Smith… - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Agricultural food production is a main driver of global greenhouse gas emissions, with
unclear pathways towards carbon neutrality. Here, through a comprehensive life-cycle …

Biochar application for greenhouse gas mitigation, contaminants immobilization and soil fertility enhancement: A state-of-the-art review

K Abhishek, A Shrivastava, V Vimal, AK Gupta… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rising global temperature, pollution load, and energy crises are serious problems, recently
facing the world. Scientists around the world are ambitious to find eco-friendly and cost …

Biochar as construction materials for achieving carbon neutrality

Y Zhang, M He, L Wang, J Yan, B Ma, X Zhu, YS Ok… - Biochar, 2022 - Springer
Biochar is a waste-derived material that can sequester carbon at a large scale. The
development of low-carbon and sustainable biochar-enhanced construction materials has …

Life-cycle assessment of pyrolysis processes for sustainable production of biochar from agro-residues

X Zhu, C Labianca, M He, Z Luo, C Wu, S You… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Net carbon management of agro-residues has been an important pathway for reducing the
environmental burdens of agricultural production. Converting agro-residues into biochar …

Carbon sequestration strategies in soil using biochar: advances, challenges, and opportunities

L Luo, J Wang, J Lv, Z Liu, T Sun, Y Yang… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biochar, a carbon (C)-rich material obtained from the thermochemical conversion of biomass
under oxygen-limited environments, has been proposed as one of the most promising …

A comprehensive overview of the utilization of recycled waste materials and technologies in asphalt pavements: Towards environmental and sustainable low-carbon …

NSA Yaro, MH Sutanto, L Baloo, NZ Habib, A Usman… - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Given the prevailing concerns about greenhouse gas emissions, global warming, and the
growing demand for renewable resources, the pavement industry, among others, is actively …