Biochar in climate change mitigation

J Lehmann, A Cowie, CA Masiello, C Kammann… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Climate change mitigation not only requires reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, but
also withdrawal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Here we review the …

How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar

S Joseph, AL Cowie, L Van Zwieten, N Bolan… - Gcb …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We synthesized 20 years of research to explain the interrelated processes that determine
soil and plant responses to biochar. The properties of biochar and its effects within …

Biochar effects on phosphorus availability in agricultural soils: A meta-analysis

B Glaser, VI Lehr - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Phosphorus (P) is a limiting nutrient for plants and an essential element for all life on Earth.
As the resources of phosphate rock are depleting, new management tools for …

Biochar, soil and land-use interactions that reduce nitrate leaching and N2O emissions: a meta-analysis

N Borchard, M Schirrmann, ML Cayuela… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biochar can reduce both nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions and nitrate (NO 3−) leaching, but
refining biochar's use for estimating these types of losses remains elusive. For example …

A review on biochar modulated soil condition improvements and nutrient dynamics concerning crop yields: pathways to climate change mitigation and global food …

TJ Purakayastha, T Bera, D Bhaduri, B Sarkar… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
The beneficial role of biochar on improvement of soil quality, C sequestration, and
enhancing crop yield is widely reported. As such there is not much consolidated information …

Long-term aging of biochar: a molecular understanding with agricultural and environmental implications

S Mia, FA Dijkstra, B Singh - Advances in agronomy, 2017 - Elsevier
Biochar has unveiled a new avenue for carbon (C) sequestration and has shown the
potential to increase agricultural productivity. Although there is still debate about the …

Biochar as a tool to reduce the agricultural greenhouse-gas burden–knowns, unknowns and future research needs

C Kammann, J Ippolito, N Hagemann… - Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Agriculture and land use change has significantly increased atmospheric emissions of the
non-CO2 green-house gases (GHG) nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). Since human …

Pyrogenic carbon capture and storage

HP Schmidt, A Anca‐Couce, N Hagemann… - Gcb …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The growth of biomass is considered the most efficient method currently available to extract
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. However, biomass carbon is easily degraded by …

Efficiency of sewage sludge biochar in improving urban soil properties and promoting grass growth

Y Yue, L Cui, Q Lin, G Li, X Zhao - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
It is meaningful to quickly improve poor urban soil fertility in order to establish the green land
vegetation. In this study, a series rates (0%, 1%, 5%, 10%, 20% and 50%, in mass ratio) of …

Potentials, limitations, co-benefits, and trade-offs of biochar applications to soils for climate change mitigation

A Tisserant, F Cherubini - Land, 2019 - mdpi.com
Biochar is one of the most affordable negative emission technologies (NET) at hand for
future large-scale deployment of carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which is typically found …