The black carbon cycle and its role in the Earth system

AI Coppola, S Wagner, ST Lennartz, M Seidel… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Black carbon (BC) is produced by incomplete combustion of biomass by wildfires and
burning of fossil fuels. BC is environmentally persistent over centuries to millennia …

A review of biochar and its use and function in soil

SP Sohi, E Krull, E Lopez-Capel, R Bol - Advances in agronomy, 2010 - Elsevier
Agricultural activities and soils release greenhouse gases, and additional emissions occur
in the conversion of land from other uses. Unlike natural lands, active management offers …

Conceptualizing soil organic matter into particulate and mineral‐associated forms to address global change in the 21st century

JM Lavallee, JL Soong, MF Cotrufo - Global change biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Managing soil organic matter (SOM) stocks to address global change challenges requires
well‐substantiated knowledge of SOM behavior that can be clearly communicated between …

Dynamic molecular structure of plant biomass-derived black carbon (biochar)

M Keiluweit, PS Nico, MG Johnson… - Environmental science & …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Char black carbon (BC), the solid residue of incomplete combustion, is continuously being
added to soils and sediments due to natural vegetation fires, anthropogenic pollution, and …

[PDF][PDF] Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass residuals: a comparative review of the chemistry, processes and applications of wet and dry pyrolysis

JA Libra, KS Ro, C Kammann, A Funke, ND Berge… - Biofuels, 2011 - researchgate.net
The carbonization of biomass residuals to char has strong potential to become an
environmentally sound conversion process for the production of a wide variety of products …

Potential hazards of biochar: The negative environmental impacts of biochar applications

L **ang, S Liu, S Ye, H Yang, B Song, F Qin… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has been widely used as an environmentally friendly material for soil improvement
and remediation, water pollution control, greenhouse gas emission reduction, and other …

[PDF][PDF] Review of the stability of biochar in soils: predictability of O: C molar ratios

KA Spokas - 2010 - researchgate.net
Biochar is not a structured homogeneous material; rather it possesses a range of chemical
structures and a heterogeneous elemental composition. This variability is based on the …

Physical properties of biochar

A Downie, A Crosky, P Munroe - Biochar for environmental …, 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
The physical properties of biochars contribute to their function as a tool for environmental
management. Their physical characteristics can be both directly and indirectly related to the …

Dairy-manure derived biochar effectively sorbs lead and atrazine

X Cao, L Ma, B Gao, W Harris - Environmental science & …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Biochar (BC) produced from agricultural crop residues has proven effective in sorbing
organic contaminants. This study evaluated the ability of dairy-manure derived biochar to …

The performance of visible, near-, and mid-infrared reflectance spectroscopy for prediction of soil physical, chemical, and biological properties

JM Soriano-Disla, LJ Janik… - Applied spectroscopy …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This review addresses the applicability of visible (Vis), near-infrared (NIR), and mid-infrared
(MIR) reflectance spectroscopy for the prediction of soil properties. We address (1) the …