A concise review of biochar application to agricultural soils to improve soil conditions and fight pollution

M Shaaban, L Van Zwieten, S Bashir, A Younas… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Application of biochar to soil can play a significant role in the alteration of nutrients
dynamics, soil contaminants as well as microbial functions. Therefore, strategic biochar …

Biochar–a sustainable soil conditioner for improving soil health, crop production and environment under changing climate: a review

K Pandian, S Vijayakumar, MRAF Mustaffa… - Frontiers in soil …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Land degradation and climate change, two intricately intertwined phenomena, demand
appropriate management solutions to effectively tackle the escalating issues of food and …

Carbon-sink potential of continuous alfalfa agriculture lowered by short-term nitrous oxide emission events

TL Anthony, DJ Szutu, JG Verfaillie… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Alfalfa is the most widely grown forage crop worldwide and is thought to be a significant
carbon sink due to high productivity, extensive root systems, and nitrogen-fixation. However …

Conversion of coastal wetland to aquaculture ponds decreased N2O emission: evidence from a multi-year field study

P Yang, KW Tang, C Tong, DYF Lai, L Zhang, X Lin… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Land reclamation is a major threat to the world's coastal wetlands, and it may influence the
biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in coastal regions. Conversion of coastal marshes into …

Biochar mitigates the N2O emissions from acidic soil by increasing the nosZ and nirK gene abundance and soil pH

M Aamer, M Shaaban, MU Hassan, H Guoqin… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is a pervasive greenhouse gas, and soil management practices greatly
affect its release into the atmosphere. Soil pH management (particularly increasing the pH) …

Impact of soil moisture regimes on greenhouse gas emissions, soil microbial biomass, and enzymatic activity in long-term fertilized paddy soil

A Shah, J Huang, T Han, MN Khan, KA Tadesse… - Environmental Sciences …, 2024 - Springer
Two potent greenhouse gases that are mostly found in agricultural soils are methane and
nitrous oxide. Therefore, we investigated the effect of different moisture regimes on microbial …

Nonlinear pattern and algal dual-impact in N2O emission with increasing trophic levels in shallow lakes

Y Zhou, X Xu, K Song, S Yeerken, M Deng, L Li, S Riya… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Shallow lakes are considered important contributors to emissions of nitrous oxide (N 2 O), a
powerful greenhouse gas, in aquatic ecosystems. There is a large degree of uncertainty …

Quantitative discrimination of algae multi-impacts on N2O emissions in eutrophic lakes: Implications for N2O budgets and mitigation

Y Wang, Y Peng, C Lv, X Xu, H Meng, Y Zhou, G Wang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
It is generally accepted that eutrophic lakes significantly contribute to nitrous oxide (N 2 O)
emissions. However, how these emissions are affected by the formation, disappearance …

Structure, genesis and resources efficiency of dolomite: New insights and remaining enigmas

WK Cai, JH Liu, CH Zhou, J Keeling, UA Glasmacher - Chemical Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Dolomite can form as a major mineral component of marlstones and limestones and is an
important sink for magnesium in the marine environment. Dolomite is widely distributed in …

Contrasting effects of straw and biochar on microscale heterogeneity of soil O2 and pH: Implication for N2O emissions

K Zhu, X Ye, H Ran, P Zhang, G Wang - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Little is known about the microscale heterogeneity of O 2 and pH in the interfaces between
soil and amendments. In this study, planar optodes were applied to continuously measure …