Unveiling the crucial role of soil microorganisms in carbon cycling: A review

H Wu, H Cui, C Fu, R Li, F Qi, Z Liu, G Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Soil microorganisms, by actively participating in the decomposition and transformation of
organic matter through diverse metabolic pathways, play a pivotal role in carbon cycling …

A comprehensive review of engineered biochar: production, characteristics, and environmental applications

HKS Panahi, M Dehhaghi, YS Ok, AS Nizami… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
A sustainable management of environment and agriculture is crucial to protect soil, water,
and air during intensified agriculture practices as well as huge industrial and transportation …

How microbes can, and cannot, be used to assess soil health

N Fierer, SA Wood, CPB de Mesquita - Soil biology and biochemistry, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Healthy soils are critical to the health of ecosystems, economies, and human populations.
Thus, it is widely acknowledged that soil health is important to quantify, both for assessment …

Soil microbiome: a key player for conservation of soil health under changing climate

A Dubey, MA Malla, F Khan, K Chowdhary… - Biodiversity and …, 2019‏ - Springer
Maintenance of soil health is central to agricultural sustainability and a key factor that reflects
the productivity of agro ecosystems. However, at present the soil resources are under severe …

Methane feedbacks to the global climate system in a warmer world

JF Dean, JJ Middelburg, T Röckmann… - Reviews of …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Methane (CH4) is produced in many natural systems that are vulnerable to change under a
warming climate, yet current CH4 budgets, as well as future shifts in CH4 emissions, have …

Forest soil bacteria: diversity, involvement in ecosystem processes, and response to global change

S Lladó, R López-Mondéjar… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2017‏ - journals.asm.org
The ecology of forest soils is an important field of research due to the role of forests as
carbon sinks. Consequently, a significant amount of information has been accumulated …

Benefits and limitations of biochar for climate-smart agriculture: A review and case study from China

X Bo, Z Zhang, J Wang, S Guo, Z Li, H Lin, Y Huang… - Biochar, 2023‏ - Springer
Biochar has gained significant attention in agricultural and environmental research over the
last two decades. This comprehensive review evaluates the effects of biochar on soil organic …

Potential benefits of liming to acid soils on climate change mitigation and food security

Y Wang, Z Yao, Y Zhan, X Zheng, M Zhou… - Global Change …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Globally, about 50% of all arable soils are classified as acidic. As crop and plant growth are
significantly hampered under acidic soil conditions, many farmers, but increasingly as well …

Alkane oxidation: methane monooxygenases, related enzymes, and their biomimetics

VCC Wang, S Maji, PPY Chen, HK Lee, SSF Yu… - Chemical …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Methane monooxygenases (MMOs) mediate the facile conversion of methane into methanol
in methanotrophic bacteria with high efficiency under ambient conditions. Because the …

Microbial regulation of terrestrial nitrous oxide formation: understanding the biological pathways for prediction of emission rates

HW Hu, D Chen, JZ He - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
The continuous increase of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) in the atmosphere due
to increasing anthropogenic nitrogen input in agriculture has become a global concern. In …