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 …

Methane, microbes and models: fundamental understanding of the soil methane cycle for future predictions

L Nazaries, JC Murrell, P Millard… - Environmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Methane is an important greenhouse gas and microbes in the environment play major roles
in both global methane emissions and terrestrial sinks. However, a full mechanistic …

Biochar effects on methane emissions from soils: a meta-analysis

S Jeffery, FGA Verheijen, C Kammann… - Soil Biology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Methane (CH 4) emissions have increased by more than 150% since 1750, with agriculture
being the major source. Further increases are predicted as permafrost regions start thawing …

Soil methane oxidation and land-use change–from process to mitigation

KR Tate - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Global atmospheric methane (CH 4) concentrations are now approaching 1800 ppbv as a
result of the growing imbalance between the net CH 4 emissions from natural and …

Meta-analysis shows the impacts of ecological restoration on greenhouse gas emissions

T He, W Ding, X Cheng, Y Cai, Y Zhang, H Xia… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
International initiatives set ambitious targets for ecological restoration, which is considered a
promising greenhouse gas mitigation strategy. Here, we conduct a meta-analysis to quantify …

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 …

A review of the mechanisms and controlling factors of methane dynamics in forest ecosystems

H Feng, J Guo, M Han, W Wang, C Peng, J Jin… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
It is widely recognized that forest soils are important terrestrial sinks for atmospheric CH 4;
however, the complexity of the underlying microbial production and oxidation processes …

Changes in soil moisture caused solely by vegetation restoration in the karst region of southwest China

D Peng, Q Zhou, X Tang, W Yan, M Chen - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Large-scale vegetation restoration projects have been ongoing in the karst region of
southwest China for several years. However, the influence of vegetation restoration alone on …

Differential response of soil CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions to edaphic properties and microbial attributes following afforestation in central China

Q Chen, C Long, J Chen, X Cheng - Global Change Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Land use change specially affects greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and it can act as a
sink/source of GHGs. Alterations in edaphic properties and microbial attributes induced by …

Vegetation mediates soil temperature and moisture in arctic-alpine environments

J Aalto, PC Le Roux, M Luoto - Arctic, antarctic, and alpine …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Soil temperature and moisture are key determinants of abiotic and biotic processes in arctic-
alpine regions. They are important links to understanding complex ecosystem dynamics …