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 …

Effects of different feedstocks-based biochar on soil remediation: A review

M Ji, X Wang, M Usman, F Liu, Y Dan, L Zhou… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a promising amendment, biochar has excellent characteristics and can be used as a
remediation agent for diverse types of soil pollution. Biochar is mostly made from agricultural …

Biochar to improve soil fertility. A review

Y Ding, Y Liu, S Liu, Z Li, X Tan, X Huang… - Agronomy for …, 2016 - Springer
Soil mineral depletion is a major issue due mainly to soil erosion and nutrient leaching. The
addition of biochar is a solution because biochar has been shown to improve soil fertility, to …

Biochar and urease inhibitor mitigate NH3 and N2O emissions and improve wheat yield in a urea fertilized alkaline soil

K Dawar, S Fahad, MMR Jahangir, I Munir, SS Alam… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
In this study, we explored the role of biochar (BC) and/or urease inhibitor (UI) in mitigating
ammonia (NH3) and nitrous oxide (N2O) discharge from urea fertilized wheat cultivated …

Impact of biochar properties on soil conditions and agricultural sustainability: A review

MI Al‐Wabel, Q Hussain, ARA Usman… - Land Degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This review summarizes the influences of pyrolysis conditions and feedstock types on
biochar properties and how biochar properties in turn affect soil properties. Mechanistic …

Advances and future directions of biochar characterization methods and applications

AD Igalavithana, S Mandal, NK Niazi… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Biochar is a carbon-rich by-product of the thermal conversion of organic feedstocks and is
primarily used as a soil amendment. Identification and quantification of biochar properties …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrous oxide emission from agricultural soils: Application of animal manure or biochar? A global meta-analysis

A Shakoor, SM Shahzad, N Chatterjee, MS Arif… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic amendments (animal manure and biochar) to agricultural soils may enhance soil
organic carbon (SOC) contents, improve soil fertility and crop productivity but also contribute …

Does biochar accelerate the mitigation of greenhouse gaseous emissions from agricultural soil?-A global meta-analysis

A Shakoor, MS Arif, SM Shahzad, TH Farooq… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Greenhouse gaseous (GHGs) emissions from cropland soils are one of the major
contributors to global warming. However, the extent and pattern of these climatic …

Biochar impacts soil microbial community composition and nitrogen cycling in an acidic soil planted with rape

HJ Xu, XH Wang, H Li, HY Yao, JQ Su… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Biochar has been suggested to improve acidic soils and to mitigate greenhouse gas
emissions. However, little has been done on the role of biochar in ameliorating acidified …

Soil biochar amendment as a climate change mitigation tool: key parameters and mechanisms involved

P Brassard, S Godbout, V Raghavan - Journal of environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biochar, a solid porous material obtained from the carbonization of biomass under low or no
oxygen conditions, has been proposed as a climate change mitigation tool because it is …