Biochar application for greenhouse gas mitigation, contaminants immobilization and soil fertility enhancement: A state-of-the-art review

K Abhishek, A Shrivastava, V Vimal, AK Gupta… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rising global temperature, pollution load, and energy crises are serious problems, recently
facing the world. Scientists around the world are ambitious to find eco-friendly and cost …

Biochar-based agricultural soil management: An application-dependent strategy for contributing to carbon neutrality

B Song, E Almatrafi, X Tan, S Luo, W Xiong… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar has received increasing attention in agricultural and environmental fields as an
integrated solution to agricultural waste recycling, soil amendment, carbon sequestration …

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks

JG Canadell, PMS Monteiro, MH Costa… - Climate change 2021 …, 2023 - cambridge.org
It is unequivocal that the increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4)
and nitrous oxide (N2O) since the pre-industrial period are caused by human activities. The …

Sustainable biochar: A facile strategy for soil and environmental restoration, energy generation, mitigation of global climate change and circular bioeconomy

S Neogi, V Sharma, N Khan, D Chaurasia, A Ahmad… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing agro-demands with the burgeoning population lead to the accumulation of
lignocellulosic residues. The practice of burning agri-residues has consequences viz …

Biochar for environmental sustainability in the energy-water-agroecosystem nexus

SK Malyan, SS Kumar, RK Fagodiya, P Ghosh… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Global warming, management of soil health, remediation of contaminated wastewater, and
sustainable alternate source of energy are the major challenges of the 21st century. Biochar …

Effective utilization of rice straw in value-added by-products: A systematic review of state of art and future perspectives

R Singh, M Patel - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2022 - Elsevier
Rice is a conventional crop that is produced majorly in the South and the South-East regions
of Asia, leading to the generation of a considerable amount of biomass (Rice Straw) in the …

[HTML][HTML] Toward carbon neutrality before 2060: Trajectory and technical mitigation potential of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese agriculture

M Chen, Y Cui, S Jiang, N Forsell - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
In 2020, China announced that it aims to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. Despite the
recognition of agriculture's importance in emission mitigation strategies, assessing the non …

Greenhouse gas emission from rice fields: a review from Indian context

K Gupta, R Kumar, KK Baruah, S Hazarika… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Agricultural soil acts as a source and sink of important greenhouse gases (GHGs) like
methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and carbon dioxide (CO2). Rice paddies have been a …

[HTML][HTML] Reviewing the role of biochar in paddy soils: An agricultural and environmental perspective

SB Novair, M Cheraghi, F Faramarzi, BA Lajayer… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The main challenge of the twenty-first century is to find a balance between environmental
sustainability and crop productivity in a world with a rapidly growing population. Soil health …

Review of large-scale biochar field-trials for soil amendment and the observed influences on crop yield variations

V Vijay, S Shreedhar, K Adlak, S Payyanad… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Increasing pressure on farming systems due to rapid urbanization and population growth
has severely affected soil health and fertility. The need to meet the growing food demands …