Improved net carbon budgets in the US Midwest through direct measured impacts of enhanced weathering

IB Kantola, E Blanc‐Betes, MD Masters… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial enhanced weathering (EW) through the application of Mg‐or Ca‐rich rock dust to
soil is a negative emission technology with the potential to address impacts of climate …

Plant litter traits control microbial decomposition and drive soil carbon stabilization

JR Ridgeway, EM Morrissey, ER Brzostek - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
a bstract Efforts to manage soils for carbon (C) sequestration remain limited by our
understanding of how differences in plant traits and microbial traits mechanistically drive soil …

Accelerating the development of a sustainable bioenergy portfolio through stable isotopes

E Blanc‐Betes, N Gomez‐Casanovas… - GCB …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bioenergy could help limit global warming to 2° C above pre‐industrial levels while
supplying almost a fourth of the world's renewable energy needs by 2050. However, the …

Enhanced weathering in the US Corn Belt delivers carbon removal with agronomic benefits

DJ Beerling, DZ Epihov, IB Kantola… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Terrestrial enhanced weathering (EW) of silicate rocks, such as crushed basalt, on
farmlands is a promising scalable atmospheric carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategy that …

Are biomass feedstocks sustainable? A systematic review of three key sustainability metrics

DR Knight, M Goldsworthy, P Smith - GCB Bioenergy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass feedstocks are growing in importance due to their ability to serve as a renewable
alternative to fossil fuels for large scale energy generation, with bioenergy projected to be a …

Exploring kinetic and thermodynamic mechanisms of switchgrass pyrolysis using iterative linear integral isoconversional method and master plots approach

N Nie, Y Wang, D Yellezuome, X Liu, P Wang, X Wang… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to explore the kinetic mechanism of switchgrass pyrolysis through
isoconversional kinetic analysis and master plots approach. The pyrolysis kinetics of …

Roots selectively decompose litter to mine nitrogen and build new soil carbon

J Ridgeway, J Kane, E Morrissey, H Starcher… - Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plant–microbe interactions in the rhizosphere shape carbon and nitrogen cycling in soil
organic matter (SOM). However, there is conflicting evidence on whether these interactions …

Artificial root exudates restore microbial functioning in a metal contaminated, barren, inactive soil

BP Vaidya, DF Hagmann, J Haramuniz… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Restoring enzyme function in barren, brownfield soils using green strategies can improve
microbial functioning and enable phytoremediation. It is known that adding simple, readily …

Study on the migration behaviour of heavy metals at the improved mine soil-plant rhizosphere interface

X Zhang, S Zhang, S Liu, D Ren… - Environmental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
With the increasing shortage of land resources and the aggravation of soil pollution in
mining areas, the remediation of soil in abandoned mining areas has gradually attracted …

Maize grown for bioenergy on peat emits twice as much carbon as when grown on mineral soil

IL Lloyd, R Morrison, RP Grayson… - GCB …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The area of land dedicated to growing maize for bioenergy in the United Kingdom is rapidly
expanding. To understand how maize production influences soil carbon (C) dynamics, and …