Biochar in agriculture–A systematic review of 26 global meta‐analyses

HP Schmidt, C Kammann, N Hagemann… - GCB …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biochar is obtained by pyrolyzing biomass and is, by definition, applied in a way that avoids
its rapid oxidation to CO2. Its use in agriculture includes animal feeding, manure treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metals in food crops: Health risks, fate, mechanisms, and management

PK Rai, SS Lee, M Zhang, YF Tsang, KH Kim - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
Food security is a high-priority issue for sustainable global development both quantitatively
and qualitatively. In recent decades, adverse effects of unexpected contaminants on crop …

Prediction of soil heavy metal immobilization by biochar using machine learning

KN Palansooriya, J Li, PD Dissanayake… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biochar application is a promising strategy for the remediation of contaminated soil, while
ensuring sustainable waste management. Biochar remediation of heavy metal (HM) …

A meta-analysis of heavy metal bioavailability response to biochar aging: Importance of soil and biochar properties

C Yuan, B Gao, Y Peng, X Gao, B Fan… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has been widely applied to remediate the heavy metal-polluted soils, whereas
biochar aging can induce the changes of the biochar physic-chemical properties …

Chemical and biological immobilization mechanisms of potentially toxic elements in biochar-amended soils

T Bandara, A Franks, J Xu, N Bolan… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The application of biochars for the remediation of water and soils contaminated with
potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has seen a recent growing interest. The mechanisms of …

Land-management options for greenhouse gas removal and their impacts on ecosystem services and the sustainable development goals

P Smith, J Adams, DJ Beerling… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Land-management options for greenhouse gas removal (GGR) include afforestation or
reforestation (AR), wetland restoration, soil carbon sequestration (SCS), biochar, terrestrial …

Biochar as environmental armour and its diverse role towards protecting soil, water and air

A Kumar, E Singh, R Mishra, S Kumar - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar has been of considerable importance for various environmental applications in
recent years. It has exhibited substantial advantages like favourable structural and surface …

[HTML][HTML] Restoration of soil quality using biochar and brown coal waste: A review

C Amoah-Antwi, J Kwiatkowska-Malina… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soils in intensively farmed areas of the world are prone to degradation. Amendment of such
soils with organic waste materials attempts to restore soil quality. Organic amendments are …

Responses of soil microbial community structure changes and activities to biochar addition: a meta-analysis

L Zhang, Y Jing, Y Xiang, R Zhang, H Lu - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate responses of soil microbial community structure
changes and activities to biochar addition under different biochar characteristics, soil …

[PDF][PDF] Technical proposals for selected new fertilising materials under the Fertilising Products Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/1009)

D Huygens, H Saveyn, D Tonini, P Eder… - FeHPO …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Abstract The European Commission has recently revised the EU legislation on fertilisers,
expanding its scope to secondary-raw-material-based fertilising products, and resulting in …