Biochar application to soil for climate change mitigation by soil organic carbon sequestration

Redox Properties of Plant Biomass-Derived Black Carbon (Biochar)

(2014) Laura Klüpfel et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Charcoal re-combustion efficiency in tropical savannas

(2014) Gustavo Saiz et al.   GEODERMA

Biochar by design

(2014) S. Abiven et al.   Nature Geoscience

The biochar dilemma

(2014) A. Mukherjee et al.   Soil Research

Unraveling the long-term stabilization mechanisms of organic materials in soils by physical fractionation and NMR spectroscopy

(2013) Denis Courtier-Murias et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Biochar's role in mitigating soil nitrous oxide emissions: A review and meta-analysis

(2013) M.L. Cayuela et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Biochar as a sorbent for contaminant management in soil and water: A review

(2013) Mahtab Ahmad et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Erosion, deposition, and the persistence of soil organic matter: mechanistic considerations and problems with terminology

(2013) Asmeret Asefaw Berhe et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Reductions in soil surface albedo as a function of biochar application rate: implications for global radiative forcing

(2013) Frank G A Verheijen et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Heterogeneous global crop yield response to biochar: a meta-regression analysis

(2013) Andrew Crane-Droesch et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Interactions between biochar stability and soil organisms: review and research needs

(2013) N. Ameloot et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Biochar and its effects on plant productivity and nutrient cycling: a meta-analysis

(2013) Lori A. Biederman et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

A comment on ‘Biochar and its effects on plant productivity and nutrient cycling: a meta-analysis': on the importance of accurate reporting in supporting a fast-moving research field with policy implications

(2013) Simon Jeffery et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Can biochar reduce soil greenhouse gas emissions from a Miscanthus bioenergy crop?

(2013) Sean D. C. Case et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Biochar’s effect on crop productivity and the dependence on experimental conditions—a meta-analysis of literature data

(2013) Xiaoyu Liu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Functional Groups Determine Biochar Properties (pH and EC) as Studied by Two-Dimensional 13C NMR Correlation Spectroscopy

(2013) Xiaoming Li et al.   PLoS One

A Systematic Review of Biochar Research, with a Focus on Its Stability in situ and Its Promise as a Climate Mitigation Strategy

(2013) Noel P. Gurwick et al.   PLoS One

Global Charcoal Mobilization from Soils via Dissolution and Riverine Transport to the Oceans

(2013) R. Jaffe et al.   SCIENCE

Microbial utilisation of biochar-derived carbon

(2013) Mark Farrell et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Untangling the confusion around land carbon science and climate change mitigation policy

(2013) Brendan Mackey et al.   Nature Climate Change

Clarifying ‘carbon sequestration’

(2013) Matthew A Krna et al.   Carbon Management

Aerodynamic Properties of Biochar Particles: Effect of Grinding and Implications

(2013) Xiangpeng Gao et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

The Application of Biochar in the EU: Challenges and Opportunities

(2013) Luca Montanarella et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Biochar Impacts on Soil Physical Properties and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

(2013) Atanu Mukherjee et al.   Agronomy-Basel

A Review of Biochar and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics

(2013) Tim Clough et al.   Agronomy-Basel

The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon

(2012) Uta Stockmann et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

A simple technique to eliminate ethylene emissions from biochar amendment in agriculture

(2012) Will Fulton et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Surface albedo following biochar application in durum wheat

(2012) L Genesio et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Abundant and Stable Char Residues in Soils: Implications for Soil Fertility and Carbon Sequestration

(2012) J.-D. Mao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Management opportunities for enhancing terrestrial carbon dioxide sinks

(2012) Wilfred M Post et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

State of the scientific knowledge on properties and genesis of Anthropogenic Dark Earths in Central Amazonia (terra preta de Índio)

(2012) Bruno Glaser et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Mineralogical controls on soil black carbon preservation

(2012) Daniela F. Cusack et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

One Step Forward toward Characterization: Some Important Material Properties to Distinguish Biochars

(2012) Sonja Schimmelpfennig et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Biochar: A Synthesis of Its Agronomic Impact beyond Carbon Sequestration

(2012) Kurt A. Spokas et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Differentiation of charcoal, soot and diagenetic carbon in soil: Method comparison and perspectives

(2012) Philipp J. Roth et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

A demonstration of the high variability of chars produced from wood in bushfires

(2012) Anna V. McBeath et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Legacy of human-induced C erosion and burial on soil-atmosphere C exchange

(2012) K. Van Oost et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Carbon Storage with Benefits

(2012) S. P. Sohi   SCIENCE

Biological degradation of pyrogenic organic matter in temperate forest soils

(2012) Fernanda Santos et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Nutrient acquisition from arable subsoils in temperate climates: A review

(2012) Timo Kautz et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar addition to agricultural soil increased CH4 uptake and water holding capacity – Results from a short-term pilot field study

(2011) Kristiina Karhu et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

A quantitative review of the effects of biochar application to soils on crop productivity using meta-analysis

(2011) S. Jeffery et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Impact of biochar application to a Mediterranean wheat crop on soil microbial activity and greenhouse gas fluxes

(2011) S. Castaldi et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Biochar as a Geoengineering Climate Solution: Hazard Identification and Risk Management

(2011) ADRIANA DOWNIE et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Interactive Priming of Biochar and Labile Organic Matter Mineralization in a Smectite-Rich Soil

(2011) Alexandra Keith et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change: a critical re-examination to identify the true and the false

(2011) D. S. Powlson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Surface chemistry variations among a series of laboratory-produced biochars

(2011) A. Mukherjee et al.   GEODERMA

Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates - synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward

(2011) Richard T. Conant et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Effect of biochar amendment on the soil-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases from an intensive subtropical pasture in northern New South Wales, Australia

(2011) Clemens Scheer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effect of biochar amendment on maize yield and greenhouse gas emissions from a soil organic carbon poor calcareous loamy soil from Central China Plain

(2011) Afeng Zhang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The Plant Cell Wall-Decomposing Machinery Underlies the Functional Diversity of Forest Fungi

(2011) D. C. Eastwood et al.   SCIENCE

Charcoal quality does not change over a century in a tropical agro-ecosystem

(2011) Maximilian P.W. Schneider et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Pyrogenic carbon quantity and quality unchanged after 55 years of organic matter depletion in a Chernozem

(2011) Nadezda A. Vasilyeva et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar mediated alterations in herbicide breakdown and leaching in soil

(2011) D.L. Jones et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Short-term biochar-induced increase in soil CO2 release is both biotically and abiotically mediated

(2011) D.L. Jones et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Positive and negative carbon mineralization priming effects among a variety of biochar-amended soils

(2011) Andrew R. Zimmerman et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar effects on soil biota – A review

(2011) Johannes Lehmann et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effect of biochar amendment on yield and methane and nitrous oxide emissions from a rice paddy from Tai Lake plain, China

(2010) Afeng Zhang et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Terra Preta Australis: Reassessing the carbon storage capacity of temperate soils

(2010) Adriana E. Downie et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

An investigation into the reactions of biochar in soil

(2010) S. D. Joseph et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

Topographic controls on black carbon accumulation in Alaskan black spruce forest soils: implications for organic matter dynamics

(2010) E. S. Kane et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

The forms of alkalis in the biochar produced from crop residues at different temperatures

(2010) Jin-Hua Yuan et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Temperature Sensitivity of Black Carbon Decomposition and Oxidation

(2010) Binh Thanh Nguyen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Dynamic Molecular Structure of Plant Biomass-Derived Black Carbon (Biochar)

(2010) Marco Keiluweit et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Abiotic and Microbial Oxidation of Laboratory-Produced Black Carbon (Biochar)

(2010) Andrew R. Zimmerman   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Increases in soil organic carbon sequestration can reduce the global warming potential of long-term liming to permanent grassland

(2010) D. A. FORNARA et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Influence of pyrolysis temperature on production and nutrient properties of wastewater sludge biochar

(2010) Mustafa K. Hossain et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Nature and reactivity of charcoal produced and added to soil during wildfire are particle-size dependent

(2010) Caterina Nocentini et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Deep soil organic matter—a key but poorly understood component of terrestrial C cycle

(2010) Cornelia Rumpel et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Ethylene: potential key for biochar amendment impacts

(2010) Kurt A. Spokas et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Potential mechanisms for achieving agricultural benefits from biochar application to temperate soils: a review

(2010) Christopher J. Atkinson et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Influence of Pecan Biochar on Physical Properties of a Norfolk Loamy Sand

(2010) Warren J. Busscher et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

Soil carbon sequestration in a changing global environment

(2010) Felipe Macías et al.   Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change

(2010) Dominic Woolf et al.   Nature Communications

Review of the stability of biochar in soils: predictability of O:C molar ratios

(2010) Kurt A Spokas   Carbon Management

Biochar and carbon markets

(2010) Almuth Ernsting et al.   Biofuels-UK

Characterization of biochar from fast pyrolysis and gasification systems

(2009) Catherine E. Brewer et al.   Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy

Erosion budget and process selectivity of black carbon at meter scale

(2009) C. Rumpel et al.   GEODERMA

The European carbon balance. Part 2: croplands

(2009) P. CIAIS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Fate of soil-applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration

(2009) JULIE MAJOR et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Sorption of the herbicide terbuthylazine in two New Zealand forest soils amended with biosolids and biochars

(2009) Hailong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

The charcoal carbon pool in boreal forest soils

(2009) Mikael Ohlson et al.   Nature Geoscience

Black carbon decomposition under varying water regimes

(2009) Binh Thanh Nguyen et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Effect of biochar amendment on soil carbon balance and soil microbial activity

(2009) S. Steinbeiss et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Impact of Biochar Amendment on Fertility of a Southeastern Coastal Plain Soil

(2009) Jeffrey M. Novak et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

Long-term black carbon dynamics in cultivated soil

(2008) Binh Thanh Nguyen et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Transitional Adsorption and Partition of Nonpolar and Polar Aromatic Contaminants by Biochars of Pine Needles with Different Pyrolytic Temperatures

(2008) Baoliang Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Natural oxidation of black carbon in soils: Changes in molecular form and surface charge along a climosequence

(2008) Chih-Hsin Cheng et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Stabilisation of HF soluble and HCl resistant organic matter in sloping tropical soils under slash and burn agriculture

(2008) C. Rumpel et al.   GEODERMA

Storage and mobility of black carbon in permafrost soils of the forest tundra ecotone in Northern Siberia

(2008) GEORG GUGGENBERGER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

How relevant is recalcitrance for the stabilization of organic matter in soils?

(2008) Bernd Marschner et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Australian climate–carbon cycle feedback reduced by soil black carbon

(2008) Johannes Lehmann et al.   Nature Geoscience

Microbial mineralization and assimilation of black carbon: Dependency on degree of thermal alteration

(2008) Sander Bruun et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Fire-Derived Charcoal Causes Loss of Forest Humus

(2008) D. A. Wardle et al.   SCIENCE

Black carbon decomposition and incorporation into soil microbial biomass estimated by 14C labeling

(2008) Yakov Kuzyakov et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY