Is sustainability certification for biochar the answer to environmental risks?

Hydrologic properties of biochars produced at different temperatures

(2012) T.J. Kinney et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Retention of Heavy Metals by Carboxyl Functional Groups of Biochars in Small Arms Range Soil

(2012) Minori Uchimiya et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

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

Sorption of fluorinated herbicides to plant biomass-derived biochars as a function of molecular structure

(2011) Ke Sun et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Application of biochar on mine tailings: Effects and perspectives for land reclamation

(2011) G. Fellet 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

Prospective life cycle carbon abatement for pyrolysis biochar systems in the UK

(2011) Jim Hammond et al.   ENERGY POLICY

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

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

An assessment of biomass for bioelectricity and biofuel, and for greenhouse gas emission reduction in Australia

(2011) Damien R. Farine et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Pyrolysis of chromated copper arsenate (CCA) treated wood waste at elevated pressure: Influence of particle size, heating rate, residence time, temperature and pressure

(2011) F. Cuypers et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Effect of biochar on the fate of volatile petroleum hydrocarbons in an aerobic sandy soil

(2011) Khaled M. Bushnaf et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY

Influence of biochar on drought tolerance of Chenopodium quinoa Willd and on soil–plant relations

(2011) Claudia Irene Kammann et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biochar reduces the bioavailability and phytotoxicity of heavy metals

(2011) Jin Hee Park et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biochar production potential in Ghana—A review

(2011) Moses Hensley Duku et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Temperature- and duration-dependent rice straw-derived biochar: Characteristics and its effects on soil properties of an Ultisol in southern China

(2011) X. Peng et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Short term soil priming effects and the mineralisation of biochar following its incorporation to soils of different pH

(2011) Y. Luo et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The priming potential of biochar products in relation to labile carbon contents and soil organic matter status

(2011) Andrew Cross et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Influence of Contrasting Biochar Types on Five Soils at Increasing Rates of Application

(2011) J. D. Streubel et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Impacts of biofuels on climate change, water use, and land use

(2010) Mark A. Delucchi   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Influence of biochars on flux of N2O and CO2from Ferrosol

(2010) L. van Zwieten et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

Influence of biochar application to soil on the availability of As, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn to maize (Zea maysL.)

(2010) Tshewang Namgay et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest fuel production and harvesting: A review of current standards for sustainable forest management

(2010) Inge Stupak et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Effects of biochar and the earthworm Eisenia fetida on the bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and potentially toxic elements

(2010) Jose L. Gomez-Eyles et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Sustainability impact assessment of increasing resource use intensity in forest bioenergy production chains

(2010) WENDELIN WERHAHN-MEES et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Enhanced sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by soil amended with biochar

(2010) Baoliang Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change

(2010) Dominic Woolf et al.   Nature Communications

Life Cycle Assessment of Biochar Systems: Estimating the Energetic, Economic, and Climate Change Potential

(2009) Kelli G. Roberts et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Black carbon affects the cycling of non-black carbon in soil

(2009) Biqing Liang et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Effects of biochar from slow pyrolysis of papermill waste on agronomic performance and soil fertility

(2009) L. Van Zwieten et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

GHG balances of bioenergy systems – Overview of key steps in the production chain and methodological concerns

(2009) Francesco Cherubini   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Energy- and greenhouse gas-based LCA of biofuel and bioenergy systems: Key issues, ranges and recommendations

(2009) Francesco Cherubini et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Overview of recent developments in sustainable biomass certification

(2008) Jinke van Dam et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Fire-Derived Charcoal Causes Loss of Forest Humus

(2008) D. A. Wardle et al.   SCIENCE

Production of Mallee Biomass in Western Australia: Energy Balance Analysis†

(2007) Hongwei Wu et al.   ENERGY & FUELS