BIOCHAR AS A TOOL TO REDUCE THE AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE-GAS BURDEN – KNOWNS, UNKNOWNS AND FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS

The Influence of Biochar Addition on Chicken Manure Composting and Associated Methane and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

(2016) Xingyong Jia et al.   BioResources

Global Warming Potential in an Intensive Vegetable Cropping System as Affected by Crop Rotation and Nitrogen Rate

(2016) Ju Min et al.   CLEAN-Soil Air Water

Regional climate change and national responsibilities

(2016) James Hansen et al.   Environmental Research Letters

The growing role of methane in anthropogenic climate change

(2016) M Saunois et al.   Environmental Research Letters

The effect of pre-industrial charcoal kilns on chemical properties of forest soil of Wallonia, Belgium

(2016) B. Hardy et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Evaluation of the long-term effect of biochar on properties of temperate agricultural soil at pre-industrial charcoal kiln sites in Wallonia, Belgium

(2016) B. Hardy et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Indigenous African soil enrichment as a climate-smart sustainable agriculture alternative

(2016) Dawit Solomon et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Biochar-induced N 2 O emission reductions after field incorporation in a loam soil

(2016) Nele Ameloot et al.   GEODERMA

Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2 °C target

(2016) Eva Wollenberg et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biochar amendment before or after composting affects compost quality and N losses, but not P plant uptake

(2016) Bart Vandecasteele et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Greenhouse gas emissions and soil properties following amendment with manure-derived biochars: Influence of pyrolysis temperature and feedstock type

(2016) Raghunath Subedi et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Standard Extraction Methods May Underestimate Nitrate Stocks Captured by Field-Aged Biochar

(2016) Ghulam Haider et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Extracellular electron transfer mechanisms between microorganisms and minerals

(2016) Liang Shi et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Compost vs biochar amendment: a two-year field study evaluating soil C build-up and N dynamics in an organically managed olive crop

(2016) M. Sánchez-García et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Treating cattle with antibiotics affects greenhouse gas emissions, and microbiota in dung and dung beetles

(2016) Tobin J. Hammer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Soil biochar amendment shapes the composition of N 2 O-reducing microbial communities

(2016) Johannes Harter et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

In situ effects of biochar on aggregation, water retention and porosity in light-textured tropical soils

(2016) Alfred Obia et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Biochar effects on methane emissions from soils: A meta-analysis

(2016) Simon Jeffery et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar improves N cycling during composting of olive mill wastes and sheep manure

(2016) Inés López-Cano et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Carbon footprint assessment on a mature vineyard

(2015) Serena Marras et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Biochar increases vineyard productivity without affecting grape quality: Results from a four years field experiment in Tuscany

(2015) Lorenzo Genesio et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

GHG impacts of biochar: Predictability for the same biochar

(2015) A. Thomazini et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Combined effects of nitrogen fertilization and biochar on the net global warming potential, greenhouse gas intensity and net ecosystem economic budget in intensive vegetable agriculture in southeastern China

(2015) B. Li et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Biochar accelerates organic matter degradation and enhances N mineralisation during composting of poultry manure without a relevant impact on gas emissions

(2015) M. Sánchez-García et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

High concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (naphthalene, phenanthrene and pyrene) failed to explain biochar's capacity to reduce soil nitrous oxide emissions

(2015) J.A. Alburquerque et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Does soil amended with biochar and hydrochar reduce ammonia emissions following the application of pig slurry?

(2015) R. Subedi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Effects of biochar application on greenhouse gas emissions, carbon sequestration and crop growth in coastal saline soil

(2015) X. W. Lin et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Analysis of two biochars and one hydrochar from different feedstock: focus set on environmental, nutritional and horticultural considerations

(2015) Fernando Fornes et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Adsorption and transport of methane in landfill cover soil amended with waste-wood biochars

(2015) Bala Yamini Sadasivam et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Feeding Biochar to Cows: An Innovative Solution for Improving Soil Fertility and Farm Productivity

(2015) Stephen JOSEPH et al.   PEDOSPHERE

Corn Yield and Soil Nitrous Oxide Emission under Different Fertilizer and Soil Management: A Three-Year Field Experiment in Middle Tennessee

(2015) Qi Deng et al.   PLoS One

Indirect nitrous oxide emissions from streams within the US Corn Belt scale with stream order

(2015) Peter A. Turner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of different biochars and digestate on N2O fluxes under field conditions

(2015) Christiane Dicke et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Molecular techniques and stable isotope ratios at natural abundance give complementary inferences about N2O production pathways in an agricultural soil following a rainfall event

(2015) David Snider et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Interactive effect of biochar size and organic amendments on methane consumption in a tropical vertisol

(2015) B. Kollah et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

The Electrochemical Properties of Biochars and How They Affect Soil Redox Properties and Processes

(2015) Stephen Joseph et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Effect of Soil pH Increase by Biochar on NO, N2O and N2 Production during Denitrification in Acid Soils

(2015) Alfred Obia et al.   PLoS One

Biochar, hydrochar and uncarbonized feedstock application to permanent grassland—Effects on greenhouse gas emissions and plant growth

(2014) Sonja Schimmelpfennig et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Biochar and biochar-compost as soil amendments to a vineyard soil: Influences on plant growth, nutrient uptake, plant health and grape quality

(2014) Hans-Peter Schmidt et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Revision of N2O-Producing Pathways in the Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea ATCC 19718

(2014) Jessica A. Kozlowski et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effect of Wood Vinegar on the Performance, Nutrient Digestibility and Intestinal Microflora in Weanling Pigs

(2014) J. Y. Choi et al.   ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES

Effect of Sea Tangle (<italic>Laminaria japonica</italic>) and Charcoal Supplementation as Alternatives to Antibiotics on Growth Performance and Meat Quality of Ducks

(2014) M. M. Islam et al.   ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES

Carbon dioxide capture using biochar produced from sugarcane bagasse and hickory wood

(2014) Anne Elise Creamer et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Effects of biochar amendment on ammonia emission during composting of sewage sludge

(2014) Krystyna Malińska et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

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

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

Evaluation of Solid Fuel Char Briquettes from Human Waste

(2014) Barbara J. Ward et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Black carbon and soil properties at historical charcoal production sites in Germany

(2014) Nils Borchard et al.   GEODERMA

A synthesis of methane emissions from 71 northern, temperate, and subtropical wetlands

(2014) Merritt R. Turetsky et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Aerobic nitrous oxide production through N-nitrosating hybrid formation in ammonia-oxidizing archaea

(2014) Michaela Stieglmeier et al.   ISME Journal

Greenhouse Gas Production in Mixtures of Soil with Composted and Noncomposted Biochars Is Governed by Char-Associated Organic Compounds

(2014) Nils Borchard et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Enhanced Microbial Methane Oxidation in Landfill Cover Soil Amended with Biochar

(2014) Krishna R. Reddy et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Effects of biochar amendment on rice growth and nitrogen retention in a waterlogged paddy field

(2014) Da Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Biochar Decelerates Soil Organic Nitrogen Cycling but Stimulates Soil Nitrification in a Temperate Arable Field Trial

(2014) Judith Prommer et al.   PLoS One

Dual isotope and isotopomer signatures of nitrous oxide from fungal denitrification - a pure culture study

(2014) Lena Rohe et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Effect of different biochar and fertilizer types on N2O and NO emissions

(2014) Victoria Nelissen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Char Amendments Impact Soil Nitrous Oxide Production during Ammonia Oxidation

(2014) Naomi S. Wells et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Clarifying the regulation of NO/N2O production in Nitrosomonas europaea during anoxic–oxic transition via flux balance analysis of a metabolic network model

(2014) Octavio Perez-Garcia et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Effect of biochar on nitrous oxide emission and its potential mechanisms

(2014) Liang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

Promoting Interspecies Electron Transfer with Biochar

(2014) Shanshan Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

Biochar compound fertilizer as an option to reach high productivity but low carbon intensity in rice agriculture of China

(2014) Li Qian et al.   Carbon Management

Biochar as an Electron Shuttle between Bacteria and Fe(III) Minerals

(2014) Andreas Kappler et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Assessing Microbial Contributions to N2O Impacts Following Biochar Additions

(2014) Xiurong Lin et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Effect of biochar on in vitro rumen methane production

(2013) H. H. Hansen et al.   ACTA AGRICULTURAE SCANDINAVICA SECTION A-ANIMAL SCIENCE

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

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

Characterization and influence of biochars on nitrous oxide emission from agricultural soil

(2013) Zhenyu Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Sewage Sludge Biochar Influence upon Rice (Oryza sativaL) Yield, Metal Bioaccumulation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Acidic Paddy Soil

(2013) Sardar Khan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Impact of biochar application on plant water relations in Vitis vinifera (L.)

(2013) S. Baronti et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

An incubation study on the stability and biological effects of pyrogenic and hydrothermal biochar in two soils

(2013) C. Bamminger 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

Isotopic signatures of N2O produced by ammonia-oxidizing archaea from soils

(2013) Man-Young Jung et al.   ISME Journal

Linking N2O emissions from biochar-amended soil to the structure and function of the N-cycling microbial community

(2013) Johannes Harter et al.   ISME Journal

Nitrous oxide emissions from soils: how well do we understand the processes and their controls?

(2013) K. Butterbach-Bahl et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Impact of biochar application on nitrogen nutrition of rice, greenhouse-gas emissions and soil organic carbon dynamics in two paddy soils of China

(2013) Zubin Xie et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Global land and water grabbing

(2013) M. C. Rulli et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2013) R. Jaffe et al.   SCIENCE

An estimation of annual nitrous oxide emissions and soil quality following the amendment of high temperature walnut shell biochar and compost to a small scale vegetable crop rotation

(2013) Emma C. Suddick et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Chars produced by slow pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization vary in carbon sequestration potential and greenhouse gases emissions

(2013) Saadatullah Malghani et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Impact of biochar addition to soil on greenhouse gas emissions following pig manure application

(2013) Shane M. Troy et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Shifting paradigms: development of high-efficiency biochar fertilizers based on nano-structures and soluble components

(2013) S Joseph et al.   Carbon Management

Biochar Effect on Maize Yield and Soil Characteristics in Five Conservation Farming Sites in Zambia

(2013) Gerard Cornelissen et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Compositional and Thermal Evaluation of Lignocellulosic and Poultry Litter Chars via High and Low Temperature Pyrolysis

(2012) J. M. Novak et al.   BioEnergy Research

Effects of biochar application on soil methane emission at different soil moisture levels

(2012) Liuqian Yu et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Promoting direct interspecies electron transfer with activated carbon

(2012) Fanghua Liu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Impact of biochar field aging on laboratory greenhouse gas production potentials

(2012) Kurt A. Spokas   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Increasing soil methane sink along a 120-year afforestation chronosequence is driven by soil moisture

(2012) David Hiltbrunner et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Influence of biochar addition on methane metabolism during thermophilic phase of composting

(2012) Tomonori Sonoki et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

Biochar and Hydrochar Effects on Greenhouse Gas (Carbon Dioxide, Nitrous Oxide, and Methane) Fluxes from Soils

(2012) Claudia Kammann et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Effects of Biochar Addition on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Microbial Responses in a Short-Term Laboratory Experiment

(2012) Gayoung Yoo et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Simple Biotoxicity Tests for Evaluation of Carbonaceous Soil Additives: Establishment and Reproducibility of Four Test Procedures

(2012) Daniela Busch et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Biochar and Earthworm Effects on Soil Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

(2012) Cara A. Augustenborg et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Biochar Affected by Composting with Farmyard Manure

(2012) Katharina Prost et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Redox potential (Eh) and pH as drivers of soil/plant/microorganism systems: a transdisciplinary overview pointing to integrative opportunities for agronomy

(2012) Olivier Husson   PLANT AND SOIL

Impacts of greenwaste biochar on ammonia volatilisation from bauxite processing residue sand

(2012) C. R. Chen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Maize biochars accelerate short-term soil nitrogen dynamics in a loamy sand soil

(2012) Victoria Nelissen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The effect of biochar addition on N2O and CO2 emissions from a sandy loam soil – The role of soil aeration

(2012) Sean D.C. Case et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar addition indirectly affects N2O emissions via soil moisture and plant N uptake

(2012) S. Saarnio et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of biochar application on vegetable production and emissions of N2O and CH4

(2012) Junxiang Jia et al.   SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION

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

Effects of climatic factors and soil management on the methane flux in soils from annual and perennial energy crops

(2011) Jürgen Kern et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Impact of pyrolysis temperature and manure source on physicochemical characteristics of biochar

(2011) Keri B. Cantrell et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

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

(2011) S. Castaldi et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Impacts upon soil quality and plant growth of bamboo charcoal addition to composted sludge

(2011) Li Hua et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

Effects of biochar amendment on soil quality, crop yield and greenhouse gas emission in a Chinese rice paddy: A field study of 2 consecutive rice growing cycles

(2011) Afeng Zhang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Increased soil emissions of potent greenhouse gases under increased atmospheric CO2

(2011) Kees Jan van Groenigen et al.   NATURE

Biochar adsorbed ammonia is bioavailable

(2011) Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

Permafrost carbon-climate feedbacks accelerate global warming

(2011) C. D. Koven et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanisms of biochar decreasing methane emission from Chinese paddy soils

(2011) Youzhi Feng et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar-mediated changes in soil quality and plant growth in a three year field trial

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

Dietary strategies to reducing N excretion from cattle: implications for methane emissions

(2011) J Dijkstra et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Biochar as bulking agent for poultry litter composting

(2011) Christoph Steiner et al.   Carbon Management

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

Effects of bamboo charcoal and bamboo vinegar on nitrogen conservation and heavy metals immobility during pig manure composting

(2010) Ying-Xu Chen et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Nitrifier denitrification as a distinct and significant source of nitrous oxide from soil

(2010) Dorien M. Kool et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Review of the pyrolysis platform for coproducing bio-oil and biochar

(2009) David A. Laird et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

Composting of animal manures and chemical criteria for compost maturity assessment. A review

(2009) M.P. Bernal et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Impact and application of electron shuttles on the redox (bio)transformation of contaminants: A review

(2009) Frank P. Van der Zee et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Impacts of woodchip biochar additions on greenhouse gas production and sorption/degradation of two herbicides in a Minnesota soil

(2009) K.A. Spokas et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Effect of cellulose, lignin, alkali and alkaline earth metallic species on biomass pyrolysis and gasification

(2009) Dangzhen Lv et al.   FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

Nitrous Oxide (N2O): The Dominant Ozone-Depleting Substance Emitted in the 21st Century

(2009) A. R. Ravishankara et al.   SCIENCE

Stimulation of methane consumption by endogenous CH4 production in aerobic grassland soil

(2009) Claudia Kammann et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Methane release from wetlands and watercourses in Europe

(2008) S. Saarnio et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Livestock waste-to-bioenergy generation opportunities

(2008) Keri B. Cantrell et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Reduction of nitrogen loss and Cu and Zn mobility during sludge composting with bamboo charcoal amendment

(2008) Li Hua et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions

(2008) J. N. Galloway et al.   SCIENCE

Green house gas emissions from composting and mechanical biological treatment

(2008) Florian Amlinger et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH