Soil plays a fundamental role in food safety and the adverse effects of contaminants like
heavy metal (loid) s on crop quality have threatened human health. Therefore, it is important …

Soil microorganisms play crucial roles in soil nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, fertility
maintenance and crop health and production. To date, the responses of microorganisms …

Biochar is a promising novel material for managing phosphorus (P), a nutrient often limiting
for primary production but can also be a pollutant, in the environment. Reducing P input to …

Biochar amendment has been proposed to be as a promising means to improve soil
properties and enhance plant productivity in different types of soils. However, biochar …

The intervention of human in phosphorus pool seems to be a vicious circle. The rapid
population growth leads to the global food shortage, which leads to the massive use of …

Invasive plants harm ecosystems and human health due to their strong environmental
adaptability, fast reproduction and spreading capabilities. Management of invasive plants …

In this chapter, a biochar classifi cation system related to its use as a soil amendment is
proposed. This document builds upon previous work: Standardized product defi nition and …

Current studies on environmental chemistry mainly focus on a single stressor or single
group of stressors, which does not reflect the multiple stressors in the dynamic exposome we …

This study conducted a two-year experiment to investigate the impacts of biochar with
various temperatures (350° C, 500° C, and 650° C), on the reduction of pollutants in …

Value-added biochar or hydrochar converted from agricultural waste has the potential to
improve soil performance. However, how biochar and hydrochar addition affect ecological …