Biochar and its twin benefits: Crop residue management and climate change mitigation in India

A Anand, V Kumar, P Kaushal - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Crop residue management remains a major problem in the Indian agriculture sector. The in-
situ firing of crop residues has been linked to air pollution, global warming, soil fertility …

Biochar: a sustainable solution

A Kumar, T Bhattacharya - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2021 - Springer
The planet Earth has been thronged by a horde of threatening issues since the late twentieth
century. Climate change, fossil fuel depletion and various types of pollution, including heavy …

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

S Jeffery, FGA Verheijen, C Kammann… - Soil Biology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Methane (CH 4) emissions have increased by more than 150% since 1750, with agriculture
being the major source. Further increases are predicted as permafrost regions start thawing …

Impact of biochar application on yield-scaled greenhouse gas intensity: a meta-analysis

X Liu, P Mao, L Li, J Ma - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The application of biochar to agricultural ecosystems is a potential solution to mitigate
climate change and guarantee food security. However, the impacts of biochar on …

Advances in pyrolytic technologies with improved carbon capture and storage to combat climate change

MI Al-Wabel, M Ahmad, ARA Usman, M Akanji… - … , climate, plant and …, 2020 - Springer
Emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) including carbon dioxide (CO 2), nitrous oxide (N 2
O), and methane (CH 4) due to anthropogenic activities has changed the world climate …

Biochar as a tool for the improvement of soil and environment

E Kabir, KH Kim, EE Kwon - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Biochar is a versatile and sustainable tool for agricultural and environmental remediation
due to its unique physicochemical properties in terms of soil fertility, nutrient retention, and …

Methane and nitrous oxide flux after biochar application in subtropical acidic paddy soils under tobacco-rice rotation

Y Huang, C Wang, C Lin, Y Zhang, X Chen, L Tang… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Biochar amendment is a good means of mitigating methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)
emissions. However, the effects of biochar amendment on N2O and CH4 reduction in soil …

Organic matter dynamics, soil aggregation and microbial biomass and activity in Technosols created with metalliferous mine residues, biochar and marble waste

F Moreno-Barriga, V Díaz, JA Acosta, MÁ Muñoz, Á Faz… - Geoderma, 2017 - Elsevier
Creation of Technosols by use of different materials can be a sustainable strategy to reclaim
mine tailings spread on the environment. A proper selection of materials is critical to …

Carbon offset potential of biochar based straw management under rice-wheat system along Indo-Gangetic Plains of India

S Singh, S Chaturvedi, P Nayak, VC Dhyani… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paris Agreement goal of a net-zero equation will require decarbonization
technologies in agriculture. Agri-waste biochar offers huge potential for carbon abatement in …

Advancements in municipal solid waste landfill cover system: A review

JK Chetri, KR Reddy - Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 2021 - Springer
Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill cover systems have evolved from being merely a soil
cap to a multicomponent, nearly impermeable systems providing better control over …