Novel Study on Biochar Carbon Stability in Soils
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Sustainable Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 January 2024) | Viewed by 445
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biochar; carbon dynamics; climate change; organic matter; soil fertility
Interests: biochar; thermochemical conversion; green synthesis; biogeochemical cycling; environmental contaminants
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Interests: engineered biochar; soil remediation; sustainable waste management; geochemistry; environmental mineralogy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting submissions to this Special Issue of Applied Sciences on the topic of biochar carbon stability in soils.
Owing to its stability in soils, biochar has gained attention as a soil carbon sequestration tool to offset increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Biochar comprises disparate ratios of aliphatic and aromatic carbon substances at different stability rates, which may affect the stability of biochar carbon in the soil. However, the influence of soil and biochar properties on biochar carbon stability is not well-documented. Moreover, biochar-derived dissolved organic carbon may stimulate microbial activity via the breakdown of labile soluble organic carbon and the improvement in soil physical properties, phenomena which may increase the mineralization of the soil organic carbon. Those areas still have several knowledge gaps, an issue processing in particular from the reliance on traditional techniques and approaches to study them. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to present research underlying novel approaches and techniques to tracking and evaluating the unknown aspects of biochar carbon stability in soils.
As such, we invite submissions exploring the state of the art in the fields of biochar carbon stability, composition, and contribution to carbon sequestration, soil biodiversity, and climate change mitigation. Theoretical and experimental studies, comprehensive reviews and meta-analysis papers are welcome.
Dr. Ali El-Naggar
Dr. Balal Yousaf
Dr. Xiao Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biochar carbon
- biochar stability
- carbon dynamics
- carbon sequestration
- climate change
- priming effect
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