Emission of CO2 from biochar‐amended soils and implications for soil organic carbon

• Published in: Global change biology. Bioenergy Vol. 7; no. 6; pp. 1294 - 1304
• Main Authors: Sagrilo, Edvaldo, Jeffery, Simon, Hoffland, Ellis, Kuyper, Thomas W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.11.2015
• Subjects: additive effects; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Carbon sequestration; Charcoal; Decomposition; Emission analysis; Experiments; Independent study; Laboratories; Organic carbon; Organic matter; priming; pyrogenic organic matter; recalcitrance; Soil amendment; Soil analysis; Soil investigations; Soils; Statistical analysis; Studies

Soil amendment with pyrogenic organic matter (PyOM), also named biochar, is claimed to sequester carbon (C). However, possible interactions between PyOM and native soil organic carbon (SOC) may accelerate the loss of SOC, thus reducing PyOM's C sequestration potential. We combined the results o...