Biochar for Environmental Management

Science, Technology and Implementation
 
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Fully revised and updated for its third edition, this book presents the definitive compilation of current knowledge on all aspects of biochar.

Long description:

Fully revised and updated for its third edition, this book presents the definitive compilation of current knowledge on all aspects of biochar.


Research on biochar continues to accelerate as its importance for soil health, climate change mitigation and adoption, and the circular economy becomes more widely acknowledged. This book not only reviews recent advances made in our understanding of biochar properties, behavior, and effects in agriculture, environmental management, and material production, but specifically develops fundamental principles and frameworks of biochar science and application. This third edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect recent developments and growing trends, with important coverage of the application of biochar outside of its traditional soil-based uses, the commercialization of biochar, and its incorporation into policy. This includes brand new chapters on the role of biochar-based materials for environmental remediation, building construction, and animal feed, and a greater discussion of biochar's role in the circular economy, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development. Overall, this book provides a systematic, comprehensive, and global examination of biochar. Written by an international team of academics and professionals, it addresses its uses, production, and management and its broader potential for mitigating climate change and driving forward sustainable development.


Edited by two leading figures in the field, Biochar for Environmental Management is essential reading for students, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers interested in biochar and the role it can play in environmental sustainability and global sustainable development.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1:     Biochar for environmental management ? an introduction


Johannes Lehmann, Stephen Joseph


 


Chapter 2:     Historical accumulation of Biochar as soil amendment


Bruno Glaser, Doyle McKey, Luise Giani, Wenceslau Teixeira, Giuseppe di Rauso Simeone, Jens Schneeweiß, Nguyen Hien, Jeffrey Homburg


 


Chapter 3:     Fundamentals of biochar production


Robert C. Brown, Santanu Bakshi, Ondřej Mašek


 


Chapter 4:     Biochar production technology


Ondřej Mašek, Robert C. Brown, Santanu Bakshi


 


Chapter 5:     Characteristics of biochar ? physical and structural properties


Catherine E. Brewer


 


Chapter 6:     Characteristics of biochar ? micro- and nano-chemical properties and interactions


Sohrab Haghighi Mood, Kalidas Mainalis, Manuel Raul Pelaez-Samaniego, Manuel Garcia-Perez


 


Chapter 7:     Characteristics of biochar ? macro-molecular properties


William C. Hockaday, Markus Kleber, Peter S. Nico


 


Chapter 8:     Characteristics of biochar ? nutrient properties


Joann K. Whalen, Leanne Ejack, Shamim Gul, Leonardo León Castro


 


Chapter 9:     A biochar classification system and associated test methods


Balwant Singh, James E. Amonette, Marta Camps-Arbestain, Rai S. Kookana


 


Chapter 10:    Aging of biochar in soils and its implications


Joseph J. Pignatello, Minori Uchimiya, Samuel Abiven


 


Chapter 11:    Persistence of biochar: mechanisms, measurements, predictions


Johannes Lehmann, Samuel Abiven, Elias Azzi, Yunying Fang, Bhupinderpal Singh, Saran Sohi, Cecilia Sundberg, Dominic Woolf, Andrew R. Zimmerman


 


Chapter 12:    Biochar transport in terrestrial ecosystems: fate and impact


Cornelia Rumpel


 


Chapter 13:    Plant productivity with biochar applications to soils


Simon Jeffery, Frank Verheijen, Diego Abalos, Ana Bastos


 


Chapter 14:    Biochar Effects on Soil Biota


Janice E. Thies, Xavier Domene, Stephen Joseph, Xaiofan Rong, Johannes Lehmann


 


Chapter 15:    Biochar effects on plant ecophysiology


Claudia Kammann, Ellen Graber


 


Chapter 16:    Biochar effects on soil nutrient transformation


Thomas H. DeLuca, Michael J.Gundale, M. Derek MacKenzie, Si Gao, Davey L. Jones


 


Chapter 17:    Biochar effects on soil carbon turnover


Thea Whitman, Yunying Fang, Yu Luo


 


Chapter 18:    Biochar influences methane and nitrous oxide emissions from soil


Lukas Van Zwieten, Maria Luz Cayuela, Claudia Kammann, Stephen Joseph, Nicole Wrage-Mönnig, Annette Cowie, Niloofar Karimian, Ehsan Tavakkoli


 


Chapter 19:    Biochar effects on nutrient leaching


Shahla Hosseini Bai, Michael B. Farrar, Marta Gallart, Frédérique Reverchon, Sara Tahery, Negar Omidvar, Edith Kichamu-Wachira, Stephen Joseph


 


Chapter 20:    Biochar effects on water availability


Xiaodong Gao, Caroline A. Masiello


 


Chapter 21:    Biochar and heavy metals


Luke Beesley, Beatriz Cerqueira Cancelo, Michael Hardman, Manhattan Lebrun, Kerry Mitchell, Lukas Trakal


 


Chapter 22:    Organic contaminants in biochar


Wolfram Buss, Christian Wurzer, Jessica G. Shepherd, Thomas D. Bucheli


 


Chapter 23:    How does biochar influence plant biotic stress?


Amit K. Jaiswal, Omer Frenkel, Jane Debode, Ellen R. Graber


 


Chapter 24:    Test procedures for biochar analysis in soils


Michael Bird


 


Chapter 25:    Biochar handling, storage, and transportation


Tom Miles


 


Chapter 26:    Biochar-based fertilizers, co-composting, and growth media


Leônidas Carrijo Azevedo Melo, Carlos Alberto Silva, Miguel Sánchez-Monedero, Keiji Jindo, Sarasadat Taherymoosavi, Stephen Joseph


 


Chapter 27:    Biochar-based materials for environmental remediation


Hailong Wang, Hanbo Chen, Nanthi Bolan, Shengsen Wang


 


Chapter 28:    Biochar as building and road material


Harn Wei


 


Chapter 29:    Biochar as an animal feed ingredient


Roger Hagerty, Stephen Joseph, Melissa Rebbeck, Sarah Meale, Nicholas Paul


 


Chapter 30:    Biochar, greenhouse gas accounting and climate change mitigation


Annette Cowie, Elias Azzi, Zhe H. Weng, Dominic Woolf


 


Chapter 31:    Biochar sustainability


Cecilia Sundberg, Elias Azzi


 


Chapter 32:    Markets for biochar products and services


Josef Maroušek, Anna Maroušková, Otakar Strunecký, Babak Minofar


 


Chapter 33:    Economics of biochar production and use


Stephen Joseph, Simon Shackley, Ruy Anaya de la Rosa, Gerard Cornelissen, Adam O?Toole, Einar Stuve


 


Chapter 34:    Policy and biochar


Tristan Brown, Jenny R. Frank


 


Chapter 35:    Biochar in environmental management: outlook and conclusion


Yong Sik Ok, Piumi Amasha Withana, Stephen Joseph, Johannes Lehmann