3rd Edition

Biochar for Environmental Management Science, Technology and Implementation

Edited By Johannes Lehmann, Stephen Joseph Copyright 2024
902 Pages 189 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

902 Pages 189 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

902 Pages 189 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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

Biography

Johannes Lehmann is Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of soil biogeochemistry and soil fertility management at Cornell University, USA, Co-founder of the International Biochar Initiative, and member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina).

Stephen Joseph is a visiting Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and Co-founder of the International Biochar Initiative.