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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-8-199-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-8-199-2022
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Original research article
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17 Mar 2022
Original research article |
| 17 Mar 2022
| 17 Mar 2022
Inclusion of biochar in a C dynamics model based on observations from an 8-year field experiment
Roberta Pulcher
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences,
BIGeA, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Enrico Balugani
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Università di Bologna,
Bologna, Italy
Maurizio Ventura
Faculty of Science and Technology, Libera Università di Bolzano,
39100 Bozen, Italy
Nicolas Greggio
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences,
BIGeA, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Diego Marazza
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences,
BIGeA, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Università di Bologna,
Bologna, Italy
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Short summary
Biochar, a solid product from the thermal conversion of biomass, can be used as a climate change mitigation strategy, since it can sequester carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the soil. The aim of this study is to assess the potential of biochar as a mitigation strategy in the long term, by modelling the results obtained from an 8-year field experiment. As far as we know, this is the first time that a model for biochar degradation has been validated with long-term field data.
Biochar, a solid product from the thermal conversion of biomass, can be used as a climate change...
