Microspectroscopic visualization of how biochar lifts the soil organic carbon ceiling

oleh: Zhe (Han) Weng, Lukas Van Zwieten, Ehsan Tavakkoli, Michael T. Rose, Bhupinder Pal Singh, Stephen Joseph, Lynne M. Macdonald, Stephen Kimber, Stephen Morris, Terry J. Rose, Braulio S. Archanjo, Caixian Tang, Ashley E. Franks, Hui Diao, Steffen Schweizer, Mark J. Tobin, Annaleise R. Klein, Jitraporn Vongsvivut, Shery L. Y. Chang, Peter M. Kopittke, Annette Cowie

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01

Deskripsi

A decadal-scale field trial revealed 1.01 Mg of rhizodeposit and necromass C was stored in soil microaggregate and mineral fractions per Mg biochar-C applied. Microspectroscopic analyses visualize mechanisms for this elevated soil C storage ceiling.