Biochar for Environmental Management (3^rd Ed.) Science, Technology and Implementation

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.

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: Abiochar 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

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.