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  • Title: Application of biochar and nitrogen influences fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O in a forest soil.
    Author: Hawthorne I, Johnson MS, Jassal RS, Black TA, Grant NJ, Smukler SM.
    Journal: J Environ Manage; 2017 May 01; 192():203-214. PubMed ID: 28161628.
    Abstract:
    Nitrogen (N) fertilization of forests for increasing carbon sequestration and wood volume is expected to influence soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, especially to increase N2O emissions. As biochar application is known to affect soil GHG emissions, we investigated the effect of biochar application, with and without N fertilization, to a forest soil on GHG emissions in a controlled laboratory study. We found that biochar application at high (10%) application rates increased CO2 and N2O emissions when applied without urea-N fertilizer. At both low (1%) and high biochar (10%) application rates CH4 consumption was reduced when applied without urea-N fertilizer. Biochar application with urea-N fertilization did not increase CO2 emissions compared to biochar amended soil without fertilizer. In terms of CO2-eq, the net change in GHG emissions was mainly controlled by CO2 emissions, regardless of treatment, with CH4 and N2O together accounting for less than 1.5% of the total emissions.
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