Biochar for environmental management
Subtitle: science and technology
By: edited by Johannes Lehmann and Stephen Joseph.
Contributors: Lehmann, Johannes, Dr.; Joseph, Stephen, 1950-
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781844076581
Subjects: Charcoal; Soil amendments; Environmental management
Description: Biochar is the carbon-rich product when biomass (such as wood, manure, or crop residues) is heated in a closed container with little or no available air. This book expands on this topic with it's interdisciplinary approach.--[book cover].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Biochar for environmental management: an introduction / Johannes Lehmann, Stephen Joseph; title: Physical properties of biochar / Adriana Downie, Alan Crosky, Paul Munroe; title: Characteristics of biochar: micro-chemical properties / James Amonette, Stephen Joseph; title: Characteristics of biochar: organo-chemical properties / Evelyn S. Krull ... [et al.]; title: Biochar: nutrient properties and their enhancement / K. Yin Chan, Z. Hiu Xu; title: Characteristics of biochar: biological properties / Janice E. Thies, Matthias C. Rillig; title: Developing a biochar classification and test methods / Stephen Joseph ... [et al.]; title: Biochar production technology / Robert Brown; title: Biochar systems / Johannes Lehmann, Stephen Joseph; title: Changes of biochar in soil / Karen Hammes, Michael W.I. Schmidt; title: Stability of biochar in soil / Johannes Lehmann ... [et al.]; title: Biochar application to soil / Paul Blackwell, Glen Riethmuller, Mike Collins; title: Biochar and emissions of non-CO2 greenhouse gases from soil / Lukas Van Zwieten ... [et al.]; title: Biochar effects on soil nutrient transformations / Tom H. DeLuca, M. Derek MacKenzie, Michael J. Gundale; title: Biochar effects on nutrient leaching / Julie Major ... [et al.]; title: Biochar and sorption of organic compounds / Ronald J. Smernik; title: Test procedures for determining the quantity of biochar within soils / David A.C. Manning, Elisa Lopez-Capel; title: Biochar, greenhouse gas accounting and emissions trading / John Gaunt, Annette Cowie; title: Economics of biochar production, utilisation and emissions / Bruce A. McCarl ... [et al.]; title: Socio-economic assessment and implementation of small scale biochar projects / Stephen Joseph; title: Taking biochar to market: some essential concepts for commercial success / Mark Glover; title: Policy to address the threat of dangerous climate change: a leading role for biochar / Peter Read.