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Case, S.D.C.; McNamara, N.P.; Reay, D.S.; Chaplow, J.S.; Whitaker, J.

Soil properties and soil greenhouse gas emissions in biochar-amended bioenergy soils incubated under controlled laboratory conditions

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https://doi.org/10.5285/2757e972-a7fe-494d-92c3-c3205dfdef19
Data from an investigation of the effects of biochar application to soil on greenhouse gas emissions using soil from a bioenergy crop (Miscanthus X. giganteus). Data include physical (bulk density) and chemical analyses of the soil (total carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), extractable ammonium and nitrate), and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)) during incubations. Data were collected during two incubation experiments investigating the effects of temperature, soil moisture and soil aeration on biochar induced suppression of GHG emissions. Biochar is a carbon rich substances which is being advocated as a climate mitigation tool to increase carbon sequestration and reduce nitrous oxide emissions.
Publication date: 2014-01-16
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Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2011-03-01    to    2012-01-31

Provenance & quality

Twenty soil cores were collected from a field site in Lincolnshire in March 2011, three weeks after planting and Nitrogen fertiliser addition. Soil cores of 150-180 millimetre (mm) depth, containing approximately 1.6 kilogram soil (dry weight) were extracted in Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes (height 215 mm depth 102 mm) and stored at 4 degrees centigrade for 30 days. A four-treatment factorial experiment was designed using soils un-amended or amended with biochar and un-wetted or wetted with deionised water (5 replicates per treatment). Soil in all the cores was mixed to 7 centimetre (cm) depth. To half of the cores, biochar (less than 2 mm) was mixed into the soil at a rate of 3 percent soil dry weight (approximately 22 tons per hectare (t ha-1)). After allowing for any potential Carbon dioxide (CO2) flush from newly-mixed soil to equilibrate for seven days, the cores were placed at 16 degrees centigrade in the dark. Un-wetted soil cores were maintained at 23 percent Gravimetric moisture content (GMC), whilst the GMC of 'wetted' soil cores was increased to 28 percent GMC at the time zero (t0) of four wetting events on day 17, 46, 67 and 116. These water addition rates were based on mean and maximum monthly soil GMC measured in the field between 2009-2010.

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Case, S.D.C.; McNamara, N.P.; Reay, D.S.; Chaplow, J.S.; Whitaker, J. (2014). Soil properties and soil greenhouse gas emissions in biochar-amended bioenergy soils incubated under controlled laboratory conditions. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/2757e972-a7fe-494d-92c3-c3205dfdef19

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Supplemental information

Case, Sean D.C.; McNamara, Niall P.; Reay, David S.; Whitaker, Jeanette. 2012 The effect of biochar addition on N2O and CO2 emissions from a sandy loam soil: the role of soil aeration. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 51. 125-134.

Correspondence/contact details

McNamara, N.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
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Authors

Case, S.D.C.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
McNamara, N.P.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Reay, D.S.
University of Edinburgh
Chaplow, J.S.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Whitaker, J.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
INSPIRE theme
Soil
Keywords
atmospheric emission , biochar , chemistry , greenhouse gas , Lincolnshire , N2O , nitrogen oxides , nitrous oxide , soil , Soil
Last updated
21 March 2025 13:22