Rodriguez Franco, C.; Page-Dumroese, D.S.; Pierson, D.; Nicosia, T. Biochar Utilization as a Forestry Climate-Smart Tool. Sustainability2024, 16, 1714.
Rodriguez Franco, C.; Page-Dumroese, D.S.; Pierson, D.; Nicosia, T. Biochar Utilization as a Forestry Climate-Smart Tool. Sustainability 2024, 16, 1714.
Rodriguez Franco, C.; Page-Dumroese, D.S.; Pierson, D.; Nicosia, T. Biochar Utilization as a Forestry Climate-Smart Tool. Sustainability2024, 16, 1714.
Rodriguez Franco, C.; Page-Dumroese, D.S.; Pierson, D.; Nicosia, T. Biochar Utilization as a Forestry Climate-Smart Tool. Sustainability 2024, 16, 1714.
Abstract
Carbon (C) is one of the most abundant elements. It is part of all living organisms and is found in all states of matter (solid, liquid, gas, and plasma). It can take the form of one of the hardest and transparent materials (diamond) or it can be flexible and dark ( graphite), with many carbonaceous materials at both extremes. In gaseous form, C is a component of several greenhouse gas emitted during the combustion of fossil fuels. Carbon movement between the atmosphere, land (biosphere and lithosphere), and ocean (hydrosphere) can alter total amounts in each pool. Human activities accelerate C movement into the atmosphere, causing increases in climate change. This shift from terrestrial and oceanic C pools to the atmosphere cause an increase in the intensity and duration of droughts, hurricanes, snowstorms, and other natural phenomenon.
Although society hears about C emissions there is a lack of understanding of its importance and the need to decrease C in the atmospheric pool to avoid exacerbating climate change. Forests and biochar are two biological methods to retain C in the terrestrial pool for long time and at very low cost. This review details where C comes from, its relationship with forests, and biochar and their roles in increasing carbon sequestration to limit the impacts of climate change and continue having future sustainable forests and ecosystems services that we enjoy today.
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science
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