Brown et al. (2023): Biochar application to temperate grasslands: challenges and opportunities for delivering multiple ecosystem services
Robert W. Brown, David R. Chadwick, Tom Bott, Helen M. West, Paul Wilson, Genevieve R. Hodgins, Colin E. Snape, Davey L. Jones IN: Biochar 5, 33, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42773-023-00232-y
Here, the authors critically evaluate the potential for biochar as a technology for increasing grassland C stocks, identifying a number of practical, economic, social and legislative challenges that need to be addressed before the widescale adoption of biochar may be achieved. They critically assess the current knowledge within the field of grassland biochar research in the context of ecosystem service provision and provide opinions on the applicability of biochar as an amendment to different types of grassland (improved, semi-improved and unimproved) and the potential effect on ecosystem provision using a range of application techniques in the topsoil and subsoil.