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No yield benefit of biochar for crops in the temperate zone
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For years, biochar has been promoted as a soil additive to increase fertility and crop yields. But a new paper, co-authored by Diego Abalos and Jan...
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'The Paris soil carbon sequestration goals are unrealistic'
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The goal to offset rises in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations by increasing soil carbon storage by 4 per mille (0.4%) per year is unrealistic,...
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Agriculture should not attempt to copy nature
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‘While agriculture should certainly learn from nature, we mustn’t be fixated on it. After all, agriculture and nature are fundamentally...
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Earthworms: Nature's free fertilizer?
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Earthworm presence in the soil increases crop yield, shows a new study that was published this week in Scientific Reports. This is not unexpected ,...
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Jan Willem van Groenigen editor in chief of Geoderma
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Jan Willem van Groenigen has been appointed as editor in chief of the soil science journal Geoderma. The appointment is the result of an increasing...
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Plants as a key to reducing emissions of a major greenhouse gas
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Agricultural soils are by far the largest source of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O). Therefore, measures to reduce N2O emissions are...
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Global worming: greenhouse gas emissions from soils increased by earthworms
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Earthworms increase greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from soils, reveals new research published in the current issue of Nature Climate Change. The...