Effects of biochar on soil evaporation and moisture content and the associated mechanisms

Abstract High soil evaporation levels are a major contributor to loss of soil moisture in arid and semiarid regions globally. Therefore, it is important to use effective measures to slow the evaporation from farmland soils. We applied various amounts of straw biochar (BC) in a soil column experiment...

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Main Authors: Weiying Feng, Tengke Wang, Fang Yang, Rui Cen, Haiqing Liao, Zhongyi Qu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-08-01
Series:Environmental Sciences Europe
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-023-00776-7