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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 3, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/srep01732
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- OECD Cooperative Research Program
- European Community [277069]
- USDA Hatch
- National Science Foundation's Basic Research for Enabling Agricultural Development (NSF-BREAD) [IOS-0965336]
- Fondation des Fondateurs
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
- Direct For Biological Sciences [965336] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Agricultural soils represent the main source of anthropogenic N2O emissions. Recently, interactions of black carbon with the nitrogen cycle have been recognized and the use of biochar is being investigated as a means to reduce N2O emissions. However, the mechanisms of reduction remain unclear. Here we demonstrate the significant impact of biochar on denitrification, with a consistent decrease in N2O emissions by 10-90% in 14 different agricultural soils. Using the N-15 gas-flux method we observed a consistent reduction of the N2O/(N-2 + N2O) ratio, which demonstrates that biochar facilitates the last step of denitrification. Biochar acid buffer capacity was identified as an important aspect for mitigation that was not primarily caused by a pH shift in soil. We propose the function of biochar as an electron shuttle that facilitates the transfer of electrons to soil denitrifying microorganisms, which together with its liming effect would promote the reduction of N2O to N-2.
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