Browsing Brage NMBU by Author "Cornelissen, Gerard"
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A reconnaissance-scale GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis to support sustainable biochar use: Poland as a case study
Latawiec, Agnieszka E.; Peake, Lewis; Baxter, Helen; Cornelissen, Gerard; Grotkiewicz, Katarzyna; Hale, Sarah; Królczyk, Jolanta B.; Kubon, Maciej; Łopatka, Artur; Medynska-Juraszek, Agnieszka; Reid, Brian J.; Siebielec, Grzegorz; Sohi, Saran P.; Strassburg, Bernardo BN (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Although increasing numbers of research papers regarding biochar are being published worldwide, in some countries growing interest in biochar has only recently been observed; this is true of Poland. We analysed information ... -
Activated and enriched “designer” biochar as sorbent in remediation of PFAS and metal contaminated soils
Bjerkli, Nora (Master thesis, 2019)Soil contamination has become a major environmental problem of global concern, and there is a need for effective remediation methods to counteract this problem. Immobilisation of contaminants in soil using the carbonaceous ... -
Biochar amendment improves degraded pasturelands in Brazil: environmental and cost-benefit analysis
Latawiec, Agnieszka E.; Strassburg, Bernardo B.; Junqueira, André B.; Araujo, Ednaldo; de Moraes, Luiz F.; Pinto, Helena A. N.; Castro, Ana; Rangel, Marico; Malaguti, Gustavo A.; Rodrigues, Aline; Barioni, Luis Gustavo; Novotny, Etelvino H.; Cornelissen, Gerard; Mendes, Maiara; Batista, Nilcileny; Guerra, Jose Guilherme; Zonta, Everaldo; Jakovac, Catarina; Hale, Sarah (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Most deforested lands in Brazil are occupied by low-productivity cattle ranching. Brazil is the second biggest meat producer worldwide and is projected to increase its agricultural output more than any other country. Biochar ... -
Biochar application in Malaysian sandy and acid sulfate soils: soil amelioration effects and improved crop production over two cropping seasons
Manickam, Theeba; Cornelissen, Gerard; Bachmann, Robert T.; Ibrahim, Illani Z.; Mulder, Jan; Hale, Sarah (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015) -
Biochar effect on maize yield and soil characteristics in five conservation farming sites in Zambia
Cornelissen, Gerard; Martinsen, Vegard; Shitumbanuma, Victor; Alling, Vanja Karin Gunilla; Breedveld, Gijs D.; Rutherford, W.; Sparrevik, Lars Magnus; Hale, Sarah; Obia, Alfred; Mulder, Jan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Biochar addition to agricultural soils can improve soil fertility, with the added bonus of climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration. Conservation farming (CF) is precision farming, often combining minimum ... -
Biochar from "Kon Tiki" flame curtain and other kilns: Effects of nutrient enrichment and kiln type on crop yield and soil chemistry
Pandit, Naba Raj; Mulder, Jan; Hale, Sarah; Schmidt, Hans Peter; Cornelissen, Gerard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Biochar application to soils has been investigated as a means of improving soil fertility and mitigating climate change through soil carbon sequestration. In the present work, the invasive shrub "Eupatorium adenophorum" ... -
Biochar improves maize growth by alleviation of nutrient stress in a moderately acidic low-input Nepalese soil
Pandit, Naba Raj; Mulder, Jan; Hale, Sarah; Martinsen, Vegard; Schmidt, Hans Peter; Cornelissen, Gerard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)We studied the role of biochar in improving soil fertility for maize production. The effects of biochar on the alleviation of three potential physical-chemical soil limitations for maize growth were investigated, i.e. water ... -
Cation exchange capacity of biochar: An urgent method modification
Munera-Echeverri, Jose L; Martinsen, Vegard; Strand, Line Tau; Zivanovic, Valentina; Cornelissen, Gerard; Mulder, Jan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Biochar, produced through pyrolysis of organic matter, is negatively charged, thus contributing to electrostatic adsorption of cations. However, due to its porous structure and contents of alkaline ashes, the determination ... -
Combining Leaching and Passive Sampling to Measure the Mobility and Distribution between Porewater, DOC and Colloids of Native Oxy-PAHs, N-PACs and PAHs in Historically Contaminated Soil
Enell, Anja; Lundstedt, Staffan; Arp, Hans Petter Heinrich; Josefsson, Sarah; Cornelissen, Gerard; Wik, Ola; Kleja, D. Berggren (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Different methods to quantify soil porewater concentrations of contaminants will provide different types of information. Passive sampling measurements give freely dissolved porewater concentrations (Cpw,free), while leaching ... -
Effect of conservation farming and biochar addition on soil organic carbon quality, nitrogen mineralization, and crop productivity in a light textured Acrisol in the sub-humid tropics
Munera-Echeverri, Jose L; Martinsen, Vegard; Strand, Line Tau; Cornelissen, Gerard; Mulder, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Conservation farming (CF), involving basin tillage, residue retention and crop rotation, combined with biochar may help to mitigate negative impacts of conventional agriculture. In this study, the effects of CF on the ... -
Effect of Soil pH Increase by Biochar on NO, N2O and N2 Production during Denitrification in Acid Soils
Obia, Alfred; Cornelissen, Gerard; Mulder, Jan; Dörsch, Peter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015) -
Effect of soil pH Increase by Biochar on NO, N2O and N2 production during denitrification in acid soils
Obia, Alfred; Cornelissen, Gerard; Mulder, Jan; Dörsch, Peter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015) -
Effects of hand-hoe tilled conservation farming on soil quality and carbon stocks under on-farm conditions in Zambia
Martinsen, Vegard; Shitumbanuma, Victor; Mulder, Jan; Ritz, C.; Cornelissen, Gerard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Conservation farming (CF) has been promoted in Zambia since the 1980s. Despite long-term practice of CF in Zambia, its effect on soil fertility, including the storage of soil organic matter (SOM), on smallholder farms are ... -
Emissions and Char Quality of Flame-Curtain"Kon Tiki" Kilns for Farmer-Scale Charcoal/Biochar Production
Cornelissen, Gerard; Pandit, Naba Raj; Taylor, Paul; Pandit, Bishnu Hari; Sparrevik, Magnus; Schmidt, Hans Peter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016) -
Fading positive effect of biochar on crop yield and soil acidity during five growth seasons in an Indonesian Ultisol
Cornelissen, Gerard; Jubaedah, X; Nurida, Neneng; Hale, Sarah; Martinsen, Vegard; Silvani, Ludovica; Mulder, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Low fertility limits crop production on acidic soils dominating much of the humid tropics. Biochar may be used as a soil enhancer, but little consensus exists on its effect on crop yield. Here we use a controlled, replicated ... -
Fourfold increase in pumpkin yield in response to low-dosage root zone application of urine-enhanced biochar to a fertile tropical soil
Schmidt, Hans Peter; Pandit, Bishnu Hari; Martinsen, Vegard; Cornelissen, Gerard; Conte, Pellegrino; Kammann, Claudia I. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)A widely abundant and invasive forest shrub, Eupatorium adenophorum, was pyrolyzed in a cost-efficient flame curtain kiln to produce biochar. The resulting biochar fulfilled all the requirements for premium quality, according ... -
How to determine the environmental exposure of PAHs originating from biochar
Mayer, Philipp; Hilber, Isabel; Gouliarmou, Varvara; Hale, Sarah; Cornelissen, Gerard; Bucheli, Thomas D (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Biochars are obtained by pyrolysing biomass materials and are increasingly used within the agricultural sector. Owing to the production process, biochars can contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the high mg/kg ... -
In situ benthic flow-through chambers to determine sediment-to-water fluxes of legacy hydrophobic organic contaminants
Mustajärvi, Lukas; Eek, Espen; Cornelissen, Gerard; Eriksson-Wiklund, Ann-Kristin; Undeman, Emma; Sobek, Anna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Contaminated sediment can release hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs) and thereby act as a secondary source of primarily legacy hazardous substances to the water column. There is therefore a need for assessments of the ... -
In situ sediment treatment using activated carbon: a demonstrated sediment cleanup technology
Patmont, Clayton R.; Ghosh, Upal; LaRosa, Paul; Menzie, Charles A.; Luthy, Richard G.; Greenberg, Marc S.; Cornelissen, Gerard; Eek, Espen; Collins, John; Hull, John; Hjartland, Tore; Glaza, Edward; Bleiler, John; Quadrini, James (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This paper reviews general approaches for applying activated carbon (AC) amendments as an in situ sediment treatment remedy. In situ sediment treatment involves targeted placement of amendments using installation options ... -
Life-cycle assessment of biochar production systems in tropical rural areas: Comparing flame curtain kilns to other production methods
Smebye, Andreas; Sparrevik, Magnus; Schmidt, Hans Peter; Cornelissen, Gerard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)A life-cycle assessment (LCA) using end point methods was performed for the generation and sequestration of one kg biochar by various pyrolysis methods suitable for rural tropical conditions. Flame curtain kilns, a novel, ...