Interactions between Carbon Sequestration and Shade Tree Diversity in a Smallholder Coffee Cooperative in El Salvador

Agroforestry systems have substantial potential to conserve native biodiversity and provide ecosystem services. In particular, agroforestry systems have the potential to conserve native tree diversity and sequester carbon for climate change mitigation. However, little research has been conducted on the temporal stability of species diversity and aboveground carbon stocks in these systems or the relation between species diversity and aboveground carbon sequestration. We measured changes in shade‐tree diversity and shade‐tree carbon stocks in 14 plots of a 35‐ha coffee cooperative over 9 years and analyzed relations between species diversity and carbon sequestration. Carbon sequestration was positively correlated with initial species richness of shade trees. Species diversity of shade trees did not change significantly over the study period, but carbon stocks increased due to tree growth. Our results show a potential for carbon sequestration and long‐term biodiversity conservation in smallholder coffee agroforestry systems and illustrate the opportunity for synergies between biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. Interacciones entre el Secuestro de Carbono y la Diversidad de Árboles de Sombra en una Cooperativa de Café de Pequeños Agricultores en El Salvador     

不同发育阶段杉木人工林土壤碳库稳定性研究

森林土壤有机碳在全球碳循环中的重要作用主要取决于有机碳的稳定性。为科学评价杉木人工林土壤的碳汇功能及固碳潜力,对湖南省会同县不同发育阶段的杉木人工林土壤有机碳的生化特征和物理保护程度进行了研究。结果表明,在杉木人工林发育过程中,土壤总有机碳(SOC)、微生物生物量碳(MBC)、活性碳库Ⅰ(LPⅠ)、活性碳库Ⅱ(LPⅡ)和重组有机碳(HOC)含量以及微生物熵(MQ)均在中龄林阶段出现最低值,而轻组有机碳(LOC)和顽固性组分(RF)随林龄增加呈现持续上升趋势。土壤RF占SOC的比例(顽固性碳指数,Ir,C)则表现为先增加后减少,即在中龄林阶段比例最高,在成熟林阶段为41.9%~57.6%,高于幼龄林阶段的38.7%~43.0%;HOC占SOC的比例从幼龄林阶段的86.4%~87.5%下降到成熟林阶段的82.5%~83.9%。总体而言,杉木人工林的发育过程是土壤有机碳积累的过程,在这个过程中,土壤有机碳自身的顽固性增强,但受到的物理保护程度减弱。此外,各组分中以LP I对土壤微生物的有效性最高。     

耕地土壤碳固存的措施与潜力

土壤CO2排放与土壤退化、土壤有机质(SOC)含量减少和土壤质量下降密切相关。耕地具有较大的碳固存潜力。通过采用最佳管理措施(BMPs)和进行土壤修复来提高土壤质量，能增加SOC含量和提高土壤生产力，并能部分起到减缓温室效应的作用。文章从土壤固碳的机制入手，系统总结了在耕作土壤碳固存方面的研究。从土壤侵蚀控制、退化土壤修复、保护性耕作、残落物管理，改善农作物制度等方面，论述了耕地的固碳潜力，并提出了一系列实现碳固存的措施。最后估算出耕地土壤总的固碳潜力为0．73～0．87Pg/a。研究表明,在替代性能源开发之前，耕地碳固存是一项切实可行的措施。     

土壤生态系统中黑碳研究的几个关键问题

因人类活动的影响,全球大气C02浓度自1750年以来呈现逐步上升的趋势。农业生产活动与气候变化紧密相关,因土地利用方式的改变以及高度集约化的粮食、食物生产等农业活动都有可能增加CO2等温室气体的排放。如何遏制和减少大气中的CO2浓度是当前的热点问题,黑碳这一物质形式有可能为这一问题的缓解或解决提供新途径。生物质黑碳是生物质材料在低氧或无氧状态下经热裂解而形成的一种富含碳元素的有机连续体,其中碳（C）元素的含量高达70％-80％,并且大多以稳定的芳香环形式而存在。人类生存环境中所形成黑碳的80％以上最终都要归于土壤,且由于其较强的抗分解能力而长期滞留于土壤环境中。利用黑碳的这些特性及其碳封存能力,实施积极而有效的土壤管理措施,有可能增加土壤生态系统中的碳储存,从而为人类社会应对全球气候变化提供新的机遇。在文献资料调研的基础上,描述了土壤中黑碳的来源及其增加土壤碳储存、减缓陆地生态系统碳循环的潜力;阐释了量化土壤中黑碳的重要性以及精确测定土壤黑碳含量的关键所在;揭示了黑碳在土壤环境中的稳定性,探讨了外源黑碳与土壤本体有机碳的相互作用关系,并分析了黑碳对土壤温室气体排放的影响及其不确定性。揭示这些问题有助于客观评价黑碳能否作为一个有效的土壤有机碳库,也益于明确黑碳在全球碳循环以及中国农业减排过程中的作用与地位。     

Potential aboveground biomass in drought-prone forest used for rangeland pastoralism

The restoration of cleared dry forest represents an important opportunity to sequester atmospheric carbon. In order to account for this potential, the influences of climate, soils, and disturbance need to be deciphered. A data set spanning a region defined the aboveground biomass of mulga (Acacia aneura) dry forest and was analyzed in relation to climate and soil variables using a Bayesian model averaging procedure. Mean annual rainfall had an overwhelmingly strong positive effect, with mean maximum temperature (negative) and soil depth (positive) also important. The data were collected after a recent drought, and the amount of recent tree mortality was weakly positively related to a measure of three-year rainfall deficit, and maximum temperature (positive), soil depth (negative), and coarse sand (negative). A grazing index represented by the distance of sites to watering points was not incorporated by the models. Stark management contrasts, including grazing exclosures, can represent a substantial part of the variance in the model predicting biomass, but the impact of management was unpredictable and was insignificant in the regional data set. There was no evidence of density-dependent effects on tree mortality. Climate change scenarios represented by the coincidence of historical extreme rainfall deficit with extreme temperature suggest mortality of 30.1% of aboveground biomass, compared to 21.6% after the recent (2003-2007) drought. Projections for recovery of forest using a mapping base of cleared areas revealed that the greatest opportunities for restoration of aboveground biomass are in the higher-rainfall areas, where biomass accumulation will be greatest and droughts are less intense. These areas are probably the most productive for rangeland pastoralism, and the trade-off between pastoral production and carbon sequestration will be determined by market forces and carbon-trading rules.     

橡胶林在间种砂仁与咖啡的模式下土壤微生物生物量

探讨了橡胶与砂仁、橡胶与咖啡间种和纯橡胶林3种栽培模式下的土壤微生物生物量及其与土壤有机碳和土壤微生物呼吸强度的关系。结果表明,在这3种模式下,土壤微生物生物量平均值由高到低的顺序为:橡胶 砂仁林地>纯橡胶林>橡胶 咖啡林地。其Cmic范围是380.8~568.3 mg/kg。橡胶 咖啡林地土壤微生物生物量在旱季高于雨季,而其余两种林地则在雨季较高。橡胶林间种作物后,林地土壤表现出比纯橡胶林地有较高的土壤微生物生物量和较短的土壤微生物的转化周期,年转化代数较多;同时,间种也大大改善了林内生态环境。     

中国主要人工林土壤有机碳的比较

区域和全球碳循环是全球变化研究中的核心内容之一,其中估算并量化区域乃至全球土壤碳储量已经成为碳循环研究中的重大科学问题。森林生态系统在全球碳循环中发挥着重要作用,而人工林是重要的人工森林生态系统。中国对小尺度区域内一个或数个人工林土壤有机碳含量、密度和储量等已进行了大量研究,但缺乏对全国尺度下主要人工林土壤有机碳的比较研究。本文通过对近10 a内的橡胶（Hevea brasiliensis）、桉树（Eucalyptus spp.）、杉木（Cunninghamia lanceolata）、毛竹（Phyllostachys edulis）、马尾松（Pinus massoniana）、刺槐（Robinia pseudoacacia）、杨树（Populus spp.）、油松（Pinus tabulaeformis）和落叶松（Larix spp.）等9种人工林土壤有机碳53篇文献资料的统计分析,估算了中国主要人工林的土壤有机碳含量、密度及储量等。结果表明,9种人工林0-60 cm土壤有机碳含量介于4.0-31.1 g·kg^-1,平均14.8 g·kg^-1;0-60 cm土壤有机碳密度为2.8-15.1 kg·m^-2,平均8.7 kg·m^-2;0-60 cm的土壤有机碳储量介于28.2-158.1 Mg·hm^-2,平均84.5 Mg·hm^-2。以落叶松最高,毛竹、马尾松、桉树、杉木和油松等人工林居中,杨树和橡胶仅高于刺槐,刺槐最低。中国人工林土壤有机碳储量具有较为明显的经度分布性,从西向东逐渐升高;同时也具有一定的纬度分布性,大致表现为南低北高;9种人工林土壤有机碳储量虽明显低于同气候带的天然林,但仍具有很高的固碳潜力。人工林生产管理中,亟待寻找能有效增加土壤碳固定及减少碳损失的途径和措施。     

Cattle manure biochar and earthworm interactively affected CO2 and N2O emissions in agricultural and forest soils: Observation of a distinct difference

• Earthworms increase CO₂ and N₂O emissions in agricultural and forest soil. • 10% biochar suppresses CO₂ and N₂O emissions in forest soil. • Biochar interacted with earthworm to significant affect CO₂ and N₂O emissions. The application of manure-derived biochar offers an alternative to avoid the direct application of manure to soil causing greenhouse gas emission. Soil fauna, especially earthworms, can markedly stimulate carbon dioxide (CO₂) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions from soil. This study therefore investigated the effect of cattle manure biochar (added at rates of 0, 2%, or 10%, coded as BC0, BC2 and BC10, respectively) application, with or without earthworm Aporrectodea turgida, on emissions of CO₂ and N₂O and changes of physic-chemical properties of agricultural and forest soils in a laboratory incubation experiment. The BC10 treatment significantly enhanced cumulative CO₂ emissions by 27.9% relative to the untreated control in the agricultural soil. On the contrary, the BC2 and BC10 treatments significantly reduced cumulative CO₂ emissions by 16.3%–61.1% and N₂O emissions by 92.9%–95.1% compared to the untreated control in the forest soil. The addition of earthworm alone significantly enhanced the cumulative CO₂ and N₂O fluxes in agricultural and forest soils. Cumulative CO₂ and N₂O fluxes were significantly increased when BC2 and BC10 were applied with earthworm in the agricultural soil, but were significantly reduced when BC10 was applied with earthworm in the forest soil. Our study demonstrated that biochar application interacted with earthworm to affect CO₂ and N₂O emissions, which were also dependent on the soil type involved. Our study suggests that manure biochar application rate and use of earthworm need to be carefully studied for specific soil types to maximize the climate change mitigation potential of such management practices.     

生物黑炭输入对茶园土壤呼吸的影响

生物黑炭是化石燃料或生物质不完全燃烧产生的一种非纯净碳的混合物,施入土壤后能有效减少温室气体排放、改良土壤性状、促进植物生长,但生物黑炭施用对土壤碳排放的影响仍存在不确定性。茶园是我国南方地区主要土地利用类型之一,为明确生物黑炭输入对茶园土壤碳排放的影响,本文采用田间试验研究生物黑炭施用对茶园土壤呼吸的影响。试验设置生物黑炭施用量0 t·hm^-2（CK）、8 t·hm^-2、16 t·hm^-2、32 t·hm^-2和64 t·hm^-25个水平,采用LI-Cor8100开路式土壤碳通量测定系统对不同生物黑炭施用水平处理下茶园土壤呼吸速率进行长期定位观测。结果表明,茶园土壤呼吸速率的季节变化规律呈现单峰曲线特征,最高值出现在8月份,最低值出现在1月份;土壤呼吸速率与土壤10 cm温度呈极显著的指数相关关系,土壤10 cm温度能够解释各处理土壤呼吸月动态变化的67.79%-89.16%。生物黑炭输入提高了茶园土壤呼吸速率,各处理年平均土壤呼吸速率分别比CK提高10.75%、17.52%、35.78%和42.58%,并与CK差异达显著水平（p〈0.05）;生物黑炭输入降低了茶园土壤呼吸敏感性（Q10值）,各处理土壤呼吸Q10值分别比CK降低1.96%、3.14%、4.01%和10.76%。土壤呼吸温度敏感性的降低验证了生物黑炭具有热稳定性和生物学稳定性,是可以在茶园土壤中长期固存的惰性有机碳。     

生物炭施用对矿区污染农田土壤上油菜生长和重金属富集的影响

矿山的生产活动往往会造成周边农田的污染,而利用生物炭技术治理矿区周边污染农田土壤具有重要的现实意义。生物炭是指生物质在无氧或限氧条件下热裂解制备而成的一种细粒度、多孔性的环境友好型材料,其在调控温室气体排放,改良土壤性状,促进植物生长和控制环境污染物迁移转化方面应用潜力巨大。采用室内盆栽模拟实验,研究了不同水稻秸秆生物炭施用量（0、1%、5%）对郴州和龙岩地区矿山周边重金属污染的农田土壤的生化性状、油菜（Brassia campestris L.）产量、重金属累积和富集系数等的影响,为生物炭作为环境功能材料应用于矿山污染农田治理提供科学依据。结果表明：与对照相比,施加1%和5%生物炭均能提高土壤pH值和有机质质量分数,提升幅度随施用量的增加而升高,其中偏酸性的龙岩土壤的变化幅度更大;生物炭施用会影响土壤酶活性,5%生物炭处理下两种受试土壤中脲酶和过氧化物酶活性均显著提高,但酸性磷酸酶活性降低;龙岩土壤上的油菜产量在1%和5%生物炭施用处理下均显著提高,而郴州土壤上的油菜产量在1%生物炭处理下无显著变化,而在5%生物炭处理下降低了42.9%;生物炭施用影响了两种土壤上油菜可食部分重金属Cd、As和Pb的质量分数,但没有一致的规律;与对照相比,生物炭施用后郴州和龙岩土壤上油菜可食部分中Cd质量分数均出现下降趋势,但是仅5%生物炭处理的龙岩土壤具显著性差异;1%和5%生物炭施用处理使两种受试土壤上油菜可食部分Pb质量分数较对照处理显著降低（P〈0.05）,但降幅不同,郴州土壤降低了23.6%和22.0%,而偏酸性的龙岩土壤降低了82.1%和94.5%;生物炭施用后两种受试土壤上油菜可食部分As质量分数的变化不同,郴州土壤添加生物炭后油菜As质量分数呈上升趋势,且增量随生物炭施用量增加而升高,龙岩土壤则相反,1     

生物质炭的性质及其对土壤环境功能影响的研究进展

在厌氧或者绝氧的条件下对生物质进行热解,可产生含碳丰富的固体物质,称为生物质炭。由于生物质炭在农业和环境中的巨大应用前景和对土壤碳的增汇减排作用,近期成为土壤学和环境科学的研究热点。综述了生物质炭的一些基本性质及其对土壤环境功能的影响,分析了该领域未来的发展趋势。国内外的研究表明：生物质炭含有大量植物所需的营养元素,可以促进土壤养分的循环和植物的生长;生物质炭一般呈碱性,施用生物质炭可以降低土壤的酸度和有毒元素如铝和重金属对植物的毒性;生物质炭表面含有丰富的-COOH、-COH和-OH等含氧官能团,它们产生的表面负电荷使生物质炭具有较高的阳离子交换量（CEC）,施用后可以提高土壤的CEC;生物质炭对农药等有机污染物和重金属等有很强的吸附能力,可用于污染土壤的修复;生物质炭具有高度的孔隙结构,可以增加土壤的空隙度和保水能力,降低土壤容重,有利植物根系生长;生物质炭是一种含碳的聚合物,主要由单环和多环的芳香族化合物组成,这种结构特点决定了生物质炭具有较高的化学和生物学稳定性,较强的抵抗微生物分解的能力,增强了土壤的固碳作用,减少碳向大气的再释放。该文可为从事农业废弃物的资源化利用、固碳减排、污染土壤修复和土壤改良与管理等领域的科研人员提供参考。     

海南热带橡胶园土壤易氧化有机碳空间变异特征研究

为了解热带橡胶园土壤活性有机碳状况,采集了海南全岛13个不同胶园土壤,用高锰酸钾氧化-比色法测定了土壤易氧化有机碳质量分数,分析了其影响因素。结果表明,海南橡胶园土壤易氧化有机碳质量分数平均为2.70 g.kg-1（以C计）,变化在0.92~6.82 g.kg-1之间,变幅达到641%。易氧化有机碳质量分数与土壤有机质、全磷和全氮显著正相关,同时受成土母质的强烈影响,玄武岩发育的土壤最有利于易氧化有机碳累积,砂页岩和花岗岩次之,而变质岩和浅海沉积物形成的土壤易氧化有机碳质量分数较低。土壤易氧化有机碳质量分数也受气候强烈影响,随湿度降低而下降。     

秸秆生物质炭土地利用的环境效益研究

农田土壤有机碳矿化释放CO2是农业温室气体排放的重要途径,促进土壤碳截获对于减缓全球温室效应具有重要意义。生物质炭具有改良土壤性质、促进土壤团聚体的形成、对土壤微生物生态具有调控作用等特性。因此,生物质炭对增强土壤碳截获能力及减少土壤CO2气体排放可能具有重要作用。采用实验室盆栽的方式,以黑麦草为目标植物,对农业秸秆生物质炭土地利用的环境效益进行了研究。实验结果表明：农业秸秆制生物质炭应用于农田土壤能产生多方面的环境效益。与对照相比,添加1%~4%生物质炭处理的土壤活性有机质质量分数均增加了25%以上,土壤呼吸度降低了23%~50%,同时,添加生物质炭对植物的生长也有促进作用。添加4%秸秆炭的处理的黑麦草生物量增加了68%。此外,秸秆生物质炭的添加对土壤中的养分具有较好的持留功能,与比照相比,添加生物质炭处理的土壤淋出液中氮和磷质量浓度显著降低,说明生物质炭能够有效减少水冲刷造成的氮磷流失,降低农业面源污染。     

Materials,fuels, upgrading,economy, and life cycle assessment of the pyrolysis of algal and lignocellulosic biomass: a review

Climate change issues are calling for advanced methods to produce materials and fuels in a carbon–neutral and circular way. For instance, biomass pyrolysis has been intensely investigated during the last years. Here we review the pyrolysis of algal and lignocellulosic biomass with focus on pyrolysis products and mechanisms, oil upgrading, combining pyrolysis and anaerobic digestion, economy, and life cycle assessment. Products include oil, gas, and biochar. Upgrading techniques comprise hot vapor filtration, solvent addition, emulsification, esterification and transesterification, hydrotreatment, steam reforming, and the use of supercritical fluids. We examined the economic viability in terms of profitability, internal rate of return, return on investment, carbon removal service, product pricing, and net present value. We also reviewed 20 recent studies of life cycle assessment. We found that the pyrolysis method highly influenced product yield, ranging from 9.07 to 40.59% for oil, from 10.1 to 41.25% for biochar, and from 11.93 to 28.16% for syngas. Feedstock type, pyrolytic temperature, heating rate, and reaction retention time were the main factors controlling the distribution of pyrolysis products. Pyrolysis mechanisms include bond breaking, cracking, polymerization and re-polymerization, and fragmentation. Biochar from residual forestry could sequester 2.74 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per ton biochar when applied to the soil and has thus the potential to remove 0.2–2.75 gigatons of atmospheric carbon dioxide annually. The generation of biochar and bio-oil from the pyrolysis process is estimated to be economically feasible.

     

Effect of biochar addition on short-term N<Subscript>2</Subscript>O and CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> emissions during repeated drying and wetting of an anthropogenic alluvial soil

Agricultural soils are an important source of greenhouse gases (GHG). Biochar application to such soils has the potential of mitigating global anthropogenic GHG emissions. Under irrigation, the topsoils in arid regions experience repeated drying and wetting during the crop growing season. Biochar incorporation into these soils would change the soil microbial environment and hence affect GHG emissions. Little information, however, is available regarding the effect of biochar addition on carbon dioxide (CO₂) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions from agricultural soils undergoing repeated drying and wetting. Here, we report the results of a 49-day aerobic incubation experiment, incorporating biochar into an anthropogenic alluvial soil in an arid region of Xinjiang Province, China, and measuring CO₂ and N₂O emissions. Under both drying–wetting and constantly moist conditions, biochar amendment significantly increased cumulative CO₂ emission. At the same time, there was a significant reduction (up to ~20 %) in cumulative N₂O emission, indicating that the addition of biochar to irrigated agricultural soils may effectively slow down global warming in arid regions of China.     

推荐管理措施情景下黄淮海地区旱地土壤固碳潜力模拟研究——以河南省获嘉县为例

农田土壤固碳不仅可以减缓气候变化,而且能够提高土壤质量。推荐管理措施,如少、免耕和秸秆还田等,具有促进农田土壤有机碳（SOC）增加的巨大潜力。旱地占中国农田面积的70%以上,在固定大气CO2方面可以发挥重要作用。本研究基于黄淮海地区的一个旱地土壤肥力长期监测点数据并运用Century模型模拟了监测期间（1998～2007）土壤有机碳动态变化。在此基础上,设计了1种基础管理措施情景和4种推荐管理措施情景并模拟了它们未来20年的固碳潜力。模拟结果表明,监测期间监测点土壤有机碳密度增加2.72 Mg.hm-2,年均增加0.27 Mg.hm-2。土壤有机碳的增加主要是因为氮肥施用量的增加。模型验证结果表明,Century模型很好地模拟了监测点土壤有机碳的动态变化。各推荐管理措施均具有较大的固碳潜力,其中50%秸秆还田是比少、免耕更有效的固碳措施,而少耕＋50%秸秆还田的固碳潜力最大。因此,在黄淮海地区旱地推广实施推荐管理措施是促进农田土壤固碳的有效策略,有助于减缓大气CO2浓度升高和保障国家粮食安全。     

Effect of soil acidification on yield and quality of tea tree in tea plantations from Anxi county,Fujian Province北大核心CSCD

In order to investigate the effect of tea tree rhizosphere soil acidification on yield and quality of tea tree, the pH value, yield, and quality index of fresh tea leaves of different ages were analyzed, and the correlation between rhizosphere soil acidification and ages, yield, and quality index were studied from nine tea plantations in Anxi county, Fujian Province. The results showed that 37.67% of the nine soils were acidified, and 10.03% of them were suitable for planting tea tree. Furthermore, the results indicated that the age of tea tree was significantly and negatively correlated with the soil pH value, as shown by a decrease in soil pH values associated with an increase in tree age. In addition, the yield of spring and fall crops of tea from these nine plantations were all significantly and positively correlated with the pH value, with correlation coefficients distribution values of 0.912-0.952 and 0.898-0.973, respectively. In addition, quality indices, including polyphenols, theanine, and caffeine for the nine tea plantations were all significantly and positively correlated with their soil pH values, and their correlation coefficient distribution values were 0.897-0.959, 0.908-0.974, and 0.907-0.975, respectively. Above all, as tea tree ages increased, rhizosphere soil acidity was significantly increased, and yield and quality of tea presented a statistically significantly up/down trend. © 2018 Science Press. All rights reserved.     

Effects of carbon nanotube and biochar on bioavailability of Pb,Cu and Sb in multi-metal contaminated soil

This study examined the effects of carbon nanotube and biochar on the bioavailability of Pb, Cu and Sb in the shooting range soils for developing low-cost remediation technology. Commercially available multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) and biochar pyrolyzed from soybean stover at 300 °C (BC) at 0.5, 1 and 2.5% (w w^?1) were used to remediate the contaminated soil in an incubation experiment. Both DTPA (bioavailable) and TCLP (leaching) extraction procedures were used to compare the metal/loid availability and leaching by the amendments in soil. The addition of BC was more effective in immobilizing mobile Pb and Cu in the soil than that in MWCNT. The BC reduced the concentrations of Pb and Cu in the soil by 17.6 and 16.2%, respectively. However, both MWCNTs and BC increased Sb bioavailability by 1.4-fold and 1.6-fold, respectively, in DTPA extraction, compared to the control. The toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) test showed that the leachability of Pb in the soil amended with 2.5% MWCNT was 1.3-fold higher than that the unamended soil, whereas the BC at 2.5% decreased the TCLP-extractable Pb by 19.2%. Precipitation and adsorption via electrostatic and π–π electron donor–acceptor interactions were postulated to be involved in the interactions of Pb and Cu with surfaces of the BC in the amended soils, whereas ion exchange mechanisms might be involved in the immobilization of Cu in the MWCNT-amended soils. The application of BC derived from soybean stover can be a low-cost technology for simultaneously immobilizing bioavailable Pb and Cu in the shooting range soils; however, neither of amendments was effective in Sb immobilization.     

Seaweed for climate mitigation,wastewater treatment,bioenergy, bioplastic,biochar, food,pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics: a review

The development and recycling of biomass production can partly solve issues of energy, climate change, population growth, food and feed shortages, and environmental pollution. For instance, the use of seaweeds as feedstocks can reduce our reliance on fossil fuel resources, ensure the synthesis of cost-effective and eco-friendly products and biofuels, and develop sustainable biorefinery processes. Nonetheless, seaweeds use in several biorefineries is still in the infancy stage compared to terrestrial plants-based lignocellulosic biomass. Therefore, here we review seaweed biorefineries with focus on seaweed production, economical benefits, and seaweed use as feedstock for anaerobic digestion, biochar, bioplastics, crop health, food, livestock feed, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Globally, seaweeds could sequester between 61 and 268 megatonnes of carbon per year, with an average of 173 megatonnes. Nearly 90% of carbon is sequestered by exporting biomass to deep water, while the remaining 10% is buried in coastal sediments. 500 gigatonnes of seaweeds could replace nearly 40% of the current soy protein production. Seaweeds contain valuable bioactive molecules that could be applied as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antiviral, antifungal, anticancer, contraceptive, anti-inflammatory, anti-coagulants, and in other cosmetics and skincare products.