RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Integrated biochar research: A roadmap
JF Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
FD Soil and Water Conservation Society
SP 24A
OP 29A
DO 10.2489/jswc.2021.1115A
VO 76
IS 1
A1 James E. Amonette
A1 Humberto Blanco-Canqui
A1 Chuck Hassebrook
A1 David A. Laird
A1 Rattan Lal
A1 Johannes Lehmann
A1 Deborah Page-Dumroese
YR 2021
UL http://www.jswconline.org/content/76/1/24A.abstract
AB A scientific consensus is building that the drawdown of very large amounts (at least 1,000 Gt [1.1 × 1012 tn]) of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere will be needed to stabilize the earth’s climate system at a safe temperature (Hansen et al. 2008; Cao and Caldeira 2010; IPCC 2018, 2019). The minimum estimated cost of this drawdown is tens of trillions of dollars over the course of a century and ultimately will depend on the total amount of fossil carbon (C) emitted by humankind (emissions must be reduced as quickly as possible to make any drawdown effective). The cost of drawdown, while high, is a bargain when compared to the cost of unabated climate change.