Biochar and bio-trophic carbon storage in temperate soils

PhD in carbon sequestration, soil biodiversity and function ‘Biochar and bio-trophic carbon storage in temperate soils’ PhD in carbon sequestration, soil biodiversity and function ‘Biochar and bio-trophic carbon storage in temperate soils’ Funder: NERC... More

PhD in carbon sequestration, soil biodiversity and function ‘Biochar and bio-trophic carbon storage in temperate soils’ PhD in carbon sequestration, soil biodiversity and function ‘Biochar and bio-trophic carbon storage in temperate soils’ Funder: NERC CASE Eligibility: UK citizens or UK residents for 3 years or more Starting date: October 2010 Location: CEH (Edinburgh/Lancaster) and SCRI (Dundee) Registered at: Lancaster University Governments are advocating methods of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) to reduce CO2 emissions to combat climate change. One such approach being advocated is biochar treatment of soils1,2,6 . This involves photosynthetic carbon capture by crop biomass (bio-energy, food and forestry crops) which is subsequently converted by pyrolysis to ‘biochar’, a stable charcoal which can be sequestered in soil for thousands of years1,2 . If launched on a large scale, it has been argued, this process has the potential to convert agricultural soils from a net carb Less