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Project “Biochar for carbon sequestration in soils: Analysis of production, biological effects in the soil and economics” ( Klima und Energiefonds des Bundes).
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Project “Biochar for carbon sequestration in soils: Analysis of production, biological effects in the soil and economics” (Klima und Energiefonds des Bundes) The application of biochar to soils is a promising technology to mitigate the greenhouse gas (GHG) carbon dioxide (CO2) by increasing long-term soil carbon sequestration. To evaluate this practice as a sustainable, future mitigation strategy, the soil-atmosphere flux of CO2 but also of potent non-CO2 greenhouse gases such as methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N20) have to be considered. The Diplomthesis aims at evaluating GHG fluxes from biochar treated and non-treated soils in a field experiment. Our hypothesis is that biochar-treated and non-treated soils will show significant differences in soil GHG fluxes. DIPLOMA THESIS Field site:The field site is situated in Traismauer (Lower Austria). Biochar (softwood : hardwood = 4:1) was applied on 16.03.2011.