Can biochar be an effective and reliable biostimulating agent for the remediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils?

Petroleum hydrocarbons represent one of the most common soil contaminants, whose presence poses a significant risk to soil biota and human health; for example, in Europe, hydrocarbon contamination accounts for more than 30% of contaminated sites. The use of biochar as a proposed alternative to the c...

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Main Authors: Charles Chinyere Dike, Esmaeil Shahsavari, Aravind Surapaneni, Kalpit Shah, Andrew S. Ball
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Environment International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021001781