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Peer-reviewed journal articles:

2023  |  Biochar co-compost improves nitrogen retention and reduces carbon emissions in a winter wheat cropping system.

Global Change Biology Bioenergy. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.13028​  (PDF here)

2022  |  Dairy manure co-composting with wood biochar plays a critical role in meeting global methane goals.
Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03467​  (PDF here)

2022  |  Rangeland application of biochar and rotational grazing interact to influence soil and plant nutrient dynamics.
Geoderma. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115572​  (PDF here)

2022  |  High frequency of extreme precipitation increases Stipa grandis biomass by altering plant and microbial nitrogen acquisition strategies.
Biology and Fertility of Soils. DOI: 10.1007/s00374-021-01608-7​  (PDF here)

2021  |  Influence of fire retardant and pyrogenic carbon on microscale changes in soil nitrogen and phosphorus.
Biogeochemistry. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-020-00746-8  (PDF here)
 

2020  |  Soil organic carbon turnover recovers faster than grassland plant diversity upon the cease of N deposition. 
Global Ecology and Conservation. DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01229  (PDF here)

2020  |  Biochar alters nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in a western rangeland ecosystem. 
Soil Biology and Biochemistry. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107868  (PDF here)

2020  |  Pyrogenic carbon generation from fire and forest restoration treatments.
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2020.00024  (PDF here)

2019  |  Assessing soil biological health in forest soils.
Global Change and Forest Soils. Chapter 16. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63998-1.00016-1  (PDF here)

2019  |  Use of microdialysis to assess short-term soil soluble N dynamics with biochar additions.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.06.008  (PDF here)

2019  |  Use of biochar in organic farming.
Organic farming. Chapter 3. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-04657-6_3  (PDF here)
 

2019  |  Biochar additions alter phosphorus and nitrogen availability in agricultural ecosystems: A meta-analysis.
Science of the Total Environment. DOI: 
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.124  (PDF here)
 

2018  |  Wood biochar impacts soil phosphorus dynamics and microbial communities in organically-managed croplands.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.09.002  (PDF here)

2017  |  Soil biochemical properties and crop productivity following application of locally produced biochar at organic farms on Waldron Island, WA. 
Biogeochemistry. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-017-0379-9  (PDF here)
 

2016  |  Locally produced wood biochar increases nutrient retention and availability at agricultural soils of the San Juan Islands, USA.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.08.028  (PDF here)
 

2016  |  Influences of biochar on soil nutrient transformations, nutrient leaching, and crop yield.
Advances in Plants & Agriculture Research. DOI: 10.15406/apar.2016.04.00150  (PDF here)


Pop science articles:
​2021  |  The formation and importance of soil organic matter in ecosystem health.  Chemists without borders, newsletter 33, 5-6.

​2020  |  Fire, soil, and post-fire recovery. Chemists without borders, newsletter 32, 3-4.
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