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When biochars, containing adsorbed 15N labelled ammonia, were incorporated into soil the 15N recovery by roots averaged 6.8% but ranged from 26.1% to 10.9% in leaf tissue due to differing biochar properties with plant 15N recovery greater when acidic biochars were used to capture ammonia. Recovery of 15N as total soil nitrogen (organic+inorganic) ranged from 45% to 29% of 15N applied. We provide a proof of concept for a synergistic mitigation option where anthropogenic ammonia emissions could be captured using biochar, and made bioavailable in soils, thus leading to nitrogen capture by crops, while simultaneously sequestering carbon in soils.", "keywords": ["ryegrass", "550", "ANZSRC::31 Biological sciences", "ANZSRC::0703 Crop and Pasture Production", "ANZSRC::050301 Carbon Sequestration Science", "ANZSRC::30 Agricultural", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "540", "ammonia", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "nitrogen", "veterinary and food sciences", "13. 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Accordingly, we measured soil and foliar N concentration and N isotope ratios (\u03b415N) throughout the campina-campinarana transect and compared to published dense terra-firme forest results. There were no differences between white-sand vegetation types in regard to soil N concentration, C:N ratio and \u03b415N across the transect. Both white-sand vegetation types showed very low foliar N concentrations and elevated foliar C:N ratios, and no significant difference between site types was observed. Foliar \u03b415N was depleted, varying from \u22129.6 to 1.6\u2030 in the white-sand vegetations. The legume Aldina heterophylla had the highest average \u03b415N values (\u22121.5\u2030) as well as the highest foliar N concentration (2.1%) while the non-legume species had more depleted \u03b415N values and the average foliar N concentrations varied from 0.9 to 1.5% among them. Despite the high variation in foliar \u03b415N among plants, a significant and gradual 15N-enrichment in foliar isotopic signatures throughout the campina\u2013campinarana transect was observed. Individual plants growing in the campinarana were significantly enriched in 15N compared to those in campina. In the white-sand N-limited ecosystems, the differentiation of N use seems to be a major cause of variations observed in foliar \u03b415N values throughout the campina\u2013campinarana transect.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Concentration", "Vegetation", "Concentration (process)", "Nitrogen", "Nitrogen Availability", "Forestry", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Plants", "15. 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Previous investigations performed in the Cretaceous Hesbaye chalk aquifer in Eastern Belgium suggested that the dynamics of N2O in the aquifer is controlled by overlapping biochemical processes such as nitrification and denitrification. The current study aims to obtain better insight concerning the factors controlling the distribution of N2O concentration along a vertical dimension in the aquifer, and to capture and quantify the occurrence of nitrification and denitrification processes in the groundwater system. Low-flow groundwater sampling technique was undertaken at different depths in the aquifer to collect groundwater samples aiming at obtaining information about ambient aquifer hydrogeochemical conditions and their effect on the accumulation of GHGs. Afterwards, laboratory stable isotope experiments, using NO3- and NH4+ compounds labeled with heavy 15N isotope, were applied to quantify the rates of nitrification and denitrification processes. Ambient studies suggest that the occurrence of N transformation was related to denitrification while laboratory incubation experiments did not detect it. Such controversial results might be explained by the discrepancy between real aquifer conditions and lab design studies. Thus, additional in situ tracer experiments should be carried out in areas where natural groundwater fluxes do not flush the injected tracer too rapidly. In addition, it would be useful to conduct microbiological studies to obtain better insight into the nature of subsurface biofilm biotope.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Nitrous Oxide", "N stable isotope analysis", "Nitrification", "01 natural sciences", "Low-flow sampling", "6. Clean water", "Calcium Carbonate", "Greenhouse gases", "Belgium", "13. 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However, the underlying mechanism of biochar (BC) priming relative to conventional biowaste (BW) amendments remains uncertain. Here, we used a stable carbon isotope (\uffce\uffb413C) approach to estimate the possible biochar effects on native soil C\uffe2\uff80\uff90mineralization compared with various BW additions and potential carbon sequestration. The results show that immediately after application, BC suppresses and then increases C\uffe2\uff80\uff90mineralization, causing a loss of 0.14\uffe2\uff80\uff937.17\uffc2\uffa0mg\uffe2\uff80\uff90CO2\uffe2\uff80\uff93C\uffc2\uffa0g\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffe2\uff80\uff90C compared to the control (0.24\uffe2\uff80\uff931.86\uffc2\uffa0mg\uffe2\uff80\uff90CO2\uffe2\uff80\uff93C\uffc2\uffa0g\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffe2\uff80\uff90C) over 1\uffe2\uff80\uff93120\uffc2\uffa0days. Negative priming was observed for BC compared to various BW amendments (\uffe2\uff88\uff9210.22 to \uffe2\uff88\uff9223.56\uffc2\uffa0mg\uffe2\uff80\uff90CO2\uffe2\uff80\uff93C\uffc2\uffa0g\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffe2\uff80\uff90soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90C); however, it was trivially positive relative to that of the control (8.64\uffc2\uffa0mg\uffe2\uff80\uff90CO2\uffe2\uff80\uff93C\uffc2\uffa0g\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffe2\uff80\uff90soil\uffe2\uff80\uff90C). Furthermore, according to the residual carbon and \uffce\uffb413C signature of postexperimental soil carbon, BC\uffe2\uff80\uff90C significantly increased (P\uffc2\uffa0&lt;\uffc2\uffa00.05) the soil carbon stock by carbon sequestration in soil compared with various biowaste amendments. The results of cumulative CO2\uffe2\uff80\uff93C emissions, relative priming effects, and carbon storage indicate that BC reduces C\uffe2\uff80\uff90mineralization, resulting in greater C\uffe2\uff80\uff90sequestration compared with other BW amendments, and the magnitude of this effect initially increases and then decreases and stabilizes over time, possibly due to the presence of recalcitrant\uffe2\uff80\uff90C (4.92\uffc2\uffa0mg\uffe2\uff80\uff90C\uffc2\uffa0g\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffe2\uff80\uff90soil) in BC, the reduced microbial activity, and the sorption of labile organic carbon (OC) onto BC particles.</p>", "keywords": ["Technology", "Energy & Fuels", "550", "SEA-LEVEL RISE", "PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE", "WORLD", "DISSOLVED ORGANIC-CARBON", "ATMOSPHERIC CO2", "EMISSIONS", "Science & Technology", "MICROBIAL BIOMASS", "Agriculture", "Biowaste", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Previous investigations performed in the Cretaceous Hesbaye chalk aquifer in Eastern Belgium suggested that the dynamics of N2O in the aquifer is controlled by overlapping biochemical processes such as nitrification and denitrification. The current study aims to obtain better insight concerning the factors controlling the distribution of N2O concentration along a vertical dimension in the aquifer, and to capture and quantify the occurrence of nitrification and denitrification processes in the groundwater system. Low-flow groundwater sampling technique was undertaken at different depths in the aquifer to collect groundwater samples aiming at obtaining information about ambient aquifer hydrogeochemical conditions and their effect on the accumulation of GHGs. Afterwards, laboratory stable isotope experiments, using NO3- and NH4+ compounds labeled with heavy 15N isotope, were applied to quantify the rates of nitrification and denitrification processes. Ambient studies suggest that the occurrence of N transformation was related to denitrification while laboratory incubation experiments did not detect it. Such controversial results might be explained by the discrepancy between real aquifer conditions and lab design studies. Thus, additional in situ tracer experiments should be carried out in areas where natural groundwater fluxes do not flush the injected tracer too rapidly. In addition, it would be useful to conduct microbiological studies to obtain better insight into the nature of subsurface biofilm biotope.", "keywords": ["Sciences aquatiques & oc\u00e9anologie", "Physique", " chimie", " math\u00e9matiques & sciences de la terre", "Nitrous Oxide", "01 natural sciences", "Low-flow sampling", "Ing\u00e9nierie", " informatique & technologie", "Calcium Carbonate", "Physical", " chemical", " mathematical & earth Sciences", "Belgium", "Groundwater", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. 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Previous investigations performed in the Cretaceous Hesbaye chalk aquifer in Eastern Belgium suggested that the dynamics of N2O in the aquifer is controlled by overlapping biochemical processes such as nitrification and denitrification. The current study aims to obtain better insight concerning the factors controlling the distribution of N2O concentration along a vertical dimension in the aquifer, and to capture and quantify the occurrence of nitrification and denitrification processes in the groundwater system. Low-flow groundwater sampling technique was undertaken at different depths in the aquifer to collect groundwater samples aiming at obtaining information about ambient aquifer hydrogeochemical conditions and their effect on the accumulation of GHGs. Afterwards, laboratory stable isotope experiments, using NO3- and NH4+ compounds labeled with heavy 15N isotope, were applied to quantify the rates of nitrification and denitrification processes. Ambient studies suggest that the occurrence of N transformation was related to denitrification while laboratory incubation experiments did not detect it. Such controversial results might be explained by the discrepancy between real aquifer conditions and lab design studies. Thus, additional in situ tracer experiments should be carried out in areas where natural groundwater fluxes do not flush the injected tracer too rapidly. In addition, it would be useful to conduct microbiological studies to obtain better insight into the nature of subsurface biofilm biotope.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Nitrous Oxide", "N stable isotope analysis", "Nitrification", "01 natural sciences", "Low-flow sampling", "6. Clean water", "Calcium Carbonate", "Greenhouse gases", "Belgium", "13. 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