Biochar Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rice Fields

Data from a study analyzes the impact of biochar application on methane and nitrous oxide emissions, rice yield, global warming potential, and yield-scaled GWP in rice fields. The dataset supports research into agricultural greenhouse gas mitigation strategies. It is structured as tabular data, likely containing measurements from field experiments.

Use Cases

• Quantifying methane emission reductions from biochar application in rice paddies.
• Assessing the trade-off between nitrous oxide emissions and rice yield under biochar treatments.
• Calculating global warming potential and yield-scaled greenhouse gas intensity for different agricultural practices.
• Evaluating the mitigation potential of biochar as part of national greenhouse gas inventories.

Strengths

• Dataset size is explicitly stated as 35709 entries.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
• Appears on multiple platforms (DataCite, figshare), indicating established sharing.

Limitations

• Column names and structure are not described in any source.
• Conflicting 'last updated' dates (2026-03-26 and 2023-02-05) create uncertainty about freshness.
• No information on experimental design, location, or temporal coverage of the underlying studies.

Provenance

Source

Author: Jinyang Wang, Organization: figshare

Freshness

2026-03-26