Rattan Lal

Summary

Affiliation: The Ohio State University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Soil carbon dynamics in cropland and rangeland
    R Lal
    School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA
    Environ Pollut 116:353-62. 2002
  2. ncbi Carbon emission from farm operations
    R Lal
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210 1085, USA
    Environ Int 30:981-90. 2004
  3. ncbi Biofuels and the environment
    David Pimentel
    Science 317:897-8; author reply 987-8. 2007
  4. ncbi Soil carbon and nitrogen in 28-year-old land uses in reclaimed coal mine soils of Ohio
    Raj K Shrestha
    School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
    J Environ Qual 36:1775-83. 2007
  5. ncbi World crop residues production and implications of its use as a biofuel
    R Lal
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
    Environ Int 31:575-84. 2005
  6. ncbi Crop residues as soil amendments and feedstock for bioethanol production
    R Lal
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    Waste Manag 28:747-58. 2008
  7. ncbi Ecology. Managing soil carbon
    Rattan Lal
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, School of Natural Resources, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    Science 304:393. 2004
  8. ncbi Soil carbon sequestration impacts on global climate change and food security
    R Lal
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    Science 304:1623-7. 2004
  9. ncbi Carbon sequestration
    Rattan Lal
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 363:815-30. 2008
  10. ncbi Greenhouse gas emissions and global warming potential of reclaimed forest and grassland soils
    Raj K Shrestha
    School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    J Environ Qual 38:426-36. 2009

Detail Information

Publications17

  1. ncbi Soil carbon dynamics in cropland and rangeland
    R Lal
    School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA
    Environ Pollut 116:353-62. 2002
    ..Soil C sequestration has numerous ancillary benefits. It is truly a win-win situation: extremely cost-effective, and a bridge to the future until alternative energy options take effect...
  2. ncbi Carbon emission from farm operations
    R Lal
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210 1085, USA
    Environ Int 30:981-90. 2004
    ..In view of the high C costs of major inputs, sustainable management of agricultural ecosystems implies that an output/input ratio, expressed either as gross or net output of C, must be >1 and has an increasing trend over time...
  3. ncbi Biofuels and the environment
    David Pimentel
    Science 317:897-8; author reply 987-8. 2007
  4. ncbi Soil carbon and nitrogen in 28-year-old land uses in reclaimed coal mine soils of Ohio
    Raj K Shrestha
    School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
    J Environ Qual 36:1775-83. 2007
    ..Nitrogen pools followed a similar trend. Hay land use has a better potential for improving soil quality in RMSs by enhancing chemical properties and SOC and TN pools than forest or pasture land uses...
  5. ncbi World crop residues production and implications of its use as a biofuel
    R Lal
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
    Environ Int 31:575-84. 2005
    ..This option will require 40-60 million hectares of land in the US and about 250 million hectares worldwide to establish bioenergy plantations...
  6. ncbi Crop residues as soil amendments and feedstock for bioethanol production
    R Lal
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    Waste Manag 28:747-58. 2008
    ..g., biofuel plantations, animal waste, municipal sold waste) is a high priority. Establishing biofuel plantations on agriculturally marginal or degraded lands can off-set 3.5-4 Pg Cyr(-1)...
  7. ncbi Ecology. Managing soil carbon
    Rattan Lal
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, School of Natural Resources, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    Science 304:393. 2004
  8. ncbi Soil carbon sequestration impacts on global climate change and food security
    R Lal
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    Science 304:1623-7. 2004
    ..5 to 1 kg/ha for cowpeas. As well as enhancing food security, carbon sequestration has the potential to offset fossil fuel emissions by 0.4 to 1.2 gigatons of carbon per year, or 5 to 15% of the global fossil-fuel emissions...
  9. ncbi Carbon sequestration
    Rattan Lal
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 363:815-30. 2008
    ..Biotic and abiotic C sequestration options have specific nitches, are complementary, and have potential to mitigate the climate change risks...
  10. ncbi Greenhouse gas emissions and global warming potential of reclaimed forest and grassland soils
    Raj K Shrestha
    School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    J Environ Qual 38:426-36. 2009
    ..Soil and air temperatures were positively correlated with CO(2), CH(4), and N(2)O fluxes. The results suggest that GWP from RMS can be minimized by establishing forest land use...
  11. ncbi Ecosystem carbon budgeting and soil carbon sequestration in reclaimed mine soil
    Raj K Shrestha
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, OARDC FAES, School of Natural Resources, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
    Environ Int 32:781-96. 2006
    ..The ECBs of RMS ecosystems are not well understood. An ecosystem method of evaluating ECB of RMS ecosystems is proposed...
  12. ncbi Soil organic carbon pools and sequestration rates in reclaimed minesoils in Ohio
    V A Akala
    School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus 43210, USA
    J Environ Qual 30:2098-104. 2001
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  13. ncbi Modeling soil organic matter dynamics as affected by soil water erosion
    V Polyakov
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, 422D Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    Environ Int 30:547-56. 2004
    ..It was estimated that at soil loss rate of 10 t ha(-1) year(-1) (value often considered a threshold for maintaining productivity) 19% of the total SOC loss would be attributed to erosion after 90 years of cultivation...
  14. ncbi Soil erosion and the global carbon budget
    R Lal
    School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210 1085, USA
    Environ Int 29:437-50. 2003
    ..Adoption of conservation-effective measures may reduce the risks of C emission and sequester C in soil and biota...
  15. ncbi Mapping the organic carbon stocks of surface soils using local spatial interpolator
    Sandeep Kumar
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 2021 Coffey Road, 414A Kottman Hall, Columbus, OH 43210 1085, USA
    J Environ Monit 13:3128-35. 2011
    ..41 to 3.94 kg m(-2). Results from this study show that the GWRK captures spatial dependent relationships, and addresses spatial non-stationarity issues, hence this approach improves the estimations of SOC stock...
  16. ncbi Biogeochemical C and N cycles in urban soils
    Klaus Lorenz
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
    Environ Int 35:1-8. 2009
    ..This will strengthen soil ecological functions such as retention of nutrients, hazardous compounds and water, and also improve urban ecosystem services by promoting soil fertility...
  17. ncbi Carbon sequestration in dryland ecosystems
    Rattan Lal
    Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA
    Environ Manage 33:528-44. 2004
    ..The estimated potential of SOC sequestration is about 1 Pg C/y for the world and 50 Tg C/y for the U.S. This potential of dryland soils is relevant to both the Kyoto Protocol under UNFCCC and the U.S. Farm Bill 2002...