Rattan Lal

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Rattan Lal

Professor of Soil Science

lal.1@osu.edu

614-292-9069

Office:

422B Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd., Columbus, OH 43210

Professional Information

Biography:

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Publications (1967-2016)

Director, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center
Adjunct Professor, University of Iceland

Signature Areas

Environmental quality and sustainability
Food security
Climate change and soil carbon
Soil degradation and restoration

Research Interests

Soil processes and greenhouse effects
Soil wetness and anaerobiosis
Sustainable management of soil and water resources
Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded soils including minelands, soil resilience, water quality, soil structure and compaction
Conservation tillage
Agroforestry
Tropical agriculture
Natural resources management with emphasis on food security and environmental quality
Agricultural development in the Third World

Selected Presentations

Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change. Soil as a World Heritage
presented at Balti, Moldova, May 22-23, 2012

Restoring Land Degradation by Soil Carbon Sequestration
presented at the International Congress on Land Degradation and Challenges in Sustainable Soil Management, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, May 15-17, 2012

Soil Organic Matter Management for Sustainable Production and Climate Change
presented at the International Symposium on Mountain Resource Management in a Changing Environment, Aquatic Ecology Center, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 2-31, 2012

Works

Effects of agricultural and tillage practices on isotopic signatures and fluxes of organic and inorganic carbon in headwater streams.

Date published:

Jan 18 2020

Publication type:

Journal article

Our Author(s):

Klaus Lorenz, Rattan Lal

Kelsey, S.A., Grottoli, A.G., Bauer, J.E., Klaus, L., Lal, R., Matsui, Y. and T.M. Huey-Sanders. Effects of agricultural and tillage practices on isotopic signatures and fluxes of organic and inorganic carbon in headwater streams. Aquat Sci 82, 23 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-019-0691-7

Higher CO2 absorption using a new class of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)(2)) nanoparticles

Date published:

Oct 18 2018

Publication type:

Journal article

Our Author(s):

Rattan Lal

Zhang, HY; Liu, RQ; Ning, TY; Lal, R. 2018. Higher CO2 absorption using a new class of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)(2)) nanoparticles. Environmental Chemistry Letters 16(3): 1095-1100.

Soil parent material, texture and oxide contents have little effect on soil organic carbon retention in tropical highlands

Date published:

Aug 15 2017

Publication type:

Journal article

Our Author(s):

Rattan Lal

Araujo, Marla A., Yuri L. Zinn and Rattan Lal. 2017. Soil parent material, texture and oxide contents have little effect on soil organic carbon retention in tropical highlands. Geoderma 300:1-10.

Comparison of conventional and conservation rice-wheat systems in Punjab, Pakistan

Date published:

Jun 15 2017

Publication type:

Journal article

Our Author(s):

Rattan Lal

Nawaz, A., M. Farooq, R. Lal, A. Rehman and Hafeez-ur-Rehman. 2017. Comparison of conventional and conservation rice-wheat systems in Punjab, Pakistan. Soil and Tillage Research 169:35-43.

Comparison of conventional and conservation rice-wheat systems in Punjab, Pakistan

Date published:

Jun 8 2017

Publication type:

Journal article

Our Author(s):

Rattan Lal

Nawaz, Ahmad, Muhammad Farooq, Rattan Lal, Abdul Rehman and Hafeez-ur-Rehman. 2017. Comparison of conventional and conservation rice-wheat systems in Punjab, Pakistan. Soil and Tillage Research 169:35-43.

Soil ecosystem services and intensified cropping systems

Date published:

May 30 2017

Publication type:

Journal article

Our Author(s):

Rattan Lal

Olson, Kenneth R., Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Rattan Lal and Lois Wright Morton. 2017. Soil ecosystem services and intensified cropping systems. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 72(3):64A-69A.

Modeling soil organic carbon in corn (Zea mays L.)-based systems in Ohio under climate change

Date published:

May 30 2017

Publication type:

Journal article

Our Author(s):

Rattan Lal

Maas, E.D.V.L., R. Lal, K. Coleman, A. Montenegro and W.A. Dick. 2017. Modeling soil organic carbon in corn (Zea mays L.)-based systems in Ohio under climate change. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 72(3):191-204.

Effects of optimized N fertilization on greenhouse gas emission and crop production in the North China Plain

Date published:

Apr 15 2017

Publication type: