Biochar has many uses in agricultural systems, with the most common being as a soil amendment, typically applied at rates of ...

The increasing global demand for sustainable energy and carbon materials, alongside pressing environmental concerns, ...

Research between Penn State and some European institutions is trying to identify risks associated with biochar to make a ...

A new long-term field study shows that how biochar is applied matters just as much as whether it is used at all. Researchers report that small ...

A new study offers a promising solution to one of agriculture's toughest challenges: how to grow more food while using less water and reducing ...

A new study reveals how an advanced iron-modified biochar can harness the natural chemistry of soils to break down persistent ...

Biochar is a form of charcoal (mostly carbon) produced by heating organic matter in the absence of oxygen, a process called pyrolysis. This avoids the production of carbon dioxide and locks up the ...

On a site next to a sawmill in Waverly, Virginia, a startup takes sawdust and offcuts from the mill and heats it up to turn it into biochar, a material that can store carbon for hundreds or thousands ...

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo, GNA Pusu-Namongo (U/E), March 26, GNA – The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI) has trained lead ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new study shows that Bhutan has the potential to sequester 68% of its greenhouse gas emissions through biochar, a carbon-rich material made from ...