A new study shows that combining water management with biochar application could transform drained agricultural peatlands ...

A new study reveals that biochar, a carbon-rich material increasingly promoted for sustainable agriculture, can significantly ...

A Brazilian researcher is working with Mexican farmers to test soils using biochar: a carbon-rich material showing promise in increasing water retention and fertility. Biochar is a porous, solid ...

A five-year field study shows biochar improves soil chemistry and transforms microbial communities in acidifying paddy soils ...

A five-year field study reveals that biochar can do far more than improve soil chemistry. It can reorganize entire soil ecosystems, creating lasting ...

A new long-term field study reveals that biochar, a carbon-rich material derived from biomass, can significantly enhance soil carbon storage by ...

Biochar binds DDT effectively, so that the toxin is not taken up by soil organisms. Credit: Anja Enell, the Swedish Geotechnical Institute. Biochar binds DDT effectively, so that the toxin is not ...

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 ...

A small biochar plant promised to create green new jobs and produce a locally useful product. Residents rallied against it and won. Saratoga Biochar Solutions CEO Raymond Apy said he will not appeal ...

WASHINGTON – Since David Laird was young, the “lush, green forests” of the western United States meant an annual summer trip to hike, camp and fish. But the last time Laird was in Wyoming’s Medicine ...