Soil microbes remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it underground, revealing an overlooked pathway for storage in ...

Biochar can help turn agricultural waste into clean hydrogen fuel while cutting carbon pollution, according to a new study in ...

When Beauregard Burgess and three friends decided to start a hog and poultry farm in 2015, they chose an odd location: 20 acres of swampy land on the east side of Homer, Alaska, a coastal hamlet south ...

Scientists have discovered that tweaking the composition of biochar, a charcoal-like material made from biomass, can significantly improve its ability to trap and neutralize toxic groundwater ...

Biochar has been defined as charcoal-like by-product produced during the thermal conversion of biomass to energy. Just like charcoal, it features small black, light and highly porous fragments.

Biochar is a form of charcoal made in high heat, low oxygen conditions It can be used to produce energy, capture and store carbon and improve soil health But a climate expert warns we should not "over ...

Peter Hirst has moved to Swallow Valley Farm in Valley Ford, where he is busy setting the scene for what could be the new black gold in Sonoma County. Beginning later this summer, he will start ...

Improve your soil by making biochar in the ground. DIY biochar enhances nutrient availability and also enables soil to retain nutrients longer. Last year, I committed one of the great sins of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Peter Marshall jokes that his biochar machines are made of old U boats, such is their submarine shape and their early industrial look.

Scientists believe that biochar, the partially burned remains of plants, has been used as fertilizer for at least 2,000 years in the Amazon Basin. Since initial studies published several years ago ...