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 ...

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

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

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

Emerging pollutants such as pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and industrial chemicals are increasingly detected in water ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Seven cities across the globe will be investing in carbon sequestration projects made possible with investments from Bloomberg Philanthropies. In 2014, the Stockholm Biochar Project, which focused on ...