Florida International University A Florida chemist and an international research team may have found a promising new use for ...

What is biochar? And could it be used by Australian farmers to sequester carbon, save water and fertilisers, and increase soil microbial life? It may have become a political sound bite of late, but ...

Find out what biochar is and how to use it to improve your garden soil. Storebought or homemade biochar in soil enhances water retention, nutrient availability, and structure. It can neutralize acidic ...

Nick Cuchetti, a farmer and board secretary of Missouri Organic Association, holds biochar at Oaklee Rose Farm in Luebbering, Missouri. Biochar is an organic waste material that can help improve soil ...

Biochar, a charcoal-like material derived from plant biomass, has long been hailed as a promising tool for carbon dioxide removal. However, a new study by Stanford researchers highlights a critical ...

A material that promises to turn two abundant wastes — cotton stalks and discarded eggshells — into an adsorbent for removing ...

As the climate changes, large parts of southern Australia are projected to get drier. Extreme rains are also becoming more common. For farmers, these changes pose big risks. What can we do to manage ...

When it comes to building a circular economy, every kind of waste is either eliminated or recycled into new valuable materials. But waste comes in all shapes and sizes—there’s no single “magic bullet” ...

Biochar, a charcoal-like substance made from burning organic materials in a low or zero-oxygen environment, can improve the quality of soil and trap carbon dioxide in the earth for potentially ...