The following guest editorial was submitted by soil science professor David Laird of Iowa State University in response to a recent Farm Journal article about biochar titled “New Row-Crop Product ...

After the Canton paper mill closed and Tropical Storms Fred and Hurricane Helene impacted the area, plenty of wood was left ...

A wheelbarrow of biochar.Credit: Getty Images The second attribute is more unexpected and more exciting. Industrial agriculture strips nutrients from the soil, which farmers replace with ...

AMP now is exploring another option for that organic waste; turning it into biochar. Biochar is a charcoal-like substance formed when the organic material is heated in the absence of oxygen.

This groundbreaking project will transform invasive mesquite biomass into carbon-sequestering biochar and is expected to reach an annual removal volume of 500,000 tonnes of durable carbon removal ...

Along with the crushed rock, some of the applications included compost or a combination of compost and biochar (in this case, burned pine and fir left over from local logging). Other plots were ...

Biochar is a charcoal-like material, formed from any organic waste, from food to sewage. Normally, this end-of-life matter releases CO2, but when it is burned through a process of pyrolysis, the ...

A city-owned biochar facility, part of an effort to fight the effects of climate change, is coming to Minneapolis. The city was scheduled to break ground Wednesday on the facility, which heats ...