Farming produces a huge amount of crop waste, including straw, husks, and stalks every growing season. Unfortunately, common disposal methods—burning, plowing the waste back into the fields, using it ...

Biochar has long been promoted as a promising tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils. However, new research suggests that its climate benefits may not be as stable as once ...

Biochar can boost crop yields in poor soils and help stop the effects of climate change, study finds. So why aren't we using it more? A product made from urban, agriculture and forestry waste has the ...

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 ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Microplastics are increasingly found in agricultural soils worldwide, raising new questions about how they interact with widely promoted climate solutions such as biochar. A study reveals that these ...

Groundbreaking new research published this month—co-authored by research faculty at RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability—shows that carbon-removal solution biochar can play a significant role ...

LAKE CITY — The Missaukee Conservation District is hosting the Renewable Roots Convention on Nov. 18-19. The event hosted at the Timber Wolf Lake Camp at 4909 N. Morey Road will feature experts from ...

This article discusses biochar in regard to its increasing significance, its disadvantages, the use of thermogravimetric analysis in relation to it, and any new developments in the field. In recent ...

Biochar can boost crop yields in poor soils and help stop the effects of climate change, study finds. A product made from urban, agriculture and forestry waste has the added benefit of reducing the ...