Nicole Draina shares how biochar can make an essential difference in sustainable agriculture, particularly during the climate ...

In the first study of its kind, research has cast significant doubt over the use of biochar to alleviate climate change. Biochar is produced when wood is combusted at high temperatures to make bio-oil ...

Comparison with the control plant (microscopy on the left) reveals that symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi is stronger when tomato seedlings are fertilized with biochar based on wheat straw (center).

Mark Allen, operations manager at Restoration Fuels in John Day, discusses the process of making biochar. Giant mounds of what appears to be black powdery charcoal or crushed pencil lead lie piled ...

Iron fortified hemp biochar made from agricultural waste can significantly cut the amount of "forever chemicals" that move from contaminated soil into ...

On Thursday, the Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls, Inc. (CAAN) announced the filing of a petition against the Town of Moreau Planning Board, as well as Northeastern Biochar CEO Raymond Apy. The ...

MOREAU, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Last week, the town of Moreau made a decision on a proposed fertilizer plant that has sparked no shortage of pushback from town residents. Now, it’s official: Saratoga Biochar ...

What is biochar? Biochar is wood chips that go through a process called pyrolysis, basically burning without much oxygen to produce wood charcoal. So biochar is another name for charcoal when not used ...

Biochar is a soil additive that can help store carbon dioxide for centuries. Cities in Minnesota and Nebraska plan to build biochar plants similar to those in Nordic countries. Climate scientists ...

In order to investigate the effect of palm leaf biochar on some characteristics of Cucumis melo L. under drought stress, a split plot experiment was conducted in a completely randomized block design ...