Microplastics are increasingly found in agricultural soils worldwide, raising new questions about how they interact with ...

A new study reveals that a specially engineered form of biochar can dramatically enhance the natural ability of soil microbes ...

A new study reveals that a specially engineered form of biochar can dramatically enhance the natural ability of soil microbes to break down pollutants ...

In a three-year project, researchers at NIBIO have tested how biochar affects potato yields and soil quality under Norwegian ...

While you typically need fertilizer when gardening, charcoal is an effective alternative that serves more functions, too.

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 ...

Researchers have developed a new strategy to transform microalgae into high-value fuel chemicals more efficiently and cleanly, offering a promising ...

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 ...

If you take organic waste, subject it to high heat and starve it of oxygen, you will, through a process called pyrolysis, wind up with a pile of char — also known these days as biochar — that doesn’t ...

Biochar is a form of charcoal made in high heat, low oxygen conditions It can be used to produce energy, capture and store carbon and improve soil health But a climate expert warns we should not "over ...