The production of biochar is a sustainable option for managing wood and plant waste by heating organic material in a high-temperature, low-oxygen environment.
The Pacific Northwest’s expansive forestlands have no shortage of raw material for biochar, a potent soil amendment that also sequesters carbon. However, slash piles and other sources of woody biomass ...
Agricultural waste is often seen as a disposal problem, but new research suggests it could be a powerful tool for climate ...
Researchers have developed a new strategy to engineer biochar with dramatically enhanced sunlight-driven chemical activity, ...
Biochar is a “charcoal-like substance that’s made by burning organic material from agricultural and forestry wastes (also called biomass) in a controlled process called pyrolysis,” according to ...
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Leveraging biochar for growing crops

MANILA, Philippines — Because of its wondrous benefits, the government and the private sector should jointly harness biochar ...
On a site next to a sawmill in Waverly, Virginia, a startup takes sawdust and offcuts from the mill and heats it up to turn it into biochar, a material that can store carbon for hundreds or thousands ...
Researchers have developed a new algae-based biochar material that shows remarkable ability to break down perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), one of the ...