Douglas County is throwing its weight behind a new plant in Sedalia that officials say can turn mountains of leftover wood from forest thinning and wildfire mitigation into a soil product, while ...

Biochar as a material is not novel. It has been produced by humans for more than 2,000 years. But churning out the material ...

A growing body of research suggests that combining enzymes with biochar, a carbon-rich material made from agricultural and organic waste, could transform how scientists clean polluted water and soil.

When Beauregard Burgess and three friends decided to start a hog and poultry farm in 2015, they chose an odd location: 20 acres of swampy land on the east side of Homer, Alaska, a coastal hamlet south ...

Carba, a Minnesota company in the growing biochar industry, installed a one-of-a-kind reactor in its Burnsville facility in ...

Phosphorus is a necessary nutrient required for all life. However, it is only found in limited quantities in nature. In a new ...

Biochar, a charcoal like material made from plant and organic waste, is often promoted as a climate and soil “wonder solution ...

Cadmium contamination in agricultural soils is a growing global concern, threatening food safety, crop productivity, and human health. New research ...

HOUSTON, July 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Carbon, a technology company designing automated biochar production machines that convert in-field agricultural crop waste into biochar, today announced ...

In lush South Florida, trees and bushes grow all year round. And that means yard waste and dead trees never stop piling up.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DYPER™, the responsible diapering company, has become the first diapering company in the world to successfully “char” a diaper with its BYOCHAR™ technology. With ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. For all its plant and animal life aboveground, the Amazon rainforest’s soils ...