Biochar is a high-carbon, fine-grained residue that is produced via pyrolysis. Image by K.salo.85 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Biochar is a high-carbon, fine-grained residue that is produced via pyrolysis ...

Biochar can be produced from a variety of feedstocks, including wood chips, corn cobs, or separated manure solids. Its ...

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 ...

A new study reveals that converting food waste into biochar could offer a powerful and affordable way to remove greenhouse gases while addressing a growing waste management challenge.

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 ...

Soil acidification is quietly threatening agricultural productivity worldwide, reducing crop yields and degrading soil health. Now, a new global study shows that biochar, a carbon-rich material made ...

In the quest for climate solutions, Pat Jones, the president of Clean Maine Carbon, is among the Maine entrepreneurs banking on this charcoal-like substance. They say it can bind up carbon for decades ...

Biochar may improve soil, but too much can harm ants, disrupting their behavior, teamwork, and the health of the ecosystem.