A new study reveals that a simple combination of biochar and plant ash can restore soil health, reduce plant disease, and ...

Scientists have illuminated the intricate relationship between bamboo biochar application, rhizosphere microbial communities, ...

Soil salinization is a growing global threat that reduces crop yields and limits sustainable agriculture, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. A ...

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

A new study has developed an innovative biochar-based nanomaterial that can rapidly remove harmful herbicides from soil while ...

A new study reveals that combining biochar with beneficial soil bacteria can significantly improve phosphorus availability, reshape plant development ...

It’s incredibly easy to dump carbon into the atmosphere and accelerate climate change. It’s a lot harder to take it out. Startups are experimenting with massive industrial systems to draw the ...

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).

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 ...

JOHN DAY, Ore. — Giant mounds of what appears to be black powdery charcoal or crushed pencil lead lie piled outside a towering industrial plant built in recent years on the Malheur Lumber property in ...