Adding biochar to compost cuts methane and nitrous oxide emissions. It helps composting become more climate friendly.

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 global study has found that adding biochar to organic waste composting can significantly reduce emissions of potent ...

Retrieved as trash and unloaded as treasure, piles of dead wood are dropped off at this biochar facility in Berthoud, Colorado, for an opportunity at a second life. James Gaspard is the CEO of this ...

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 ...

Excessive use of fertilizers has fueled global food production, but it has also left behind a serious problem: nitrate ...

It could solve major challenges facing farmers. Scientists make game-changing discovery that could revolutionize agriculture: 'Promising strategy' first appeared on The Cool Down.

A Brazilian researcher is working with Mexican farmers to test soils using biochar: a carbon-rich material showing promise in increasing water retention and fertility. Biochar is a porous, solid ...

Recycling rates have stagnated in the United States despite the positive benefits recycling offers local economies. It reduces pollution and production of virgin plastics, while creating jobs and ...

A team of researchers in China has developed a new low-cost biochar material that can efficiently remove persistent metal complexes from water ...