LAKE CITY — The Missaukee Conservation District is hosting the Renewable Roots Convention on Nov. 18-19. The event hosted at the Timber Wolf Lake Camp at 4909 N. Morey Road will feature experts from ...
Biochar has long been promoted as a climate-friendly soil amendment, but new research suggests that treating it as a one-size-fits-all solution may be limiting its full potential. A new open-access ...
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 ...
Nick Cuchetti, a farmer and board secretary of Missouri Organic Association, holds biochar at Oaklee Rose Farm in Luebbering, Missouri. Biochar is an organic waste material that can help improve soil ...
A team of agricultural and environmental scientists has developed a simple biochar based technology that can strip self toxic ...
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Benefits of biochar

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Scientists found that biochar doesn’t just capture pollutants, it actively destroys them using direct electron transfer. This newly recognized ability accounts for up to 40% of its cleaning power and ...
New research shows how changing rainfall speeds up soil carbon loss and how biochar helps soil cope with stress.
Researchers led by Yue Pan at Shenyang Agricultural University tested how swings between wet and dry conditions affect soil organic carbon breakdown ...
Impacts of biological amendments, including waste-derived amendments that underpin soil health and agricultural sustainability ...