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 ...

Biochar is a form of charcoal made in high heat, low oxygen conditions It can be used to produce energy, capture and store carbon and improve soil health But a climate expert warns we should not "over ...

Biochar has been defined as charcoal-like by-product produced during the thermal conversion of biomass to energy. Just like charcoal, it features small black, light and highly porous fragments.

Scientists believe that biochar, the partially burned remains of plants, has been used as fertilizer for at least 2,000 years in the Amazon Basin. Since initial studies published several years ago ...

Biochar is a “charcoal-like substance that’s made by burning organic material from agricultural and forestry wastes (also called biomass) in a controlled process called pyrolysis,” according to ...

On Tuesday, New York State Supreme Court made its ruling in Saratoga County on an Article 78 petition filed over the construction of a biochar fertilizer plant by Saratoga Biochar in the town of ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered that tweaking the composition of biochar, a charcoal-like material made from biomass, can significantly improve its ability to trap and neutralize toxic groundwater ...

Biochar is a carbon-rich material that is made from biomass through a thermochemical conversion process known as pyrolysis. Don’t worry if that all sounds like a mouthful—read on for an introduction ...