Rapid industrialization and human activities have led to the widespread contamination of our planet's water and soil. A vast ...

The Challenge of Sandy Soils With drylands covering over 40% of the Earth's land area, improving the agricultural potential ...

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 ...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is testing a new machine in the mountains of Butte County that turns leftover wood ...

Simon Kitol’s 25-acre farm in western Kenya teems with maize, tomatoes, and beans, but also an invasive menace: Prosopis juliflora, better known as the mathenge plant. Its long roots steal water from ...

A new long-term field study shows that how biochar is applied matters just as much as whether it is used at all. Researchers report that small ...

Minneapolis is on track to become one of the first U.S. cities to invest in biochar, a multifunctional, charcoal-like material said to help grow bigger plants, reduce storm water runoff and remove ...

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 ...