What if we told you that the secret to healthier soil, cleaner ecosystems, and smarter farming isn’t buried in a high-tech lab—but hidden in the data behind crop residues, wood chips, and food waste?

New company aims to commercialize technology that makes charcoal from woody wastes, a method to improve soil and sequester carbon from the atmosphere. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

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 ...

From left, Standard Biocarbon Corp.’s COO Tamara Risser, analyst Kelley Attenborough and CEO Fred Horton, along with PYREG GmbH’s chief science officer Robert Kovach at Portland Harbor as an Eimskip ...

Overall effects of IPEG–CH4–N on mitigating GHG emissions from staple food production in China. Credit: Nature Food (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s43016-023-00694-0 Agriculture accounts for a large share of ...

Innovative models predict and optimize the conversion of aquatic biomass into high-quality biochar, offering a path to reduce waste and enhance renewable resources This comprehensive study compiled an ...

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 ...

A company is processing wood chips into biochar for use as a soil amendment. Now, it wants to do the same with sewage solids.