For generations, farmers have used natural materials such as lime, gypsum and manure to improve their soil for growing crops. Now, a team of researchers led by the University of Missouri is giving new ...

Soil contamination by heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd) poses a growing threat to global food security and human health. A new study published in Biochar reports that combining arbuscular mycorrhizal ...

Adding biochar to the soil not only creates better growing conditions for cotton, but also reduces nitrogen run-off by up to 87%. These findings from a new research paper add to a growing body of work ...

How can peanut shell biochar (charcoal-like heated biomass) reshape soil microbes for better crops? This is what a recent study published in Biochar hopes to address as a team of researchers from ...

Biochar is a form of charcoal (mostly carbon) produced by heating organic matter in the absence of oxygen, a process called pyrolysis. This avoids the production of carbon dioxide and locks up the ...

Human waste usually gets flushed away, but instead of going down the toilet, it can help the planet and solve global fertilizer shortages, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings ...

Can Clusters of Human-Constructed Ponds in the Arizona Desert Save a Threatened Frog? California’s First Carbon Capture Project Is Up and Running. Environmentalists Are Still Trying To Stop It. A ...