Each year, more than 1.5 billion tons of agricultural waste is produced globally, a volume that continues to rise as food demand increases. Traditional waste disposal methods—including landfilling and ...
Microsoft partners with Varaha to launch a biochar project in Maharashtra, removing 2 million tonnes of CO2 while supporting ...
Biochar made from corn cobs can remove microplastics and ammonia from water, offering a low-cost, reusable filter made 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 ...
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 ...
A team of agricultural and environmental scientists has developed a simple biochar based technology that can strip self toxic ...
A recent study published in Scientific Reports explores the development and performance of biochar-based slow-release fertilizers (SRFs) enhanced with semi-interpenetrating polymer networks (Semi-IPNs ...
Rice paddies feed billions of people worldwide but face two major challenges: heavy metal contamination and greenhouse gas emissions. Now, researchers have developed a new type of biochar that can ...
A team of researchers from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) has developed a low-cost, environment-friendly stove named the "BAU Biochar Stove," which can be used simultaneously for cooking and ...