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 ...

Ambitious schemes to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere abound, but the most practical might just be the simplest. Biochar–a technique that uses charcoal from plant waste to fertilize soil–has ...

At the top of the South Dade Landfill, a massive oven that turns wood into charcoal is being tested by Miami-Dade County as an environmentally-friendly way to cut down on landfill waste. The material ...

In the quest for sustainable and efficient water treatment solutions, a new study titled "Enhanced Machine Learning Prediction of Biochar Adsorption for Dyes: Parameter Optimization and Experimental ...

LEBANON, Ore. — A blast of intense heat escapes the Carbonator 500 as Anders Ragnarsson opens the combustion chamber, revealing leftover tree limbs, branches and woody debris from a recent timber ...

A new study has shown that biochar, a carbon-rich material produced from biomass, can significantly reduce phosphorus losses from agricultural soils, offering a promising solution to one of the ...

The food that makes it to your plate is but a fraction of what actually grew in a field somewhere. Cassava, corn, wheat, rice — all critical crops produce waste biomass that farmers might be burning ...