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

As industrial development and agricultural activities expand, the contamination of water and soil with toxic heavy metals like chromium, arsenic, cadmium, and lead poses a severe and persistent threat ...

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

Biochar can be produced from a variety of feedstocks, including wood chips, corn cobs, or separated manure solids. Its ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new era of Primal Tendencies is beginning. The lessons (failures) of the past will be used for success in the future. This year I am determined to do all I can to improve the odds for a successful ...

A five-year field study shows biochar improves soil chemistry and transforms microbial communities in acidifying paddy soils ...

Biochar may improve soil, but too much can harm ants, disrupting their behavior, teamwork, and the health of the ecosystem.

For people living in forested areas, the question of how to manage wood debris is nearly constant. One option is to burn ...