Calling Kelpie Wilson a “biochar believer” isn’t a joke. “I’m a believer in science,” she said, “and the science tells us biochar is worth pursuing.” And at this point in her life, Wilson is in chase ...

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, with other partners, is embarking on a large-scale three-year project to find more efficient ways to increase water conservation and plant growth, and ...

A University of Arkansas researcher recently received nearly $1.9 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ...

Biochar traps microorganisms that can sequester carbon emissions in the soil for long periods of time, lessening farmers’ environmental impact. It can also help farmers by holding things like ...

A cotton field showing biochar-treated soil on the right and conventional soil on the left. Credit: Planboo. Set to begin in February 2026, the project between Better Cotton and Planboo is intended to ...

Simon Kitol’s 25-acre farm in western Kenya teems with maize, tomatoes, and beans, but also an invasive menace: Prosopis juliflora, better known as the mathenge plant. Its long roots steal water from ...

Researchers working at the intersection of waste recycling and metallurgy are building a case that dead leaves, once ...

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 ...

Loughborough University studies show spent coffee grounds can become low-cost adsorbents and biochar filters that remove lead ...

Improve your soil by making biochar in the ground. DIY biochar enhances nutrient availability and also enables soil to retain nutrients longer. Last year, I committed one of the great sins of ...