A new study reveals how tailoring biochar with minerals and heat can influence soil bacteria and dramatically improve carbon storage in agricultural soils, offering new strategies to combat climate ...

A new study by researchers in China reveals that combining biochar, a charcoal-like soil enhancer, with a beneficial soil bacterium can help boost the growth and health of cut chrysanthemums, a ...

A new review in Microbial Ecology details how combining biochar with Pseudomonas bacteria boosts crop growth and pollutant ...

Most people probably don't think about soil as a living thing. But it is filled with millions of tiny organisms that play a critical role in everything soil does—including sequestering carbon.

Reflections from the Analysis Records of Igaya Farm's Yuzu —At the Sumisodachi Research Institute, we aim to create "delicious and flavorful agricultural produce" by utilizing charcoal in agriculture.

A 90-day incubation study shows that mixing corn straw with biochar at a 1:3 ratio immobilizes cadmium and zinc, relieves microbial carbon limitation and stabilizes soil organic carbon better than ...

Soils are among the planet's largest carbon reservoirs, yet salinity and land degradation threaten their ability to store carbon and support ...

Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a class of fire-resistant industrial chemicals, were widely used in electrical transformers, oils, paints and even building materials throughout the 20th century.