Biochar could scale using crops grown on abandoned land, offering a low-cost way to remove carbon and improve soil health.

WEST LIBERTY, Iowa, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liferaft, a United States--based biochar company, has finalized an agreement to supply Microsoft with one million high-quality carbon removal ...

Adding biochar to farmland soils is widely promoted as a climate-friendly practice, but its impact on greenhouse gas emissions can vary. A new study finds that pairing biochar with biogas slurry, a ...

Biochar has long been hailed as a sustainable tool to improve soil fertility and boost crop yields, but a new scientific analysis suggests the enthusiasm may be outpacing the evidence. A deep dive ...

A closed-loop recycling initiative in Napa and Sonoma is remanufacturing used plastic stretch film. Betsy Andrews examines ...

When Beauregard Burgess and three friends decided to start a hog and poultry farm in 2015, they chose an odd location: 20 acres of swampy land on the east side of Homer, Alaska, a coastal hamlet south ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new study shows that Bhutan has the potential to sequester 68% of its greenhouse gas emissions through biochar, a carbon-rich material made from ...

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 ...

LAKE CITY — The Missaukee Conservation District is hosting the Renewable Roots Convention on Nov. 18-19. The event hosted at the Timber Wolf Lake Camp at 4909 N. Morey Road will feature experts from ...

A research team has uncovered strikingly different effects of biochar on nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions from acidic agricultural soils, showing that ...