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 ...

Biochar-based slow-release fertilizers enriched with biodegradable polymers improve nutrient efficiency and soil moisture ...

Once burned, biochar can then be added to degraded soil, which it improves by helping it “retain water and nutrients,” per Forbes. The resulting effect can lead to potentially better crop ...

Thanks to these microbes, soil holds onto a tremendous amount of Earth's carbon. By supporting the functioning of these microorganisms, a substance known as biochar can improve soil's ability to ...

is exactly how long that carbon stays in the soil. A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that scientists have been underestimating the staying power of biochar, meaning the technology is ...

Its labs use agricultural biotechnology to confirm the genetic profile of the plants and verify that they’re disease free. The plants are offered in soil that’s enriched with their biochar.

In a new doctoral thesis at the University of Borås in Sweden, biochar plays a crucial role ... heated to a critical temperature in an oxygen-free environment, so that the material decomposes ...

Biochar has recently emerged as a 'Climate-Smart Agriculture' since it improves many aspects of agricultural sustainability without the negative environmental consequences associated with traditional ...