Minneapolis this spring will begin construction on a city-owned biochar facility — a furnace that turns wood scraps into a ...

Leaders on the project say the facility will remove more than 3,500 tons of carbon dioxide from the air a year — the ...

Turning plant waste into biochar captures loads of carbon. New research suggests it stays trapped for a long time ...

To address deforestation in Cameroon, an environmental engineer has devised a cheaper, ecological alternative to charcoal, a ...

Biochar alone added to poor soil has little ... Amazonian tribes grew cassava, corn, and numerous tree fruits in soil made rich with compost, mulch, and smoldered plant matter.

Today, that ancient bit of ingenuity is a powerful climate solution. As biomass like trees and crops grow, they sequester ...

As biomass like trees and crops grow, they sequester carbon in their leaves and branches. Heat that biomass up without fully consuming it and it turns to nearly pure carbon known as biochar ...

Kangaroo Island Council staff members and councillors had the opportunity to see how an approximate 13 million trees burned ...

Feb. 20, 2025 — Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern ...

Yozakura Cherry Blossom Festival: 7-11 p.m. March 22-April 5. View 12 illuminated mature cherry trees during peak blooming ...