The production of biochar is a sustainable option for managing wood and plant waste by heating organic material in a high-temperature, low-oxygen environment.

JOHN DAY, Ore. — Giant mounds of what appears to be black powdery charcoal or crushed pencil lead lie piled outside a towering industrial plant built in recent years on the Malheur Lumber property in ...

Biochar as a material is not novel. It has been produced by humans for more than 2,000 years. But churning out the material ...

Douglas County is throwing its weight behind a new plant in Sedalia that officials say can turn mountains of leftover wood ...

MANILA, Philippines — Because of its wondrous benefits, the government and the private sector should jointly harness biochar ...

At the top of the South Dade Landfill, a massive oven that turns wood into charcoal is being tested by Miami-Dade County as ...

Comparison with the control plant (microscopy on the left) reveals that symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi is stronger when tomato seedlings are fertilized with biochar based on wheat straw (center).

A new study reveals that biochar can create tiny but powerful soil microenvironments that significantly reduce cadmium contamination in crops. The findings offer fresh insight into how this ...

COLUSA COUNTY, Calif., Dec. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CarbonZero.Eco, a Silicon Valley–based, venture-backed climate technology startup pioneering regenerative agriculture and carbon removal through ...

What is biochar? Biochar is wood chips that go through a process called pyrolysis, basically burning without much oxygen to produce wood charcoal. So biochar is another name for charcoal when not used ...

MOREAU, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Northeastern Biochar is set to bring a fertilizer plant to Moreau Industrial Park – despite concerns and protests from the people who will share a community with it. Last week, ...