Old charcoal kilns hidden in Mediterranean forests may offer a natural window into one of today’s most discussed soil technologies: biochar. A study published in Biochar shows that charcoal left in ...

It’s one of the world’s biggest killers, leading to lung cancer, heart disease, and COPD, not to mention child pneumonia and low birth-weight babies. It affects billions of people. And if you think it ...

Minneapolis is on track to become one of the first U.S. cities to invest in biochar, a multifunctional, charcoal-like material said to help grow bigger plants, reduce storm water runoff and remove ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 3—Thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Jay Inslee last month, Toledo-based agroforestry and conservation startup Rake Force can ...

BAXTER — Seventeen volunteers joined Great River Greening Oct. 28 at Camp Vanasek in Baxter for a biochar kiln burn. Biochar kilns aid in conservation efforts by converting organic waste (like ...

Buckthorn is one of the most difficult invasive plants to deal with in Minnesota and the solution usually involves removing it and burning the brush piles. But, for every pound of wood burned in an ...

BRAINERD — Controlled burns at Rotary Riverside Park are helping to clean the park of wood waste while returning nutrients back to the land through a process of creating biochar. Biochar is produced ...

Property owners and occupants over the age of 65-years may soon seek financial assistance to bring their property into compliance with the City of Nevada City’s defensible space requirements. The ...