HIGHLAND PARK Fla. — A Florida nonprofit is on a mission to revive the state’s farmland with sustainability in mind. Biotech Applied Research is turning waste into “biochar,” a charcoal-like material.

Note: This is the fourth of a four-part series on biochar. You can find the first three parts of the series here. Container substrates must fulfill several functions ...

Biochar’s hidden layers may hold one of the most surprising pathways yet for cutting emissions from cement, the world’s most polluting construction material. Cement production accounts for nearly 8 ...

Note: This is the third of a four-part series on biochar. You can find the first two parts of the series here. Have you ever checked your plants and found brown/yellow/white, soft tissue spots either ...

Wood, long admired for its natural beauty and strength, has now inspired a carbon material tough enough to rival steel. Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that biochar derived ...

A $40 million biochar facility under construction in Stuttgart, Ark., brings an unlikely origin story to rice country. Matt Freniere, chief operating officer of Cold Steppe, met now CEO Kevin Crow ...

A global analysis finds that adding biochar to composting cuts methane and nitrous oxide while leaving carbon dioxide largely unchanged. The work pooled results from 123 papers and more than 1,000 ...

Scientists found that biochar doesn’t just capture pollutants, it actively destroys them using direct electron transfer. This newly recognized ability accounts for up to 40% of its cleaning power and ...

The food that makes it to your plate is but a fraction of what actually grew in a field somewhere. Cassava, corn, wheat, rice — all critical crops produce waste biomass that farmers might be burning ...

In this report, Cerulogy draws a distinction between stacked incentives, which Cerulogy defines as forms of multiple recognition that are intended by policymakers, and double crediting, which Cerulogy ...

If there’s one thing McDonald’s has done for the world, it’s made starting a burger restaurant relatively straightforward. Franchisees buy into the system, and in return they get equipment, marketing, ...