Biochar could scale using crops grown on abandoned land, offering a low-cost way to remove carbon and improve soil health.

A team of agricultural and environmental scientists has developed a simple biochar based technology that can strip self toxic chemicals from pepper growing soils and restore healthy seed germination.

Simon Kitol’s 25-acre farm in western Kenya teems with maize, tomatoes, and beans, but also an invasive menace: Prosopis juliflora, better known as the mathenge plant. Its long roots steal water from ...

Agriculture sits at a difficult crossroads: it must feed a growing global population while reigning in its massive contribution to global greenhouse ...

A new study has revealed a promising nature-based strategy to clean up red mud, one of the world's most hazardous industrial wastes, by combining ...

DDT soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers have developed a new method to manage ecological risks from the toxin by binding it with biochar. When they mixed ...

If brownfields are the forgotten stepchildren of infrastructure, carbon markets may soon become their redemption story. Across the U.S., more than 450,000 brownfield sites, land that is potentially ...