carbon sequestration

Biochar application is widely studied to mitigate the threats of soil degradation to food security and climate change. However, there are big variations in the effects of biochar application on crops, soils, and the atmosphere during crop production. This study provides a global dataset of biochar application effects on crop yield, soil properties, and greenhouse […]

Farmers are increasingly turning to organic manure as alternative to chemical fertilisers to mitigate rising costs, cushion soil fertility and increase yields. Linet Achieng,35, is on such small-scale farmer who has mastered new skills of using the natural waste in farming to enhance soil fertility, improve plant growth, and to provide her crops with nutrition. […]

By Laurie Schreiber With installation of key equipment completed, Standard Biocarbon plans to begin commercial production of high-quality biochar in the next three months. What is biochar? More Information The company said it will be able to scale up its operation thanks to a $5 million investment from Nexus Development Capital. Nexus Development Capital — […]

Land application of biochar represents a “valuable” component of carbon farming through carbon sequestration, the reduction in GHG emissions with further eco-system service benefits. The following recommendations arise from the LCA of the production and use of biochar from unutilised agricultural biomass in Ireland: Further exploration of biochar production and use from unutilised biomass and […]

A number of research scientists believe that the potential of our soils to sequester carbon has been seriously overestimated. Some recent studies, estimating the potential of farmland to store more carbon through innovative soil management, are presenting an overoptimistic picture of what can be achieved and the analyses need to undergo a ‘reality check’, according […]

From hempcrete in construction to animal bedding, carbon sequestration to biochar, pallets to the phytoremediation of end-of-life mine sites, a plethora of market channels have opened up for industrial hemp and Brisbane-based Hemp Farms Australia (HFA) is seizing the opportunity. Founded by Lauchlan Grout and Harrison Lee in 2013, HFA is a specialist in industrial […]

Nexus Development Capital, a Greenville, South Carolina-based provider of catalytic capital for sustainable infrastructure project developers, has announced a $5 million investment in biochar producer Standard Biocarbon, based in Enfield, Maine. The funding will allow Standard Biocarbon to scale operations to meet growing demand for carbon capture and biochar. The company says it will commence […]

Dror Angel, a marine ecologist at the University of Haifa, had for years heard his archaeologist colleagues talk about ancient shipwrecks on the bottom of the Black Sea that were perfectly preserved by the low-oxygen environment. “You can see ropes,” Angel says. “It’s something which is quite spectacular.” Now, Angel wants to combat climate change […]

The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research says it has awarded Rich Earth Institute a $330,256 Seeding Solutions grant to develop biochar from wastewater material. Manufacturers could use this biochar — charcoal created from organic matter — to create safe and renewable fertilizers, according to a news release. Cornell University, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk […]

German farmers in the Lower Oder Valley National Park on the eastern border with Poland faced a dilemma: what to do with grass that was useless as animal feed. Like many of their counterparts in Europe, these agricultural producers were keen to avoid wasting a potentially valuable natural resource. They turned to the Leibniz Institute […]