All Entries Tagged With: "biochar research"
Biochar Technology Rapidly Evolving
Science never holds still and the science of biochar isn’t any different. There has been a great deal of publicity in recent months over biochar’s potential to act as a powerful new weapon in the fight against climate change. New pyrolysis kilns being produced througout the world are capable of processing decomposing organic waste streams [...]
Biochar Believers
Word is that one of Cortez’s grunts stumbled onto a civilization deep
in the jungles of Amazona. The mythic metropolis supported by “black
soil,” Terra Preta in Portuguese.
El Dorado had been found.
Modern scientists found that a few tropical ancient societies created
Terra Preta soil by incorporating charcoal, manure and household
wastes into it, “biochar,” creating a host of benefits [...]
Biochar — Many Potential Applications
Biochar can benefit the environment in many different ways — helping soil retain nutrients, mitigating climate change, and also processing energy.
A group called Biochar Ontario held a demonstration and presentation on biochar this past weekend.
Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority spokesman Rob Diermair, who is a restoration projects lead and is involved with the Welland River Keepers, [...]
CSIRO: Biochar Fact Sheet
CSIRO Biochar Fact Sheet – From the CSIRO Website
Adding biochar (bio char) to agricultural soils has been getting a lot of attention due to the apparent benefits to soil quality and enhanced crop yields, as well as the potential to gain carbon credits by active carbon sequestration. Studies have shown that biochar can aid in:
nutrient [...]
Don Burke Joins Outback Biochar
Don Burke has teamed up with Outback Biochar to give Australian home gardeners the opportunity to experience the benefits of biochar (bio char) first hand. Biochar has been garnering world wide attention for its potential role as a tool to combat climate change. Biochar is a by-product from a renewable energy production process called pyrolysis. [...]
Geoengineering no replacement for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
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The Royal Society of London has released a major report on geoengineering titled, “the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system, in order to moderate global warming”.
Geoengineering may become the plan B if efforts to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases continue to be insufficient. These schemes [...]
It’s no drain on the brain to see that this is a potential carbon sink we need to explore
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SYD Shea stands before a couple of old 44-gallon drums, contented as a new father. The drums are hot and the air carries the scent of charcoal. Here is what Shea, an old man now, wishes to make his life’s final great work. He is producing [...]
Carbon Calculator on Outback Biochar
Carbon calculator for home, car and air travel brought to you by OutbackBiochar.com
Outback Biochar for Biochar News, Information and Research
For new information on biochar visit Outback Biochar for all the latest news, breaking stories and cutting edge research. Outback Biochar also offers wholesale biochar sales to nurseries and garden supply stores.
‘Char-apalooza’ presents top biochar breakthroughs
First North American Biochar Convention pulls in top Obama brass and puts this fledgling industry on the map. Shared by Outback Biochar of Australia.
