Clearing water-guzzling and soil-damaging alien invasive plants costs South Africa several hundred million rands every year.

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Biochar is a “charcoal-like substance that’s made by burning organic material from agricultural and forestry wastes (also called biomass) in a controlled process called pyrolysis,” according to ...

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 ...

A growing body of research suggests that combining enzymes with biochar, a carbon-rich material made from agricultural and ...

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 ...

Ellen Moon receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Wendy Timms receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the CO2CRC and the Victorian Government. She is also affiliated ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Biochar is produced by burning biomass in the absence of oxygen. It is a charcoal-like substance that farmers have used ...