ITHACA, N.Y. - All plants need electrons to aid biological and chemical tasks. Cornell University scientists have discovered a new high-definition system that allows electrons to travel through soil ...

It’s one of a growing number of biochar production plants. The potential is big: A new study calculated that if biochar production scales up as much as possible globally, it could capture as much as 3 ...

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

Factory Farms in Iowa Generate 110 Billion Pounds of Manure Per Year. No One Tracks Where It’s Going. Invasive Scud Is Threatening the Great Lakes. Pollution Might Be Helping to Keep It Back. A ...

For all its plant and animal life aboveground, the Amazon rainforest’s soils are surprisingly poor in nutrients necessary for growing food. Thousands of years ago, the region’s Indigenous peoples ...