CARSON CITY — State land stewards are experimenting with an ancient method to improve the health of Nevada forests and make use of the renewable resource — baking tree trunks and limbs in a slow ...

I would have been happy with a lump of coal in my Christmas stocking this year. More specifically, some biochar crushed into tiny ice and snow-like flakes and shards. As children, my friends and I ...

Of course, just how much of an impact this would have on the global climate is a matter of some debate. Over at the Guardian, George Monbiot accuses biochar advocates of peddling false hope for an ...