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Category: Biochar

Biochar techniques propose to burn biomass and municipal waste in the absence of oxygen to create charcoal. This charcoal is then mixed into soils as a soil additive, directly burying carbon into the soil. The approach is inspired by (but very different from) Amazonian Terra Preta black soils where indigenous communities have used charcoal to improve fertility.

Dec 23 2021

QUARTERLY REVIEW #3: Biomass developments in 2021

Dec 23 2021

QUARTERLY REVIEW #3: DAC & CCUS developments in 2021

May 26 2021

Geoengineering activities in Latin America

Apr 9 2021

Biochar (technology briefing)

Dec 6 2017

The Big Bad Fix

Sep 30 2016

More funding being made available for negative emissions nonsense

Apr 4 2016

Vultures are circling after Paris agreement: the carbon dioxide removal sector wants more funding

Sep 18 2013

Biochar: Black Gold or Just Another Snake Oil Scheme?

Jul 6 2010

Tar sands with biochar? The growing links between biochar advocates and the Canadian tar sands industry

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