An otherwise normal-looking grass field in Fruita was set up this week to test a new agricultural practice that, if successful, could save water, improve air quality and sequester carbon in the soil.

Deschutes County is seeking solutions to one of Central Oregon’s longstanding wildfire challenges — what to do with the woody debris that is left over from fuels reduction projects.

Cadmium contamination in agricultural soils is a growing global concern, threatening food safety, crop productivity, and human health. New research ...

A cotton field showing biochar-treated soil on the right and conventional soil on the left. Credit: Planboo. Set to begin in February 2026, the project between Better Cotton and Planboo is intended to ...

On a site next to a sawmill in Waverly, Virginia, a startup takes sawdust and offcuts from the mill and heats it up to turn it into biochar, a material that can store carbon for hundreds or thousands ...

Nick Cuchetti, a farmer and board secretary of Missouri Organic Association, holds biochar at Oaklee Rose Farm in Luebbering, Missouri. Biochar is an organic waste material that can help improve soil ...

Biochar traps microorganisms that can sequester carbon emissions in the soil for long periods of time, lessening farmers’ environmental impact. It can also help farmers by holding things like ...

A boil water order has been issued for part of Schenectady.It affects 311-520 Gifford Road, including Woodlawn School.The Schenectady County Department of Washington County indicts Kingsbury man on ...

New research shows how changing rainfall speeds up soil carbon loss and how biochar helps soil cope with stress.