Plants and microbes could turn contaminated soil cleanup into resource recovery
A new review proposes treating phytoremediation biomass as a resource for energy, fertilisers, and metals rather than waste.
Tag: Biochar
Pine needles turned into bio-oil and biochar in bench-scale pyrolysis study
Researchers optimized bench-scale pyrolysis of Himalayan pine needles, producing bio-oil and carbon-rich biochar at a 500-gram loading far larger than ...
Biochar’s erosion-control co-benefits valued at up to €25 per hectare yearly
A new scenario-based framework values the gross ecosystem-service co-benefits of biochar-mediated soil erosion control at €2.80 to €24.19 per hectare ...
Biochar Research Trends Mapped in Five-Year Bibliometric Analysis
A bibliometric analysis of Web of Science records from 2020 to 2024 maps biochar research trends, key authors, institutions and ...
Droughts and Floods Are Dismantling the Soil Microbiome That Sustains Ecosystems
A systematic review of 77 studies synthesizes how extreme drought, flooding and rapid drying-rewetting cycles disrupt soil microbial biomass, enzyme ...
Tropical peatland microbes emerge as missing link in One Health
A Perspective in Frontiers in Microbiology argues that tropical peatland microbiomes should be treated as policy-relevant components of peatland governance ...
Almond-Shell Biochar Turns Iron Into a Near-Perfect CO2-to-CO Catalyst
Iron catalysts supported on almond-shell biochar converted up to 87 percent of CO2 into carbon monoxide at 750 degrees Celsius ...
Zinc-Enhanced Rice Husk Biochar Locks Cadmium in Contaminated Calcareous Soil
A soil amendment study found that a zinc-modified rice husk biochar pyrolyzed at 600°C was the most effective material for ...
Black carbon’s electron-shuttle speed rises with pyrolysis temperature
A laboratory study links faster electron transfer by dissolved black carbon to higher pyrolysis temperatures, smaller particles and shifts toward ...
Walnut Shell Biochar Engineered to Capture Plasticizer Dibutyl Phthalate
Walnut shell biochar pretreated with NaOH achieved the highest dibutyl phthalate adsorption capacity of 7.08 mg per gram and retained ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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