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  • noun Charcoal that is used to nutritionally supplement soil.

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Examples

  • They also offer a Biochar Experimenters Kit -- biochar is a natural byproduct of gasification.

    Kelpie Wilson: Hacking the Future -- Biochar 10-10-10 Global Work Party at All Power Labs Kelpie Wilson 2010

  • Jim Fournier, CEO of Biochar Engineering Corporation, told the 10-10-10 work party that biochar is one of the only ways we have to actually remove carbon from the atmosphere and soon we are going to feel a lot of urgency to do that.

    Kelpie Wilson: Hacking the Future -- Biochar 10-10-10 Global Work Party at All Power Labs Kelpie Wilson 2010

  • Out comes a charcoal-like substance known as "biochar" - which is not only an excellent fertilizer, but also helps keep carbon in the soil instead of letting it escape into the atmosphere, where it acts as a greenhouse gas.

    coloradoan.com - Local News 2010

  • Out comes a charcoal-like substance known as "biochar" - which is not only an excellent fertilizer, but also helps keep carbon in the soil instead of letting it escape into the atmosphere, where it acts as a greenhouse gas.

    coloradoan.com - Local News 2010

  • Out comes a charcoal-like substance known as "biochar" - which is not only an excellent fertilizer, but also helps keep carbon in the soil instead of letting it escape into the atmosphere, where it acts as a greenhouse gas.

    coloradoan.com - Local News 2010

  • Out comes a charcoal-like substance known as "biochar" - which is not only an excellent fertilizer, but also helps keep carbon in the soil instead of letting it escape into the atmosphere, where it acts as a greenhouse gas.

    coloradoan.com - Local News 2010

  • Out comes a charcoal-like substance known as "biochar" - which is not only an excellent fertilizer, but also helps keep carbon in the soil instead of letting it escape into the atmosphere, where it acts as a greenhouse gas.

    coloradoan.com - Local News 2010

  • Out comes a charcoal-like substance known as "biochar" - which is not only an excellent fertilizer, but also helps keep carbon in the soil instead of letting it escape into the atmosphere, where it acts as a greenhouse gas.

    coloradoan.com - Local News 2010

  • Out comes a charcoal-like substance known as "biochar" -- which is not only an excellent fertilizer, but also helps keep carbon in the soil instead of letting it escape into the atmosphere, where it acts as a greenhouse gas.

    Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (USA Today: Brian Wint 2010

  • Out comes a charcoal-like substance known as "biochar" - which is not only an excellent fertilizer, but also helps keep carbon in the soil instead of letting it escape into the atmosphere, where it acts as a greenhouse gas.

    coloradoan.com - Local News 2010

  • The CharBoss then expels the smoldering, condensed matter — called biochar — out the back via a metal conveyer belt.

    Air curtain incinerator transforms wildfire slash into soil-enrichment material Brian Bull 2023

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  • "At the 235th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, scientists report that charcoal derived from heated biomass has an unprecedented ability to improve the fertility of soil -- one that surpasses compost, animal manure, and other well-known soil conditioners.

    They also suggest that this so-called biochar profoundly enhances the natural carbon seizing ability of soil. Dubbed 'black gold agriculture,' scientists say this 'revolutionary' farming technique can provide a cheap, straight-forward strategy to reduce greenhouse gases by trapping them in charcoal-laced soil."

    - Science Daily, 15 April 2008.

    April 15, 2008

  • "Pre-Columbian Amazonians are believed to have used biochar to enhance soil productivity. They produced it by smoldering agricultural waste (i.e., covering burning biomass with soil) in pits or trenches. European settlers called it terra preta de Indio. Following observations and experiments, a research team working in French Guiana hypothesized that the Amazonian earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus was the main agent of fine powdering and incorporation of charcoal debris to the mineral soil.

    The term “biochar” was coined by Peter Read to describe charcoal used as a soil improvement."

    -- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biochar&oldid=585592833

    December 18, 2013