The food that makes it to your plate is but a fraction of what actually grew in a field somewhere. Cassava, corn, wheat, rice — all critical crops produce waste biomass that farmers might be burning ...

Last fall, on a 1,000-acre family farm in Texas, a tractor drove through a cornfield pulling a shipping-container-sized machine behind it. In front, a mechanical harvester picked up cornstalks and ...

At the top of the South Dade Landfill, a massive oven that turns wood into charcoal is being tested by Miami-Dade County as an environmentally-friendly way to cut down on landfill waste. The material ...

Coral Gables is cashing a $1.5 million check from Miami‑Dade County while holding on to a key piece of land that could soon house one of the region’s most closely watched clim ...

Biochar is widely promoted as a climate friendly soil amendment that can store carbon and improve crop growth. Yet scientists have long debated whether it always benefits soil ecosystems. A new study ...

NEW ALBANY, Ind. — When a smokestack suddenly appeared at a Robinson Lumber facility on Roanoke Avenue just before Christmas, neighbors in the nearby residential area started asking questions. "Every ...

In a remarkable stride towards environmental sustainability, researchers at the Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India, have developed a ...

The material that comes out of the machine, "biochar" has the potential to clean dirty water, nourish soil and even be used in roads. Plus, it has lower emissions than a simple bonfire, leading to ...

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