| But turn the trash into biochar and experts say harmful carbon dioxides are sealed in, not released into the atmosphere. |
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| Here at the University of Georgia, they're working on a much bigger scale, producing up to 1,000 pounds of biochar in a single batch. |
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| Lehmann will discuss the combined benefit of biochar for carbon sequestration and improved soil fertility. |
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| He built a biochar facility in Australia and has more projects in the works. |
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| They also warned that the global biochar bonanza could even cause great harm. |
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| There is evidence that low-temperature biochar produces robust growth in plants. |
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| Any additional need for N-P-K-Mg nutrients can be completely covered through compost, biochar or wood chippings. |
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| The U. S. Department of Agriculture and other funding agencies are plowing millions of dollars into biochar research. |
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| Yes, it is silly to rename charcoal as biochar and yes, it would be wrong to plant anything specifically to make charcoal. |
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| Conversely, all forms of charcoal are biochar, both being identical with respect to their carbon structure. |
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| But to date, they've treated biochar as merely a byproduct that can be burned to reduce costs. |
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| This under patent process allows industrial biomass production by thermo transformation into biochar. |
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| But many options, including reafforestation and biochar production, offer better ways forward. |
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| Innovative examples include those found in biochar and no-tillage technologies. |
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| And some researchers predict biochar could make a difference. |
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| We would not be surprised to see in the future the biochar serving homes in domestic heating. |
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| Additions of biochar could simultaneously combat climate change and generate renewable energy. |
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| The biochar, however, influenced oxidisable C as determined by the Walkley-Black method only at the highest application rate. |
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| The most familiar example of biochar is the activated charcoal used in aquarium filters. |
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| And new concepts, such as the introduction of biochar, will help improve farming and reduce emissions. Local Maldivian companies will pioneer technologies to help grow a new green economy. |
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| Lehmann is not a Maoist zealot about biochar, however. |
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| In 2003, Lehmann and his colleagues treated farm fields in Colombia with biochar and found they yielded up to 140 percent more corn per acre compared to biochar-free fields. |
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| It is apparent from the results that the bioadsorbent prepared from biochar and chitosan are low-cost efficacious resource due to its easy availability. |
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| Lehmann thinks that large-scale biochar production in the U. S. and other industrialized countries could be an efficient way to combat global warming. |
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| Instead, the carbon ends up in leftover lumps of biochar. |
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| The states have also pushed for changes to carbon accounting laws to include agricultural carbon dioxide offsets from geosequestration and biochar. |
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| Even schools and hospitals, provided with oil boilers intend to become ecologically responsible by converting their existing installations towards the use of the biochar. |
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| Consideration should be given to the role of soils in carbon sequestration, including through the use of biochar and enhancing carbon sinks in drylands. |
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| The pyrolysis of biomass to produce biochar that can be applied to soil as a soil improvement, thereby making the soil a carbon sink, looks promising. |
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| A biochar is produced as a co-product of pyrolyzing cellulOsic materials such as switchgrass. |
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| The char produced by pyrolyzing oil-soaked soil is different from biochar, Rice biogeochemist and co-author Caroline Masiello said. |
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| Kumar S, Masto R, Ram L, Sarkar P, George J, Selvi V Biochar preparation from Parthenium hysterophorus and its potential use in soil application. |
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| Biochar is a byproduct of charcoal and is obtained by thermal gasification or pyrolysis of charcoal. |
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