A new study reveals that converting agricultural waste into biochar could significantly reduce emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, from forest soils. The findings offer a promising ...

As the planet warms, soils are becoming an increasingly important part of the climate story. Soil organic carbon is one of the largest carbon stores ...

Meet an organic farmer who produces biochar from bamboo. The charcoal-like substance is made from organic waste and can improve soil quality. Because it can store large amounts of carbon, it could ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

India’s Steel Ministry is looking at the use of bamboo and other biomass sources as low carbon emitting alternatives in steel-making. Policy decisions could be worked on, if required, Secretary ...

It is now a foregone conclusion that global warming caused by a buildup of carbon dioxide, the most important climate-warming greenhouse gas humans have been adding to the atmosphere, is, for all ...

Human activities have caused climate change, environmental pollution, and unsustainable agriculture, fertilizer leaching, and a deficiency of food security worldwide 1. The world increasingly relies ...