As two important greenhouse gases, about 20% and 62% of global carbon dioxide (CO 2) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions originate from the soil, especially agricultural and forest soils. Therefore, ...

When they mixed biochar into contaminated soil at a former tree nursery, DDT uptake by earthworms in the soil was halved. This method may enable the growing of certain crops on land that is currently ...

DDT soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new method to manage ecological risks from the toxin ...

When they mixed biochar into contaminated soil at a former tree nursery, DDT uptake by earthworms in the soil was halved. That method may enable the growing of certain crops on land that is currently ...

In the virtual gardening circle, the terms “biochar” and terra preta have been receiving a great deal of attention. It all started when archeologists in the Amazon discovered the remains of indigenous ...

The effect of cattle manure biochar and earthworm addition toward CO 2 and N 2 O emission in agrocultural and forest soils. Credit: Higher Education Press Limited Company Therefore, just as the ...