The technologies rebalancing the planet
There’s no single approach to solving the climate crisis. It will take a broad spectrum of methods — all may play a role. Learn more about them.
Biochar
When organic matter is burned or left to decay, it releases its carbon content back into the atmosphere as CO2. However, biochar projects circumvent this natural process by heating organic matter (biomass) in the absence of oxygen so that no carbon is released, thereby becoming a method of carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
Biochar is the charcoal-like substance that results from this process, and it could hold the key to removing vast amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere while also offering a host of other benefits: it reduces nitrous oxide emissions in soil, improves soil health, and can be a vector for clean energy production.