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Improving poor soil with burned up biomass
2016-06-19 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Science in Japan have shown that torrefied biomass can improve the quality of poor soil found in arid regions. Published in Scientific Reports, the study showed that adding torrefied biomass to poor soil from Botswana increased water retention in the soil as well as --the amount of plant growth. When high temperatures and the absence of oxygen are used to bring about the decomposition of biomass residue from agricultural products such as grains, the result is a charcoal-rich substance called biochar....
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