The Biochar Solution: Carbon Farming and Climate Change

by Albert Bates

Book Overview

Conventional agriculture destroys our soils, pollutes our water and is a major contributor to climate change. What if our agricultural practices could stabilize, or even reverse these trends?

The Biochar Solution explores the dual function of biochar as a carbon-negative energy source and a potent soil-builder. Created by burning biomass in the absence of oxygen, this material has the unique ability to hold carbon back from the atmosphere...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865716773
• ISBN13: 9780865716773
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: New Catalyst Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"