Countdown to ANZBC17!! G’day Folks, As we countdown the weeks to ANZBC17, a reminder to submit your 30 or 20 minute presentation as well as your two page abstract or picture/ dot point summary by July 31st. This will ensure … Continue reading
I was critical of LandCare Research in a recent (17Dec) Biochar@ABE FB post based on this video… I posted a comment: “Could someone from LCR or Lincoln advise if biochar was considered as a tool worthy of study in these … Continue reading
Interest in methane is bubbling up all over the pace right now… New research explores how wetlands and agriculture could be causing a global rise in methane And MPI have just released an RFP for more animal methane studies. NZ$350K … Continue reading
Conference papers are now available – click the heading below… BIOCHAR 2016 Symposium: The Synergy of Science and Industry. August 22-25, Corvallis OR. “From August 22-25, 2016, over 300 biochar producers, researchers, users, and enthusiasts met at Oregon State University … Continue reading
Nice report from Don on the recent Asia-Pacific Biochar Conference in Korea… “Hi Everyone, Had a great time at the Biochar Conference in Korea last month. See the trip report on my blog here http://www.byronbiochar.com.au/uncategorized/biochar-don-does-korea/ Thanks again to all those … Continue reading
NZ links to this new publication, showing strong international collaboration. Nitrate retention by biochar: mechanistic insights by 15N tracing Kammann Claudia (1,3), Haider Ghulam (1), del Campo Bernardo (2), Mengel Jonathan (3), Schmidt Hans-Peter(4), Marhan Sven (5), Steffens Diedrich (1), … Continue reading
This is a heavy read but should be of keen interest to folk concerned about biochar’s future role in climate change and carbon sequestration… From: Tom Miles Date: 22 October 2016 at 01:08 Subject: [biochar] IBI: Biochar for Carbon Removal … Continue reading
Kiwis – I’m sure Don of the western-ile does not mean it literally… I’ve promised to try to help mount a NZ host-ile invasion for this event… “Dear Friends & Colleagues, In previous years, you have either presented, sponsored, exhibited, … Continue reading
I’ve listed below a few interesting research projects, that could overlap with biochar interest… 2016 Endeavour Round successful proposals “MBIE’s 2016 Endeavour Round will see 56 new scientific research programmes receive funding of more than $209 million over the next … Continue reading
The provisional program includes a biochar session on Tuesday, 13Dec that identifies eight 10min presentations… sadly all of Australian origins. Many other presentations at this huge event will have overlapping interest with the biochar community. If you are planning to … Continue reading