[permaculture] biochar in the news
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lflj at intrex.net
Sat Apr 19 18:08:06 EDT 2008
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Subject: [SANET-MG] biochar in the news
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:51:41 -0400
From: Joel Gruver <jgruv at HOTMAIL.COM>
To: SANET-MG at LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU
Hello folks,
Research on biochar presented by Delaware State U scientists at the recent meeting of the American Chemical Society has
received surprisingly wide media coverage during the last 2 weeks.
Click on the following link to access an NPR interview with principal investigator Mingxin Guo:
http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200804113
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A lengthy listing of articles discussing biochar (including many links for PDFs) can be accessed via the following link:
http://biocharfund.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=33
A new lit review titled "Biochar as a Soil Amendment - A review of the Environmental Implications"
may be of particular interest:
http://orgprints.org/13268/01/Biochar_as_a_soil_amendment_-_a_review.pdf
Joel
Joel Gruver
Dept of Agriculture
Western Illinois University
jgruv at hotmail.com
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