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Charocal May Help Soil Quality

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 3:09 pm
by Readymom
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Charcoal May Help Improve Soil Quality
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89562594&ft=1&f=1024?storyId=89562594&ft=1&f=1024

Researchers say that adding charcoal to soil may provide more benefits for long-term soil quality than compost or manure. It could also be used to sequester carbon captured from carbon dioxide emissions. Mingxin Guo discusses new applications for the technique, used more than 1,500 years ago in the Amazon basin. ---CONTINUED---