On McGregor Road in Pakenham, Victoria, a crew poured a stretch of footpath that looked like ordinary concrete.

Coffee concrete: Spent coffee grounds were transformed into biochar for a Pakenham footpath project. This innovation replaced ...

Evelyn Krull, a research scientist at the CSIRO, asked in these pages whether biochar could save the planet. Eighteen months have passed and although research efforts continue, still no meaningful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the climate changes, large parts of southern Australia are projected to get drier. Extreme rains are also becoming more common.

Scopri come la scienza e la conversione termica trasformano i rifiuti in biochar, olio e cellulosa pura. Leggi le ultime ...

Engineers in Australia have found a way of making stronger concrete with roasted used-coffee grounds, to give the drink-additive a 'double shot' at life and reduce waste going to landfills. The team ...

Biochar can boost crop yields in poor soils and help stop the effects of climate change, study finds. So why aren't we using it more? A product made from urban, agriculture and forestry waste has the ...