‘Bomb carbon’ in wood shavings helped researchers measure the stability of biochar in soil

October 20, 2026 · 5:20 pm 1 sources

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• 'Bomb carbon' in wood shavings helped researchers measure the stability of biochar in soil
  Phys.org · October 20, 2026 17:20
  Biochar can store carbon in the soil and reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere—yet we still know too little about how long the biochar will persist. Now, researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have found a new way to measure this, using wood from the 1960s…