Tag: Biochar

UF/IFAS researcher finds inexpensive, easy way to filter arsenic from water

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 4, 2014

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida professor has developed a quick, cheap and easy way to filter from water one of the world’s most common pollutants: arsenic. Bin Gao’s team used iron-enhanced carbon cooked from hickory chips, ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Bin Gao, Biochar, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, University Of Florida

UF agricultural engineer Bin Gao wins first Joye Giglia Endowment Award

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 9, 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Bin Gao, an associate professor with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, has been named the first recipient of the Joye Giglia Endowment Award, which recognizes research involving ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Biochar, Endowment, Florida Nursery, Gao, Growers And Landscape Association, Joye Giglia

UF researchers develop method to remove phosphate from water, using biochar

by Tom Nordlie
May 12, 2011

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Phosphate poses one of Florida’s ongoing water-quality challenges but a process developed by University of Florida researchers could provide an affordable solution, ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Beet, Biochar, Biomass, Gao, Phosphate, Pullammanappallil

UF researchers find renewable energy leftovers could fertilize, cut carbon emissions

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 30, 2010

Click for full image. Caption at end of story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For hundreds of years, farmers in Brazil’s Amazon Basin have hunted through dense jungles for what is called “terra preta” -- mysterious plots of super-fertile black ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Conservation, Invasive Species, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Andrew Zimmerman, Bin Gao, Biochar

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