Survival Tip From Amazon History ; Ancient Idea Seen As Key to Fighting Co2 Build-Up

Western MailAugust 13, 2010

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A SUBSTANCE invented thousands of years ago by Amazonian Indians could hold the key to defeating man-made global warming, Welsh scientists believe.

Experts from Swansea University are hailing the qualities of biochar, an ancient fertiliser created by incinerating organic waste without oxygen, a process called pyrolysis.

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Survival Tip From Amazon History ; Ancient Idea Seen As Key to Fighting Co2 Build-Up

Writing in the scientific journal Nature Communications, the academics claim biochar could offset as much as 12% of man made carbon as wel...

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