IZMIR, TURKIYE - OCTOBER 13: A view of fabrication of biomass fuel type pellet, which is used for heating and obtained by drying and grinding industrial and agricultural wastes and compressing them ...

Biomass is one of the most abundant renewable carbon reservoirs on the planet, locked inside agricultural residues, forestry ...

Record forest fires, under-utilized agricultural residues like straw and husks and struggling sawmills have left Canada with an abundance of undervalued biomass. If carefully and strategically managed ...

A new study paints a vivid image of how forests developed over centuries and contribute to Earth's carbon balance -- a crucial component to maintaining a steady global climate. The study reconstructed ...

Today, at the Living Planet Symposium, ESA revealed the first stunning images from its Biomass satellite mission—marking a major leap forward in our ability to understand how Earth's forests are ...

A satellite with a 40-foot extendable antenna has launched into space with a giant mission: to map all of the world’s forests — ecosystems that are crucial for absorbing carbon and slowing climate ...

In 2009, the EU committed itself to 20 percent renewable energy by 2020, and put biomass on the renewables list. Several countries, such as the United Kingdom, subsidised the biomass industry, and it ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In 2021, Japan and South Korea imported a combined 6 million metric tons of wood pellets for what proponents claim is carbon-neutral energy. Large ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. Indonesia’s strategy for increasing renewable energy production could see Indigenous communities lose huge swathes of their forests to biomass ...