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What is biochar? How pyrolysis turns plant waste into stable carbon, what it does for soils and yields, and why it leads durable carbon removal credits.
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What is regenerative agriculture? The core practices, why definitions split between methods and results, corporate pledges and what soil carbon can do.
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Eight popular science books on genes, cells and life for adults, from The Selfish Gene to CRISPR and fungi, and which one to start with.
Books about trees: seven worth reading, from forest science to a field guide
Seven books about trees: forest science, two scientists' lives, a redwood canopy adventure, a prize-winning novel and a North American field guide.
Are GMOs good or bad? Three questions with three different answers
Are GMOs good or bad? Split it into food safety, effects in the field and who owns the seed, and the evidence gives three quite different answers.
The best food writing: eight books on how our food is grown, made and sold
The best food writing follows dinner back to field and factory. Eight food books on the industrial plate, growing and cooking, and the bigger picture.
How carbon credits work: from a project's tonne to a company's claim
How carbon credits work: compliance and voluntary markets, registries, additionality and permanence, plus a worked example of how a tonne gets counted.