Brendan is investigating the effects of augmenting agricultural compost with biochar in terms of the biochars' ability to retain agriculturally-valuable and environmentally deleterious nitrogen-containing gases. The research is divided into the physical composting stage, and a supplemental phytotoxicity and effects on plant production stage.聽
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