Biochar boosts tropical but not temperate crop yields
Applying biochar to soil is thought to have multiple benefits, from helping mitigate climate change [ 1 , 2 ], to managing waste [ 3 ] to conserving soil [ 4 ].Biochar is also widely assumed to boost crop yield [ 5 , 6 ], but there is controversy regarding the extent and cause of any yield benefit [ 7 rusk 6.66rr ].Here we use a global-scale meta-a