Pure carbon is found in nature in several different ... Credit: Chris Barbalis/Unsplash It's thought that carbon is the only element that could be the foundation of a tree of life like ours.

As biomass like trees and crops grow, they sequester carbon in their leaves and branches. Heat that biomass up without fully consuming it and it turns to nearly pure carbon known as biochar ...

Carbon is a solid non-metal element. Pure carbon can exist in very different forms. The most common two are diamond and graphite. The table shows some differences between them. Diamonds are used ...

Scientists process the ashes to extract the pure carbon elements and remove other impurities. (The remaining ashes are shipped back.) From there, Algordanza uses the same tools Mother Nature uses ...