charcoal

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To better understand past fire activity, researchers examined charcoal preserved in peat deposits from Central and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australasia.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

His angular head topped with a green felt crown; his toothy mouth a sinister, grimacing gash; his eyes blackened with what looks like charcoal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Media manipulation has become, in contemporary art, almost as common as charcoal drawing was a century-and-a-half ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Solar has increased since early 2026 among those who can afford it -- while others turn to charcoal or cook over open fires.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

The buildings, eight or ten of them, are charcoal and ash and there ain’t a whisper of Noise nowhere.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness