Scientists Are Engineering Carbon-Storing Plants to Fight Climate Change
“For decades, plant biologist Joanne Chory has been investigating the adaptable and diverse nature of plant life, and using these findings to make changes to their growth. Now, her lab at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies is using these findings to create carbon-storing plants that could help ameliorate the effects of climate change.
A group of researchers working under Chory are attempting to create varieties of plants that can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, reducing its heat-trapping effect. The idea revolves around a material called suberin, a waxy substance naturally found in cork…”
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https://futurism.com/scientists-engineering-carbon-storing-plants-fight-climate-change/amp/
interesting read
While we’re waiting, each of us can plant trees and perennials to draw down carbon and/or buy from companies which plant trees for each purchase made. #bethechange
Underwater plant uses photosynthesis to absorb food from carbon storing