Carbon Hungry Plants
Fighting Global Warming With Plants
$35 Million Project at the Salk Institute
The Salk Institute in San Diego is on an "audacious" mission to greatly reduce global warming. They're engineering genetically altered plants to store, at much higher levels, carbon dioxide from the air. The goal is to create plants that fight and reduce global warming. Their groundbreaking research program is being funded by a $35 million grant from the TED Audacious Project.
Food Crops
Plants already store carbon dioxide from the air. The Salk scientists' goal is to increase the storage particularly in the roots to keep it underground. They believe that food crops can be engineered to store more carbon dioxide. They're starting with large crops like corn. Once they perfect the re-engineered plants, their goal is widespread, global farming use. They forecast that this innovative solution could remove 25% of the made-made carbon dioxide in the air. For a free Kindle borrow of my book "List of Top New Environmental Innovations", go to amazon.com/author/ekane ASIN: B07MNJL5J1
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$35 Million Project at the Salk Institute
The Salk Institute in San Diego is on an "audacious" mission to greatly reduce global warming. They're engineering genetically altered plants to store, at much higher levels, carbon dioxide from the air. The goal is to create plants that fight and reduce global warming. Their groundbreaking research program is being funded by a $35 million grant from the TED Audacious Project.
Food Crops
Plants already store carbon dioxide from the air. The Salk scientists' goal is to increase the storage particularly in the roots to keep it underground. They believe that food crops can be engineered to store more carbon dioxide. They're starting with large crops like corn. Once they perfect the re-engineered plants, their goal is widespread, global farming use. They forecast that this innovative solution could remove 25% of the made-made carbon dioxide in the air. For a free Kindle borrow of my book "List of Top New Environmental Innovations", go to amazon.com/author/ekane ASIN: B07MNJL5J1
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