Synthetic circuit designs for earth terraformation.

Via: Victor de Lorenzo (@vdlorenzo_CNB)

“The issue is not to stop or slow down climatic change, but to revert it. SynBio bacteria may have the power to do it . . .”

Synthetic circuit designs for earth terraformation.

“Mounting evidence indicates that our planet might experience runaway effects associated to rising temperatures and ecosystem overexploitation, leading to catastrophic shifts on short time scales. Remediation scenarios capable of counterbalancing these effects involve geoengineering, sustainable practices and carbon sequestration, among others. None of these scenarios seems powerful enough to achieve the desired restoration of safe boundaries.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26187273?dopt=Citation