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Subj: Genectic CO2 Capture
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It’s not enough for humans to pump less carbon into the atmosphere. Toaddress climate change, many experts say we’re going to need to find away to remove some of the emissions already polluting our air.While some scientists are focusing on mechanical solutions to carboncapture, researchers at the Salk Institute’s Harnessing PlantsInitiative are taking a more organic approach, by looking for ways tooptimize plants’ natural ability to capture and store carbon — and theyjust discovered a gene that could be a game-changer.Plants naturally capture carbon from their environment and store itunderground in their root systems — the deeper and more robust the rootsystem, the more stable the storage.In a new study published in the journal Cell on Thursday, scientistsfrom Salk detail their discovery that a gene called EXOCYST70A3determines how deep the thale cress plant’s roots grow in soil.By altering the EXOCYST70A3 gene, the researchers found they couldprompt the thale cress plant’s root system to grow more deeply — andthey say all plants contain the same gene or one similar to it.“We are incredibly excited about this first discovery on the road torealizing the goals of the Harnessing Plants Initiative,ö researcherWolfgang Busch said in a press release. “Reducing atmospheric CO2 levelsis one of the great challenges of our time, and it is personally verymeaningful to me to be working toward a solution.ö
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