The New Plants that could Save Us from Climate Change

December 3, 2017 By Avery Thompson

ABSTRACT:
Plants are incredible organisms. They tend to be very simple, only requiring a little CO2, water, and oxygen in order to live, but they’re capable of tremendous diversity and adaptability. Dr. Joanne Chory is using that information to create new plant varieties that could pull incredible amounts of CO2 out of the atmosphere and dramatically reduce the effects of climate change.

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