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Re:Enzymes from nine organisms combined to create new pathwa... by Retra on Thursday November 17, 2016 @07:05PM (#12983085)
Then we chop down all the trees and burn them!
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Re:Enzymes from nine organisms combined to create new pathwa... by clock_tower on Thursday November 17, 2016 @08:37PM (#12983600)
Indeed. One way or another, I think recent years have established that "not enough CO2 in the atmosphere" is a pretty easy problem to solve.
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Re:Enzymes from nine organisms combined to create new pathwa... by zeristor on Friday November 18, 2016 @06:30AM (#12986004)
It depends.

One of the things that makes Earth special is the formation of carbonate rocks by life taking CO2 out of the atmosphere and falling to the bottom of the oceans; these rocks are then subducted by tectonics and the CO2 spewed out by volcanoes.

As the Earth's core cools, volcanism will diminish, and so the recycling of CO2.

But perhaps Nuclear fusion can fix everything... However I am not a geologist.

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Re:Enzymes from nine organisms combined to create new pathwa... by giarc on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:33PM (#12983854)
Party like it's 1999.
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Re:Enzymes from nine organisms combined to create new pathwa... by ChuckMcM on Thursday November 17, 2016 @11:49PM (#12984451)
Free Corvettes for everyone :-)
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Re:Enzymes from nine organisms combined to create new pathwa... by dzhiurgis on Friday November 18, 2016 @02:03AM (#12984929)
Infinite apple juice!
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