Iceland’s forest and bush cover has increased sixfold since 1990

Re:Iceland’s forest and bush cover has increased sixfold sin... by gilleain on Monday July 18, 2022 @10:23AM (#32138740)

Thus my friend's idea to CRISPR plants so that they deposit their carbon in some indigestible polymer that will not rot for the foreseeable future.

I'm sure there are no possible repercussions to doing this.

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Re:Iceland’s forest and bush cover has increased sixfold sin... by Baeocystin on Monday July 18, 2022 @02:40PM (#32141774)

I mean, it worked for the Carboniferous, until some cheeky fungus figured out how to digest lignin. But we had a nice 60 million year run, and got lots of useful hydrocarbons out of it, so hey!

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Re:Iceland’s forest and bush cover has increased sixfold sin... by krallja on Monday July 18, 2022 @12:28PM (#32140143)

Truly bioengineering at a galactic scale. In a hundred million years, geological processes will have turned your polymers into some cool new exotic fuel source.

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Re:Iceland’s forest and bush cover has increased sixfold sin... by imtringued on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @05:57AM (#32149479)

Plants send glucose down their roots to feed mycorrhizal fungi which build up soil organic matter.

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