Changing the DNA of Living Things to Fight Climate Change

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/climate/farms-fertilizer-climate-change.html?ogrp=dpl&unlocked_article_code=1.Uk4.M4OK.i_Ia1xR_orwM&smid=url-share

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mardanfarrox@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Great news, though this won’t do much against climate change. This is treating a symptom, not a disease

silence7@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It displaces the use of nitrate fertilizers, which are made using huge amounts of methane. It's one less use of fossil fuels.

That's a big deal.

zbyte64@social.rootaccess.org · 1 pts · 1y

@silence7 @mardanfarrox if Koch Industries hates it then you know it must be good.

Oestradiolo@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y

Broke: making domestic animals and plants not crap out with a 1 degree rise in temp.

Woke: genetically engineered humans who can stroll around on Mercury, frolick on Venus, take a nap on the long journey between star systems to conserve energy cubes.