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There's no shortage of worldwide efforts aimed at planting millions of more trees to help offset our planet's CO2-poisoned atmosphere. But entrepreneurial scientists at a biotech firm called Living Carbon are taking those efforts a step further: creating gene-hacked "mother trees" that are freakishly good at absorbing loads of carbon dioxide.
So far, as part of a modestly sized trial, the startup has planted around 300 acres of its supercharged variant of poplar trees.Crop Up In essence, Living Carbon's trees are meant to grow bigger and faster while keeping more carbon locked away. Apublished this year found that the gene-hacked poplars stored up to 27 percent more CO2 while growing up to 53 percent in biomass.Since those crops don't live as long as trees, researchers have looked into engineering them with larger and deeper roots that can keep their carbon stored underground for longer, even after they're harvested or dead.
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