2019-07-22 L426 New way

It's not enough for humans to pump less carbon into the atmosphere. To address climate change, many experts say we're going to need to find a way to remove some of the emissions already polluting our air.

While some scientists are focusing on mechanical solutions to carbon capture, researchers at the Salk Institute's Harnessing Plants Initiative are taking a more organic approach, by looking for ways to optimize plants' natural ability to capture and store carbon - and they just discovered a gene that could be a game-changer.