Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Genetically Engineered Bacteria Could Help Fight Climate Change - Julian Gaskins

Summary: Scientists are genetically modifying bacteria to trap carbon dioxide faster, keeping it underground for millions of years.  When CO2 is pumped into underground porous rocks, it combines with metal ions in the salty water that fills the rock pores and mineralizes into mineral carbonates, such as calcium carbonate.  This was a major breakthrough for these scientists as this would help the environment by cutting back at the number of carbon dioxide in the air.  One of the scientists did note though that they would need to run more tests on a real-life scenario instead of controlled tests.

Question:  What are the possible risks for releasing advanced bacteria into the weather patterns?
Posted by at

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 29, 2012 at 7:41 PM

    A possible risk could be the bacteria adapting to negatively affect human health.

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousFebruary 29, 2012 at 10:09 PM

    The risk for releasing advanced bacteria into the weather patterns would be the bacteria producing health risks and the weather patterns would change severely.

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)