Inside the quest to engineer climate-saving "super trees"
A Silicon Valley startup wants to use gene-editing to create trees that soak up more carbon. Is this the great climate solution or a whole lot of hype?
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A Silicon Valley startup wants to use gene-editing to create trees that soak up more carbon. Is this the great climate solution or a whole lot of hype?
Recently, in a low-lying tract of southern Georgia's pine belt, a half-dozen workers planted row upon row of twig-like poplar trees.
A San Francisco-based tech startup has announced the launch of the latest tool in the fight to stave off the worst of climate change: genetically modified trees.
Living Carbon, a biotechnology company, hopes its seedlings can help manage climate change. But wider use of its trees may be elusive.
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