Edited Animal And Plant Genes For Climate Change

 

Recent study says that editing the genes of animals and plants could help us humans on our problems with climate change making the edited genes of animals and plants a carbon sinks for example. If we could manipulate their genes to help us in our climate change problem as the news said.

“Editing the genes of plants and animals could help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and other sectors, according to a report highlighting the possible uses of the technology. Why it matters: For too long the potential of biotechnology to address climate change has taken a back seat to engineering, chemistry and energy. But new advances in gene editing could make farming more efficient and take carbon out of the atmosphere.” (Axios)

“Gene editing and selective breeding could reduce emissions from ruminant animals like cattle, which amount to perhaps 2.86 billion tons of CO2 equivalent per year.”(Axios)

“By gene editing plants to improve their use of photosynthesis, they could become much more effective at capturing and sequestering carbon from the air.(Axios)

The main point : Experts seems to be forcing animals and plants to contribute as help to solve climate change by editing their genes; editing the genes of animals and plants could bring a good help or may help us humans on our problem with climate change.