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Could Deep-sea Bacteria Be the Latest Weapon Against Climate Change?

posted by cmn32480 on Monday October 26 2015, @10:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-earth-is-self-regulating dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Researchers from the University of Florida have discovered certain bacteria on the ocean floor could neutralize massive quantities of industrial carbon dioxide.

Because carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas emitted by human activity, is a key culprit in climate change, scientists from a variety of disciplines have been searching for ways to effectively capture and neutralize the gas.

The UF researchers discovered that an enzyme produced by the bacteria Thiomicrospira crunogena, can convert the harmful gas into a benign compound. The enzyme carbonic anhydrase can actually strip carbon dioxide from organisms, the researchers say.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by joshuajon on Monday October 26 2015, @05:51PM

    by joshuajon (807) on Monday October 26 2015, @05:51PM (#254785)

    How is this insightful?

    I'd like to propose a new law: Any article with a question mark in the title will invariably have this reference to Betteridge's law as first post (and some boob will mod it up).

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