Using CRISPR genome editing on a few common crops, a team of plant and soil scientists seeks to vastly increase and speed up carbon storage to help fight climate change.
Not exactly genetic modification, a new approach combines plant breeding and insights into cotton’s genome to help ensure you can have jeans in the future.
An Australian project to help threatened marsupial species adapt to avoid predatory cats is among a host of 'assisted evolution' efforts based on the premise that it is no longer enough to protect species from change.
In order to fight the growing threat of global climate change, scientists are now suggesting that we genetically modify trees so that they can quickly suck more carbon out of the atmosphere.
