CO₂ scrubbing microbes discovered in underground laboratory
phys.org
You might not know it, but the hot water and rocks deep within Earth are teeming with undiscovered life. Dr. Tanvi Govil is one of the biologists studying this new frontier of microbial life that thrives in extreme places.
  • squaresinger@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    The downside of that kind of stuff is that you need a balance. Scrub too much CO2 and it’s trouble again.

    • sparkyshocks@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      If we can get atmospheric CO2 back down to where it was 100 years ago that would be an amazing problem to have.

      • squaresinger@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 minutes ago

        Look up the Oxygen Catastropy, also called Oxygen Holocaust.

        That’s what happens if too much carbon is removed from the atmosphere and thus there’s too much oxygen in it.