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GMOs could help counter global warming

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
October 2, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Sat, 10/02/2010 - 16:29
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Genetically modified organisms have existed for thousands of years but more recently an anti-science contingent has been concerned, perhaps with reason, about their impact on the environment.

But genetically modified organisms, like forests of genetically altered trees and other plants, could also help save the environment and sequester several billion tons of carbon from the atmosphere each year, according to a study in BioScience.

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