Synthetic circuit designs for earth terraformation

[Background] Mounting evidence indicates that our planet might experience runaway effects associated to rising temperatures and ecosystem overexploitation, leading to catastrophic shifts on short time scales. Remediation scenarios capable of counterbalancing these effects involve geoengineering, sus...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Solé, Ricard V., Montañez, Raúl, Durán Nebreda, Salva
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/152659
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/152659
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Synthetic biology
Ecological engineering
Climate change
Catastrophic shifts
Mutualism
Descrição
Resumo:[Background] Mounting evidence indicates that our planet might experience runaway effects associated to rising temperatures and ecosystem overexploitation, leading to catastrophic shifts on short time scales. Remediation scenarios capable of counterbalancing these effects involve geoengineering, sustainable practices and carbon sequestration, among others. None of these scenarios seems powerful enough to achieve the desired restoration of safe boundaries.