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In 100 years we will probably look like we are “terraforming” Earth with atmospheric processors removing CO2 and ocean water filtration plants removing both dis
by api 5y ago
In 100 years we will probably look like we are “terraforming” Earth with atmospheric processors removing CO2 and ocean water filtration plants removing both dissolved CO2 and plastics.
An extraterrestrial visiting might initially wonder if we came from another star. “They seem to be in the final stages of terraforming the third planet and are starting with the fourth.”
- giarc 5y agoNot sure why you are getting downvoted, I think you comment is correct. I think our only way out of this mess is by coming up with technology to reverse our effect on Earth. I've always envisioned a planet where energy is so abundant that we can do things that normally wouldn't make sense, like filter giant volumes of water to remove micro plastics.
- azeirah 5y agoBiotechnology already has some answers! There are plastic eating fungi out there, plastic eating bacteria and plastic eating worms (who have plastic-eating bacteria living in their intestines)
- giarc 5y agoThese have existed forever but I've never seen any commercial scale application of x eating bacteria.