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Alfred Brown's avatar

Interesting read, and the science behind it is really cool, but this project totally overlooks the importance of conserving biodiversity. Reforestation is awesome, but planting monocultures instead of native species would surely impact the local ecology. I think synthetic biology should be used to reduce the space humans need for a good quality of life, giving as much land back to the planet as possible. If we've got disused sites, we should be rewilding them/letting them naturally regenerate.

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V Allen's avatar

Super hopeful article! How do these trees allow for biodiversity?

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