Poplar trees engineered to capture more carbon (left) compared with unmodified poplars (right)
Living Carbon
Trees genetically engineered to grow faster and bigger will be planted on private land in Georgia and Pennsylvania by US firm Living Carbon starting early February. The company says its modified poplar and loblolly pine trees can capture more carbon than unmodified trees, but hasn’t yet demonstrated this outside a laboratory setting.
Maddie Hall, the company’s CEO, says 4 million to 5 million trees will be planted by the middle of 2024. Living Carbon plans to …
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2356602-forests-bioengineered-to-capture-more-carbon-will-be-planted-in-the-us/