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The potential of molecular biology and biotechnology for dealing with global warming
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201642753
Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , global warming , agriculture , climate change , resource (disambiguation) , political science , environmental ethics , ecology , biology , computer science , computer network , philosophy
Dealing with the effects of climate change and keeping the level of atmospheric CO 2 in check will require considerable efforts by molecular biology and biotechnology. New technologies for energy conversion and plant varieties to cope with a warming climate might help to limit the increase of global temperatures.