A novel strain of cyanobacteria, or algae that can rapidly grow and double every 2.35 hours in presence of CO₂ has been discovered by researchers from Harvard. It can readily sink in water which makes it a primary candidate to sequester carbon from oceans and factories.

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1. This looks promising. *Naturally adapted extremophiles to the rescue.*

2. What could possibly go wrong

3. Sinking the carbon into an anaerobic environment doesn’t guarantee that the carbon gets sequestered. If it ferments into methane, it could cause climate harm.

4. Reminds of a story

   https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/introduction-of-cane-toads

   As someone said “what could go wrong”

   We don’t need to give them more reasons to keep generating pollution.

   Whilst this does sound promising it will also give big corporations and excuse not to cut down or eradicate the problem.

5. And who was the person who discovered it at Harvard? McNulty – your cousin, from Boston /s

6. All hail lord Cyanobacteria

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