How is Cemvita Factory Fighting Climate Change?
- S1E9
- 04:45
- August 25th 2021
Many of the everyday items we use like plastics rely on processes that spew huge amounts of CO2 into our atmosphere, causing climate change. How can we decarbonize these industries and transform modern life to be more sustainable?
Meet Cemvita Factory, a company engineering microbes to eat carbon dioxide and output useful products like ethylene, glucose, and oxygen. These innovations can help companies decarbonize dramatically and could also be used for space travel!
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