Sir Richard Branson is offerering a prize of $32 million to the inventor who can come up with a design which removes harmful greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
Great idea?
What about genetically modified diatoms designed to consume more carbon dioxide for every tonne of iron dumped in Antarctic waters?
We could stop fertilizing them when carbon dioxide levels were low enough?
OK! So you don’t like the idea. Got a better one?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.