We all know that global warming is a serious threat and we all need to do what we can to fight global warming so that we can keep everything below the two degree mark, rather than allowing temperatures to raise by as much as nine degrees by 2100, which would wipe us out pretty well. According to a new study out of Washington, an accidental discovery of a molecule has raised hopes that we may be able to fight global warming. This molecule can apparently pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and essentially ‘eat’ it.
Like so many world changing discoveries, serendipity had a lot to do with it. The scientists who discovered the molecule were not even doing research to do with climate change. When carbon dioxide was being caught in the molecule, it did not take the scientists long to see that the CO2 was coming from the air in the lab.
This holds some amazing prospects for the future and may even help the fight against global warming, along with a switch to renewable and clean fuels, as well as the build up of plankton in the oceans and planting of trees on land.
While many people say that not even science can get us out of this quagmire of global warming, it does help. Science has created this mess for us through the evolution of our technology from the Industrial Revolution. We pollute more, we throw away more and we contribute CO2 more because of those advancements. However, we also know more about what we are doing. Time was we would not think twice about dumping sewage into the river, whereas now we know this is wrong. We have technology now to help us make the right choices and to make up for the wrong choices that may have been made in the past.
Will this molecule save the world? Probably not, but it will help delay global warming, it may give us some time to get our act together so that we can begin to fix the mess we created and make a world that is healthy and one that we can be proud of. Who knows what the future holds for us, and for the planet as well.
