Forestation – whether it’s replacing lost trees or creating new forests, this technique means more trees. Better management could remove as much as 12 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
Habitat restoration – 80% of the UK’s wetlands, peatlands & coastal habitats are considered to be in poor condition. Restoring these could prevent previously trapped carbon from escaping, & store up to 18 tonnes of carbon dioxide per hectare per year royalsociety.org/topics-policy/…
Tracy Palmer is a professor of molecular microbiology @dundeeuni & one of the co-discoverers of the bacterial Tat protein secretion system ow.ly/sHRX30jUlWM#RSFellows
Demis Hassabis is the Founder & CEO of @DeepMindAI a neuroscience-inspired AI company which develops general-purpose learning algorithms & uses them to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges ow.ly/6nFc30jUmtv#RSFellows