Name: A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food
Uploaded: 2016-07-18T15:06:40Z
Duration: 11 min 45 s
Description: We're heading for a world population of 10 billion people -- but what will we all eat? Lisa Dyson rediscovered an idea developed by NASA in the 1960s for deep-space travel, and it could be a key to reinventing how we grow food.

We're heading for a world population of 10 billion people -- but what will we all eat? Lisa Dyson rediscovered an idea developed by NASA in the 1960s for deep-space travel, and it could be a key to reinventing how we grow food.

Lisa Dyson: A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food

A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food

Reviving NASA's Space Age tech, scientists propose a sustainable agriculture revolution using microorganisms to recycle carbon.

Hydrogenotrophs, nature's carbon recyclers, could produce essential nutrients and materials, reducing our ecological footprint.

Envisioning a future where vertical agriculture via microbes helps feed 10 billion by 2050, drastically cutting land use.