Tomorrow's farmers may take more fruitful dives for crops

Saturday, July 11, 2015 - 08:30 in Earth & Climate

We raise crops on land. Could we do the same underwater? Use the oceans to provide alternative sources of plant production where land is not as kind? Why not? asked Fast Company. "The temperature doesn't fluctuate, so there's no frost. Aphids can't get anywhere near the plants, the pumped-in atmosphere is CO2-rich. And the plants—apparently—love it."

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