Chory Lab Tour | Plant Biology | Harnessing Plants Initiative | Salk Institute Research

Learn more about the Chory Lab: https://chory.salk.edu/

Climate change is an urgent and immediate threat to the rapidly growing human population. With the accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere, there is an increased trapping of heat which causes changes in weather such as more extreme storms, droughts, fires and flooding. Joanne Chory’s lab works on the Salk Institute’s Harnessing Plants Initiative (HPI), an innovative, scalable and bold approach to fight climate change by optimizing a plant’s natural ability to capture and store carbon and adapt to diverse climate conditions.

Originally released as part of 2021's Virtual March of Dimes High School Science Week.