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Review
. 2024 May 25:80:69-71.
doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2024.02.002. Epub 2024 Feb 15.

Earth: Extinguishing anthropogenic risks through harmonization

Tae Seok Moon  1
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Review

Earth: Extinguishing anthropogenic risks through harmonization

Tae Seok Moon. N Biotechnol. .

Abstract

Human diseases can kill one person at a time, but the COVID-19 pandemic showed massacres could be possible. The climate crisis could be even worse, potentially leading to a bigger number of deaths of the human species and all living systems on Earth. I urge us to change our human-focused mindset to solve many problems, including the climate crisis, which humans caused to the entire ecosystems due to our arrogance: humans own this world. In this perspective article, I propose four recommendations to address climate issues through paradigm change and safe and sustainable technologies.

Keywords: Climate crisis; Earth; Engineering biology; Environmental protection; Greenhouse gas; Sustainable growth.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The author declares no conflicts of interest.

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