The BIOSINK project can significantly impact Arctic and global societies by providing a viable method to reduce atmospheric methane and combat climate change.
The BIOSINK project aims to capture methane directly from the air using bacteria that originate from Arctic environments. These soil bacteria naturally inhabit diverse soil environments and consume up to 50 million tons of methane annually as their primary carbon and energy source. Methane consuming soil bacteria offers a potential solution for climate change mitigation by counterbalancing escalating greenhouse gas emissions. The team plans to encapsulate these bacteria in biofilters to convert methane emissions from waste, fossil fuels, agriculture, and other sources into biomass that may be used as fertilizer or feed additive in farming and aquaculture.
