Soybeans with Deeper Roots to Fight Climate Change | San Antonio News

Scientists are engineering soybeans with deeper roots to fight climate change by pulling more CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it underground. Backed by an $18 million Bezos Earth Fund grant, researchers are testing these super-rooted plants in real-world fields to measure their resilience to drought, carbon sequestration potential, and scalability. By tweaking genes that control root growth and boosting suberin—a carbon-locking compound—these modified crops could store up to a metric ton of CO2 per acre annually. But getting them adopted by farmers remains a hurdle, as new ag tech often faces slow uptake due to market forces, policy, and farmer hesitation without proven benefits or safety nets. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: [email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Sources: https://www.ksat.com/tech/2026/09/18/scientists-hope-deeper-rooted-soybeans-can-withstand-climate-extremes-and-store-more-carbon/ More coverage & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/8b9ace2eeb20df3f Report issues to [email protected].