The climate crisis has greatly affected the cultivation of many food crops, prompting some scientists and entrepreneurs to look for solutions outside our planet. Abu Dhabi startup StarLab Oasis, an extension of a Texas company called Nanoracks, wants to grow seeds in outer space in order to develop plant species that can survive on unsuitable land. StarLab Oasis expects to send the first batch of seeds into space in 2023. Seeds like soybeans and quinoa grow differently in space.
Without Earth's gravity, plants struggle to discern their growth path and are exposed to cosmic radiation. This can cause the seeds to mutate and produce many new, more tolerant and productive plant species, such as drought-tolerant crops that can grow in saline conditions.
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