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Project Description My goal is to develop a system capable of converting carbon dioxide into more chemically inert compounds as a means of combating carbon pollution via carbon capture. The system at a baseline should function in two parts: efficient conversion of carbon dioxide into bicarbonate, and conversion of bicarbonate into chemically locked compounds for storage or other practical usage. By utilizing enzymes like carbonic anhydrase to speed up the process, this system could contend with other methods of carbon capture technology or see application as a sustainable, carbon dioxide scrubbing system. Continued iteration would hopefully result in a completely self-replenishing, stable system capable of fixing CO2 with minimal intervention.