Do I actually want environmental science?
Hi I'm looking for someone in the field of ES to provide a little info for me.
I have always wanted to be part of the field but now I am not so sure. Specifically, I want to go into sustainability work.
I have a question: In environmental science, is it ever about the "top-level" sort of work? I'm talking about the people who created living concrete out of a bacteria, or making a bacteria that can eat plastic in the ocean, or algae that can become oil? These are the kinds of projects I want to work on, writing 100-page long papers with like 20 other researchers.
(Edited) However now I am starting to realize Environmental Science goes a lot of other directions. Building codes, and analyzing soil samples and engineering green cities, but I am specifically mentioning that "pioneer science" sort of thing.
Side question: What about genetics and using the CRISPR to edit genomes in plants?
Hope this makes some sense. Thank you.