Why the world needs more algae, not less.

Plastic, fertilizer, fuel, even cow farts — algae can make all this more sustainable, and even capture carbon. Here’s why we’re on the brink of an algae revolution.

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Why algae is better than planting trees:
https://parametric.press/issue-02/algae/

Overview of history and types of algae:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11027-010-9255-9

PHB as bioplastic:
https://microbialcellfactories.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12934-020-01491-1

Algae reducing methane from cows:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247820

Carbon capture through sinking seaweed: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982219308863

Thanks to James Wiess (https://www.instagram.com/jam_and_germs/) for sharing his microscopic algae images.

Reporter: Amanda Coulson-Drasner
Video editors: Amanda Coulson-Dasner, Frederik Willmann
Supervising editors:  Kiyo Dörrer, Joanna Gottschalk

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