SciShow: Algae Might One Day Rule the World

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Content of the Lesson: This episode is sponsored by Wren, a website where you calculate your carbon footprint. Sign up to make a monthly contribution to offset your carbon footprint or support rainforest protection projects: https://www.wren.co/start/scishow Algae is one of the oldest and most abundant forms of life on planet Earth, so it only makes sense that it offers a ton of solutions to unsustainable modern problems. Here are five ways in which algae continues to reshape the world. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Tomás Lagos González, Sam Lutfi. Bryan Cloer, Christoph Schwanke, Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Jason A Saslow, Nazara, Tom Mosner, Ash, Eric Jensen, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Alex Hackman, Christopher R Boucher, Piya Shedden, Jeremy Mysliwiec, charles george, Chris Peters, Adam Brainard, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Silas Emrys, Alisa Sherbow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow #SciShow ---------- Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9861 https://www.fondriest.com/environmental-measurements/parameters/water-quality/algae-phytoplankton-chlorophyll/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28109890 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alfredo-Siller/publication/329333561_Update_About_the_Effects_of_the_Sunscreen_Ingredients_Oxybenzone_and_Octinoxate_on_Humans_and_the_Environment/links/5f99cc4d458515b7cfa724bd/Update-About-the-Effects-of-the-Sunscreen-Ingredients-Oxybenzone-and-Octinoxate-on-Humans-and-the-Environment.pdf https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/sunscreen-corals.html https://hakaimagazine.com/news/searching-for-the-future-of-sunscreen/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150729142022.htm https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.5b04064 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6265938/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8704241/ https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/applsci/applsci-11-05112/article_deploy/applsci-11-05112-v3.pdf https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00515/full https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/marinemicrobes.html https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FN024095%2F1 https://academic.oup.com/femsle/article/205/1/131/535818 https://www.unilever.com/news/news-search/2021/seaweed-inspired-technology-could-make-self-cleaning-surfaces-a-reality/ https://microbialcellfactories.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2859-11-96 https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/8-things-know-about-palm-oil https://microbialcellfactories.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2859-11-96 https://www.oliodipalmasostenibile.it/wp-content/uploads/2020_The-viability-and-desirability-of-replacing-palm-oil.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4026879/ https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsapm.0c00924 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-08430-8 https://www.labmanager.com/news/algae-inspired-polymers-light-the-way-for-enhanced-night-vision-24179 https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Algae-Inspired_Polymers_May_Reduce_Night-Vision/a66331 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7573207/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742706114005765?via=ihub https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7228761/ https://www.materialstoday.com/biomaterials/news/algae-breathe-new-life-into-tissue-engineering/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5541296 https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/plankton/every-breath-you-take-thank-ocean Images Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greened_lake.jpg https://tinyurl.com/2p8kd9ww https://tinyurl.com/yckukpm9 https://tinyurl.com/p88s7pw7 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gracilaria2.JPG https://tinyurl.com/2fxxr92n https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxybenzone.svg https://tinyurl.com/2p8k3edf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porphyra_umbilicalis_Helgoland.JPG https://tinyurl.com/yu3w2d9b https://tinyurl.com/5994b9rt https://tinyurl.com/yc7mr9xs https://tinyurl.com/6zp775fx https://tinyurl.com/4cp2yzba https://tinyurl.com/2wan32tc https://tinyurl.com/2p9prh4e https://tinyurl.com/23j36w6f https://tinyurl.com/2adbjec5 https://tinyurl.com/2p9h6jss https://tinyurl.com/27fbu292 https://tinyurl.com/pfdbu7v7 https://tinyurl.com/ymaaxxat https://tinyurl.com/3fd9f2ft https://tinyurl.com/2p8ebzdw https://tinyurl.com/5bp2zj6r https://tinyurl.com/bdept75a https://tinyurl.com/yp3uvyuf https://tinyurl.com/2ndv7fpn https://tinyurl.com/458jedy9 https://tinyurl.com/mpswa45f https://tinyurl.com/2p88m3m2 https://tinyurl.com/2p8rc42c https://tinyurl.com/5n6ukbmp https://tinyurl.com/c9nuazch


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