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Description: 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: 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 tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: 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: scishow-tangents.simplecast.com Facebook: facebook.com/scishow Twitter: twitter.com/scishow Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow #SciShow ---------- Sources: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9861 fondriest.com/environmental-measurements/parameters/water-quality/algae-phytoplankton-chlorophyll pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28109890 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 oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/sunscreen-corals.html hakaimagazine.com/news/searching-for-the-future-of-sunscreen sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150729142022.htm pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.5b04064 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6265938 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8704241 mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/applsci/applsci-11-05112/article_deploy/applsci-11-05112-v3.pdf frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00515/full oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/marinemicrobes.html gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FN024095%2F1 academic.oup.com/femsle/article/205/1/131/535818 unilever.com/news/news-search/2021/seaweed-inspired-technology-could-make-self-cleaning-surfaces-a-reality microbialcellfactories.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2859-11-96 wwf.org.uk/updates/8-things-know-about-palm-oil microbialcellfactories.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2859-11-96 oliodipalmasostenibile.it/wp-content/uploads/2020_The-viability-and-desirability-of-replacing-palm-oil.pdf ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4026879 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsapm.0c00924 nature.com/articles/s41467-019-08430-8 labmanager.com/news/algae-inspired-polymers-light-the-way-for-enhanced-night-vision-24179 photonics.com/Articles/Algae-Inspired_Polymers_May_Reduce_Night-Vision/a66331 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7573207 sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742706114005765?via=ihub ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7228761 materialstoday.com/biomaterials/news/algae-breathe-new-life-into-tissue-engineering ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5541296 ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/plankton/every-breath-you-take-thank-ocean Images Sources: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greened_lake.jpg tinyurl.com/2p8kd9ww tinyurl.com/yckukpm9 tinyurl.com/p88s7pw7 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gracilaria2.JPG tinyurl.com/2fxxr92n commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxybenzone.svg tinyurl.com/2p8k3edf commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porphyra_umbilicalis_Helgoland.JPG tinyurl.com/yu3w2d9b tinyurl.com/5994b9rt tinyurl.com/yc7mr9xs tinyurl.com/6zp775fx tinyurl.com/4cp2yzba tinyurl.com/2wan32tc tinyurl.com/2p9prh4e tinyurl.com/23j36w6f tinyurl.com/2adbjec5 tinyurl.com/2p9h6jss tinyurl.com/27fbu292 tinyurl.com/pfdbu7v7 tinyurl.com/ymaaxxat tinyurl.com/3fd9f2ft tinyurl.com/2p8ebzdw tinyurl.com/5bp2zj6r tinyurl.com/bdept75a tinyurl.com/yp3uvyuf tinyurl.com/2ndv7fpn tinyurl.com/458jedy9 tinyurl.com/mpswa45f tinyurl.com/2p88m3m2 tinyurl.com/2p8rc42c tinyurl.com/5n6ukbmp tinyurl.com/c9nuazch