Algae - natures answer to fossil fuels and plastics!!

Algae has been used by humans for thousands of years, but the idea of using algae as a secret weapon to combat climate change is definitely a modern day concept. The more scientists delve into the biology of algae, the more species they find and the more they discover just how incredibly versatile this primordial organism really is. 

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Research Links

Symbrosia - Methane supression with algae

https://symbrosia.co/projects-all

iwi - algae supplements

https://iwilife.com/

Science Direct Paper on Algae carbon sequestration

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982219308863

Articles about SuSeWi Algae Food company

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-algae-is-the-food-of-the-future-6wr3fnj9g

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/can-algae-help-in-the-fight-against-climate-change-8kfbrrgn3

Exxon and Viridos

https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/playing-the-long-game-exxonmobil-gambles-on-algae-biofuel/

https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/News/Newsroom/News-releases/2018/0306_ExxonMobil-and-Synthetic-Genomics-algae-biofuels-program-targets-10000-barrels-per-day-by-2025

https://www.viridos.com/about-us/

Maple forest carbon sequestration

https://medcraveonline.com/FREIJ/carbon-sequestration-how-much-can-forestry-sequester-co2.html

Algae factoids

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhicks/2018/06/15/see-how-algae-could-change-our-world/

Florida Red Tides

https://myfwc.com/research/redtide/general/about/#:~:text=Red%20tides%2C%20also%20called%20harmful,concentrations%2C%20often%20discoloring%20the%20water.&text=In%20Florida%20waters%2C%20K.,range%20of%20salinities%20and%20temperatures.

US DOE Funding

https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-614-million-biofuels-research-reduce-transportation-emissions

PHB, PLA, PHA and PHV - Bioplastics

https://en.cryptonomist.ch/blog/earthbi/pla-and-pha-phb-phv-family-the-sustainable-bioplastics/

https://microbialcellfactories.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12934-020-01491-1.pdf

Methane emissions from livestock

https://time.com/6125014/cows-agricultural-emissions/