Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us

Say �algae� and most people think of pond scum. What they don't know is that without algae, none of us would exist. There are as many algae on Earth as stars in the universe, and they have been essential to life on our planet for eons. Algae created the Earth we know today, with its oxygen-rich atmosphere, abundant oceans, and coral reefs. Crude oil is made of dead algae, and algae are the ancestors of all plants. Today, seaweed production is a multi-billion dollar industry, with algae hard at work to make your sushi, chocolate milk, beer, paint, toothpaste, shampoo, and so much more. In Slime we'll meet the algae innovators working toward a sustainable future: from seaweed farmers in South Korea, to scientists using it to clean the dead zones in our waterways, to the entrepreneurs fighting to bring algae fuel and plastics to market. With a multitude of lively, surprising science and history, Ruth Kassinger takes listeners on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes, and into-the-kitchen tour. Whether you thought algae was just the gunk in your fish tank or you eat seaweed with your oatmeal, Slime will delight and amaze with its stories of the good, the bad, and the up-and-coming.

(1) Additional Product Details - Product Type: Audio Cassettes And Cds // Binding: Compact Disc // Subject: Unabridged Audio - Misc.Nonfiction > Life Sciences - Biology > Life Sciences - Ecology > Chemistry - Organic // Size: 5.50 x 6.40 // Large Print: N // Contributors: Kassinger, Ruth, Sands, Xe, // EAN: 9781684571925 // ISBN: 1684571928 // Returnable: Y // Media Item: Y // Imprintable: // Indexable: // Publication Date: 2019-06-11 // Religious Item: N (2)

Book format	Audiobook
Fiction/nonfiction	Non-Fiction
Genre	Nonfiction
Publication date	June, 2019
Edition	Standard Edition
Publisher	Tantor Media, Inc.
Original languages	English
Language	English
Edu focus	Biology, Chemistry
Digital audio file format	Audiobook
Narrator	Xe Sands
Assembled product height	1.5 in
Assembled product weight	1 lb
Bisac subject heading	Science