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Can algae save the world - again ?
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T.K. RandallFebruary 16, 2009 ·
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Scientists are looking in to algae as a potential means with which to save the world by using it to help remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and to create new reserves of oil. It is believed that algae can be used to produce commercially viable fuel replacements within ten years.
Can algae save the world again? The microscopic green plants cleaned up the earth's atmosphere millions of years ago and scientists hope they can do it now by helping remove greenhouse gases and create new oil reserves. In the distant past, algae helped turn the earth's then inhospitable atmosphere into one that could support modern life through photosynthesis, which plants use to turn carbon dioxide and sunlight into sugars and oxygen."
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