#193 Down the Rabbit Hole: How Steph Scott Is Turning Pond Scum Into Planetary Wonder

Two billion years ago, a microscopic organism invented photosynthesis and changed the fate of life on Earth.

In this episode, we go micro with Steph Scott, founder of the East Coast Algae Group and a micro-documentary filmmaker who spends her days peering through a microscope at nearly 1,000x magnification.

Steph unpacks the surprising world of microalgae, from beta-glucan compounds that could replace antibiotics in aquaculture, to the ancient partnership between algae and fungus that gave rise to every plant on land, to the citizen science platforms anyone can use to get involved.

It's a journey into a universe most of us walk past every day without ever seeing.

More Information

https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/monitoring-and-assessments/pmn/

East Coast Algae Website

https://sites.google.com/ecabiosystems.com/eastcoastalgaebio/home?authuser=0

The Microlage Project website

https://sites.google.com/ecabiosystems.com/eastcoastalgaebio/the-microalgae-project?authuser=0

Steph's photography site

https://sites.google.com/ecabiosystems.com/srm/images?authuser=0