The Creature That Might Save Us
Small, dynamic, diverse. Perhaps even magical.
9 min readDec 30, 2021
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Every few years I find myself in a room packed tight with human-size tubes of algae. The colors range from burnt sienna to electric Kool Aid-green. Quietly and humbly they do their work, converting sunlight to sugars and proteins, befuddling researchers with their multitudes, inviting we “advanced” humans to poke around and try…
