Can seaweed help curb global warming?

Title:
Can seaweed help curb global warming?
Speaker:
Tim Flannery
Description:

It's time for planetary-scale interventions to combat climate change -- and environmentalist Tim Flannery thinks seaweed can help. In a bold talk, he shares the epic carbon-capturing potential of seaweed, explaining how oceangoing seaweed farms created on a massive scale could trap all the carbon we emit into the atmosphere. Learn more about this potentially planet-saving solution -- and the work that's still needed to get there.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
14:00
Format: HTML5
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