Slime : how algae created us, plague us, and just might save us
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Lyons Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
579.8 KAS
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579.8 KAS
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Wood Library Association - Canandaigua - Adult Nonfiction
579.8 KAS
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579.8 KAS
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Lyons Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 579.8 KAS | Available |
Wood Library Association - Canandaigua - Adult Nonfiction | 579.8 KAS | Available |
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Book
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xv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [271] - 290) and index.
Description
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 readers 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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kassinger, R. (2019). Slime: how algae created us, plague us, and just might save us . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kassinger, Ruth. 2019. Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kassinger, Ruth. Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kassinger, Ruth. Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019.
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