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Hope Floats (and it’s Slimy!)

Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From: Pat Maxwell
Length: 00:01:30

To anyone who’s ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green algae -- or “pond scum,” as it’s commonly called, may just be the Great Green Hope. Read the full description.
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Inlay2_small To anyone who’s ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green algae -- or “pond scum,” as it’s commonly called, may just be the Great Green Hope. It turns out that the goo could help reduce power plant greenhouse emissions, as well as our reliance on fossil fuels for transportation...

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To anyone who’s ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green algae -- or “pond scum,” as it’s commonly called, may just be the Great Green Hope. It turns out that the goo could help reduce power plant greenhouse emissions, as well as our reliance on fossil fuels for transportation...

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