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Simone Bianco and Tom Zimmerman: The wonderful world of life in a drop of water
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"Hold your breath," says inventor Tom Zimmerman. "This is the world without plankton." These tiny organisms produce two-thirds of our planet's oxygen — without them, life as we know it wouldn't exist. In this talk and tech demo, Zimmerman and cell engineer Simone Bianco hook up a 3D microscope to a drop of water and take you scuba diving with plankton. Learn more about these mesmerizing creatures and get inspired to protect them against ongoing threats from climate change.
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TED.com
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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;beauty;biodiversity;biology;biosphere;climate change;demo;environment;invention;marine biology;nature;oceans;science;water;TED2017;2017
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