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TED Talks Science and Medicine

Can seaweed help curb global warming? | Tim Flannery

TED Talks Science and Medicine

TED

Ted, Design, Technology, Science & Medicine, Science, Tech Demo, Ted Talks, Tedtalks, Creativity, Entertainment, Education, Inspiration

4.2833 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2019

⏱️ ? minutes

Summary

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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