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Using Microbes to Solve Humanity's Problems

Our heroine Lina is now an adult, working in bioremediation to clean up water pollution. Bioremediation is a natural process that uses living organisms to degrade contaminants, and it is one of several applications of microbes covered here. See how the solution to sustainable agriculture, alternative food sources, climate change, and other daunting problems might just be microbes.

English
  • Originally Aired January 1, 2025
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network The Great Courses
  • Notes Is a season finale
  • Created November 23, 2025 by
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  • Modified November 23, 2025 by
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