Researchers Use Algae to Power a Computer for Months
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Researchers Use Algae to Power a Computer for Months
Before photosynthesis, the earth’s atmosphere contained little oxygen, and the sun’s killing ultraviolet rays penetrated all the way to the ground and several feet into the oceans. Living organisms could therefore survive only in deeper waters. When photosynthetic bacteria and early algae burgeoned, they liberated vast quantities of oxygen (O2), wh... See more
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