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Vincent Doumeizel: Why Plankton Could Save the Planet
Trillions of invisible organisms produce every other breath you take — and almost no one talks about them. This week, that changes.
Bob is joined once again by Vincent Doumeizel — UN food and ocean advisor, food innovation expert, and author of The Power of Plankton — for a deep dive into the most overlooked organisms on the planet. Vincent explains how plankton produce half the world's oxygen despite making up just 0.02% of Earth's biomass, why they've never once been mentioned at a COP climate summit despite driving a third of global carbon absorption, and how understanding them could be…
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