DYK that algae have produced about half of all oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere?!
Sometimes, some of the world’s most ecologically important species are the simplest. Enter a true star of the ocean: algae! The term “algae” is a blanket term that refers to a group of primarily #marine organisms that have one thing in common: they are autotrophic. This means that they can take very simple substances and transform them into food.
https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2023/07/25/wild-facts-about-algae/
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