Researchers are testing how to grow beneficial algae to help make useful products

Researchers tested how to grow beneficial algae to help make useful products like fuels, chemicals, and pigments. The researchers harvested CO2 from the air to help grow cyanobacteria and algae, which are tiny photosynthetic organisms. This process could help reduce greenhouse gases and keep Earth’s average temperature at a comfortable level.

Wim Vermaas, a Foundation Professor at the School of Life Sciences at ASU, joined “Arizona Horizon” to share more about the process of growing this beneficial algae and how it could further help with climate change.