Actory Talks…
with Katherine Richardson

Actory Talks gives you a mix of green organizations, researchers, and topics within sustainability. Get inspired – and get an after-work drink meanwhile.
It’s for free – and it’s fun.

Nature in the ocean follows different rules than nature on land!

Nothing suggests that marine nature is less important or has less need of protection than nature on land but marine nature doesn’t rank highly on the political or societal agenda. This talk emphasizes some of the differences between nature on land and in the ocean, focusing especially on plant life. Plants form the very basis of the food web and are important regulators of the global carbon budget. As a result, they have an important role to play in climate development – and biodiversity matters! The talk traces our understanding of the ocean’s microscopic plants from when they were first observed (by van Leeuwenhoek in his microscope) until their recognition as agents in global climate development.