--- title: "See how algae could change our world" url: https://idconsortium.com/news/see-how-algae-could-change-world date: 2021-02-15 modified: 2022-03-05 author: "Rubén Gil" image: https://idconsortium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IDConsortium-News_Prodigio-see-how-algae-change-world-bg-01.jpg categories: ["News"] tags: ["bio", "biomass", "ecosystem", "energy", "microalgae", "Prodigio"] type: post lang: en --- # See how algae could change our world ### NEWS | [Prodigio](https://idconsortium.com/projects/prodigio) > # See how algae could change our world ## What’s so great about algae? It grows 10 times more rapidly than terrestrial plants, and less than a tenth of the land is needed to produce an equivalent amount of biomass. IDConsortium [Charles Greene](http://www.eas.cornell.edu/people/profile.cfm?netid=chg2_eng) is a climate scientist who looks at the impact of climate on marine ecosystems. He’s a Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at [Cornell University](https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/) and member of the [Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium](https://www.algaeconsortium.com/magic/) (MAGIC) which has a grant from the Department of Energy to look into the commercial viability of algal biofuels. In February 2018, Greene presented his views on how algae could provide solutions to the grand global challenges of the 21st century (energy, climate, and food security) at the [American Geophysical Union’s biannual ocean sciences meeting](https://agu.confex.com/agu/os18/meetingapp.cgi/Session/22273), in Portland, Oregon.   ##### For the complete article, please click [here](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhicks/2018/06/15/see-how-algae-could-change-our-world/?sh=72db1cb73e46). 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