"The Super Sick Seaweed Sampling Saga"
Over the past week or so our Marine Biology class has been learning of the many uses, types, qualities, and characteristics of algae and in particular seaweed. There are three colors of algae and scientists classify seaweed by these three traits. There are green, brown and red algaes. Algaes account for more than 80% of the oxygen production globally. They are extremely important. Seaweed in particular plays many roles in various aquatic ecosystems. Above all it provides shelter and nutrition for marine organisms.
Each algae has its benefits and flaws, and learning about seaweed is extremely beneficial for learning about the ways of the ocean: from environment, to chemical makeup and nutrients all the way back to surrounding and habitats. In the lab where we studies the chemical build of seaweed and broke different types down we all really learned that we're just like seaweed in a way. We give and take, and all in all we're all just trying to withstand the water flow of life, just as those delicate beautiful organisms are withstanding the flow of water in the bottom of the ocean. We coexist with other people just as the different types of algae coexist among each other in the great blue sea. The great gig we call life... The past, the present, the future... Seaweed: our silent savior