Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space

Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2020–2024.

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An episode of Journey to the Microcosmos, hosted by Hank Green, about diatoms, single-celled algae with glass shells. It covers their role in producing a large share of Earth's oxygen and their uses in beer filtering, paint and kitty litter.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend the series as an excellent, accessible introduction to microscopic life, using this episode as the diatom primer.

people recommended it: 2
separate months: 2
strong recommendations: 1
discussed on HN: 2020–2024

“I recently learned about them from an excellent Journey to the Microcosmos video”
— scghost, Sep 2024, in “Diatom Arrangements”

What HN commenters said

3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

jacobolusMay 2020Strongly recommends

For anyone interested in learning about phytoplankton and other microorganisms, I highly recommend the YouTube series Journey to the Microcosmos , [link] For example this video about diatoms, which are responsible for a quarter to half of the oxygen produced on earth, ▶ this video [link] Seeing high-quality video of things moving around gives a much more visceral impression than just reading text interspersed with static images, in my opinion.

in “East Australian Humpback whale bounces back from near extinction” · View on HN

scghostSep 2024Recommends

Diatoms are fascinating. I recently learned about them from an excellent Journey to the Microcosmos video: ▶ this video

in “Diatom Arrangements” · View on HN

drranOct 2020Cites it

> So many of the images that are captivating me have been taken at between 50 and 100 times magnification. 300-600x magnification is much better. ▶ this video

in “The Nikon Small World Competition” · View on HN

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Biology & biotechnology Animals & naturediatomsmicroscopymicroorganismsalgaeoxygen