MinuteEarth Explains: Microbes

Find out the surprising ways microbes, fungi, plankton and other tiny organisms shape our planet and our lives in this collection of MinuteEarth videos. EPISODES IN THIS COMPILATION: ************** 0:00 Intro 0:19 Why Do We Eat Spoiled Food? 3:36 Is Soil Alive? 6:24 Mushroom Wars 8:56 How Mushrooms Make It Rain 10:00 Where Do Our Drugs Come From? 12:29 The Bacteria That Made Life Possible Are Now Killing Us 15:31 These tiny shells know how much ice there is on Earth 18:07 The Plankton Paradox 21:25 What’s Eating The Titanic? 24:33 The Truth About Petri Dishes LEARN MORE ************** If you liked this week’s video, you might also like: 4 Great Science Stories | MinuteEarth Directors' Picks    • 4 Great Science Stories | MinuteEarth Dire...   MinuteEarth Explains: Solar Eclipses    • MinuteEarth Explains: Solar Eclipses   SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: Become our patron:   / minuteearth   Our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth Our book: https://minuteearth.com/books Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com Share this video with your friends and family Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Lizah van der Aart | Writer & Host Leonardo Souza | Video Editor Nathaniel Schroeder | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Cameron Duke Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes Henry Reich • Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida ADDITIONAL CREDITS ***************** Emily Elert, Julián Gómez, Jesse Agar OUR LINKS ************ Youtube |    / minuteearth   TikTok |   / minuteearth   Twitter |   / minuteearth   Instagram |   / minute_earth   Facebook |   / minuteearth   Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...