Give microbes a chance! | Gavin Collins | TEDxGalway

Our carbon cycle is out of balance. Since the Industrial Revolution, there has been a sharp increase in Greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. The problem is only going to get worse, if we do nothing to stop it. Gavin breaks down the stigma surrounding microbes, while explaining how they might be used for sustainability purposes, and be used to rebalance our carbon cycle. Gavin Collins is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and associate professor of Microbiology at University of Galway, where he investig ...