Eric Munoz is a hero. I am a scientist and live near the lagoon where this incident happened in California. This genetically modified algae meant for aquariums cannot be released in the wild. Period. This video has shown that there is nothing that can stop this algae from spreading with the exception of Eric's treatment. What also helped is that this was caught very early after some moron dumped his/her aquarium into our lagoon. Also helpful is that the lagoon was relatively isolated from the ocean so treatment could not be affected by large waves. Since this algae can break off and sprout elsewhere, it can spread quickly and take over an area rapidly. It will wipe out the ecosystem! Public awareness is the best way to avoid something like this again.

Who would win: An entire thriving ecosystem with tons of extraordinary and powerful creatures. Or... Some leafy boys.

Very well done Eric. Thanks for all your efforts at getting this important message publicized. Respectively, your former co-worker at the City of Carlsbad

If one person dumping their aquarium into a storm drain can cause the entire coastline of Australia to become affected, how isn't this everywhere?

well done as usual

Overgrowing algae: *exist* Aquascaper: its free real estate!

Well done video. We have to maintain the biodiversity of our oceans.

Awesome animations!

Interesting Ted-Ed. Thanks.

great informative video, thank you

We need storm water reform.

Excellent Video!

I feel sad for the poor fish... hope he is doing well

Joy your videos very much

Some scientist says that this have much more positive effect on the environment than negative. It removes extreme amount of pollution and able to grow in areas where other plants already burned out completely. I dived in area where they have this and there were some small fish between them. Small fish attract and feed big ones so there is a circle. There is and were an evolution of plants just as much as animals and it is not controllable.

The Atlas Pro Video on this is incredible

Very knowledgeable sir.. Thank you.. Please do something for Hindi viewers... Plz sir

I spearfish in Greece and what has happened is unbelievable. From 2000 2002 I started to see some kind of algy and all the seaweed on the rocks started to die.

I really loved this channel's old art style than today's corporate art style...

Maybe we should engineer a fish or another kingdom of organisms that could withstand and consume the plant.

Let’s hope they don’t get to the GBR

Who would have thought that tiny algae could affect us this much!

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wow

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All by design!

They are single-celled organisms that can grow 10ft!

woah

5 years ago?! guess I'm late lol

Lmao I had a question about this on my biology benchmark

Is it safe for an aquarium

0:14 my Boi godzilla!

To make matters worse? some non picky jellyfish farmers could farm non native algae, including this algae shown in this ted ed video! And one symbiotic jellyfish, M. Papua is going to be the main culprit for farming that killer algae.

No need to be afraid. Nature will find its way. There will be a balance.

So was it actually that bad?

I think that the fish will adapt to this new algae and will be able to eat it in the future.

Now we need to modify a meaty fish that feeds on it. Make sure it taste like salmon.

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Its been 7nd years we won The battle You : but what it cost Me : *ever* *thing*

but....but still it filter toxins in the water. I guest we need one in school's lagoon. I will throw some later from my aquarium

Zooplankton eat that algae before it preys on it(as in zooplankton or the fish).

How should aquarists dispose of it then?

Maybe we can teach them a lesson by putting them in a small glass box like their fishs. Let them move around in the glass box just for our amusement. And use their excuse on them. Like "they are probably get hit by a car anyway, its safer to say in the glass box."

0:14 omg godzilla

wouldn't the solution be developing a edible fish species that would have a disposition to consume the plants? two birds one stone.

0:14 GODZILLA

6rd!

Hi guys.

And I have another invasive protozoan culprit that’s already an invasive species that can do as much damage as the killer algae, And this protozoan is the same one that causes amoebic dysentery,I’m talking about entamoeba historlitica , or flesh eating amoeba to make it easier to understand and say, and this protozoan is a very small but very aggressive amoeba, and this little thing can reproduce really really fast, up to 35 million descendants in a day, and is faster reproduction than aphids or even bacteria, and that reproduction is what I like to a very good candidate for an invasive species, and there is almost no other organism that can match that reproduce as this amoeba, and this parasitic amoeba is also one of the oldest known invasive species in the world!

This mean that we shouldn't throw all the craps in the oceans

think about all that genetically modified food

came here just to listen how algae is pronounced

In the island creeta It has been completely destroying the ecosystem.. There are no seaweed on the rocks no fish 90% less. The seaurchents are gon. Only in a few places will you see some.. This is not the same as the one you are talking about. But so ting is terribly wrong...

Well it's clear what's going to happen, fish are going to eat in and return to a relatively stable ecosystem

The strong will survive, and the weak shall perish, be it allege or humans.

waste plastic its dangerous waste seaweed its more more dangerous

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Hmmm attack on titan can learn from this

4:20 "nut" Lol

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RIP Austraila

MR BEAST

The fish should go vegan

this is why we shouldn't mess with God's gift, and modifying species just to be more powerful.

the people that claimed that it was good are probably like trump claiming global warming is a hoax

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meanwhile dnews says gmo is harmless

ITS JUST LIKE CORONA VIRUS ᕙ[･۝･]ᕗ