A professor from Cornell University in the United States has estimated the potential for industrial cultivation of micro-algae to change fuel and - potentially - food production.  

New research from the US suggests that micro-algae, taken from the bottom of the marine food chain, may soon become a top-tier contender to combat global warming, climate change and food insecurity.

Charles H. Greene, professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Cornell University, who has studied the miniature plant said, ”We may have stumbled onto the next green revolution - Marine Microalgae - [which could provide] Climate, Energy and Food Security From the Sea."

Prof Greene has looked into the potential for large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae, which could be used to produce ‘third generation biofuels’ - a newer cleaner type of sustainable fuel, which are moving closer as techniques for reliably producing algae improve.

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