Journey to the Microcosmos — Season 1, Episode 28: What If All the Microbes Disappeared?
Documentary • 10 min • 7 seasons, 236 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
In a world without microbes, this channel wouldn't exist. But there are other, more important things that would stop existing as well, and today we're going to explore just what could survive a world without our little micro friends, and for how long.
About Journey to the Microcosmos
Take a dive into the tiny, unseen world that surrounds us! With music by Andrew Huang, footage from James Weiss, and narration by Hank Green, we want to take you on a fascinating, reflective journey through the microcosmos.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Meet the Microcosmos
- E2How Microscopic Hunters Get Their Lunch
- E3Stentors: Single-Celled Giants
- E4How Do Microorganisms Reproduce?
- E5Where Did Eukaryotic Cells Come From? - A Journey Into Endosymbiotic Theory
- E6Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not Immortal
- E7How Do Protozoa Get Around?
- E8Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
- E9Mysterious Jiggly Crystals and Other Intracellular Structures
- E10How Do Colonies Help Microorganisms Survive?
- E11Death in the Microcosmos
- E12Euglenoids: Single-Celled Shapeshifters