The Invisible Organism That’s Saving the Planet

Name: The Invisible Organism That’s Saving the Planet
Uploaded: 2025
Duration: 36 min

202536 minHD★ 7.7Nature & Wildlife

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In a remote part of the Amazon rainforest in Peru, there’s a river with water so hot, it actually boils. In fact, it's so extreme and so remote that for a long time people thought the river was a myth. Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza risked life and limb journeying to this boiling river, called Shanay-Timpishka or La Bomba, to explore some of the smallest microorganisms on Earth. Why?? Because the untapped microbes that live in that extreme environment could save our planet!

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