In Victorian times,
there was a big craze for collecting seaweeds.
They would go and collect some of the very very beautiful seaweeds
and they've made them into these absolutely exquisite little books.
So we know what they collected,
and we also know whether those things are still there today.
We can also get the DNA out of them,
so they're not only beautiful
and historically interesting,
if you like,
for the wholes of history of the subject,
but they are of a worth scientifically as well.
I think if we begin to see the loss of some of our very key seaweeds,
and we really are in trouble in the world.
They may be acting as nurseries for fisheries, for example.
They're very important in terms of taking up carbon dioxide in the environment.
Also,
it seems that some of the brown algae for example,
which have some unique compounds in that you don't find in flowering plants,
do seem to have some anti-cancer properties.
Now, of course it's very difficult to work out
exactly how this functions,
but people are beginning to research into this much more.
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LRC歌词版本
[00:00.000]In Victorian times,
[00:02.046]there was a big craze for collecting seaweeds.
[00:04.281]They would go and collect some of the very very beautiful seaweeds
[00:08.642]and they've made them into these absolutely exquisite little books.
[00:12.101]So we know what they collected,
[00:15.843]and we also know whether those things are still there today.
[00:19.097]We can also get the DNA out of them,
[00:21.351]so they're not only beautiful
[00:22.590]and historically interesting,
[00:24.611]if you like,
[00:25.078]for the wholes of history of the subject,
[00:26.839]but they are of a worth scientifically as well.
[00:29.837]I think if we begin to see the loss of some of our very key seaweeds,
[00:39.842]and we really are in trouble in the world.
[00:42.066]They may be acting as nurseries for fisheries, for example.
[00:45.857]They're very important in terms of taking up carbon dioxide in the environment.
[00:50.589]Also,
[00:52.349]it seems that some of the brown algae for example,
[00:55.085]which have some unique compounds in that you don't find in flowering plants,
[00:58.603]do seem to have some anti-cancer properties.
[01:02.339]Now, of course it's very difficult to work out
[01:05.085]exactly how this functions,
[01:06.842]but people are beginning to research into this much more.
In Victorian times,
there was a big craze for collecting seaweeds.
They would go and collect some of the very very beautiful seaweeds
and they've made them into these absolutely exquisite little books.
So we know what they collected,
and we also know whether those things are still there today.
We can also get the DNA out of them,
so they're not only beautiful
and historically interesting,
if you like,
for the wholes of history of the subject,
but they are of a worth scientifically as well.
I think if we begin to see the loss of some of our very key seaweeds,
and we really are in trouble in the world.
They may be acting as nurseries for fisheries, for example.
They're very important in terms of taking up carbon dioxide in the environment.
Also,
it seems that some of the brown algae for example,
which have some unique compounds in that you don't find in flowering plants,
do seem to have some anti-cancer properties.
Now, of course it's very difficult to work out
exactly how this functions,
but people are beginning to research into this much more.
🎵
LRC歌词版本
[00:00.000]In Victorian times,
[00:02.046]there was a big craze for collecting seaweeds.
[00:04.281]They would go and collect some of the very very beautiful seaweeds
[00:08.642]and they've made them into these absolutely exquisite little books.
[00:12.101]So we know what they collected,
[00:15.843]and we also know whether those things are still there today.
[00:19.097]We can also get the DNA out of them,
[00:21.351]so they're not only beautiful
[00:22.590]and historically interesting,
[00:24.611]if you like,
[00:25.078]for the wholes of history of the subject,
[00:26.839]but they are of a worth scientifically as well.
[00:29.837]I think if we begin to see the loss of some of our very key seaweeds,
[00:39.842]and we really are in trouble in the world.
[00:42.066]They may be acting as nurseries for fisheries, for example.
[00:45.857]They're very important in terms of taking up carbon dioxide in the environment.
[00:50.589]Also,
[00:52.349]it seems that some of the brown algae for example,
[00:55.085]which have some unique compounds in that you don't find in flowering plants,
[00:58.603]do seem to have some anti-cancer properties.
[01:02.339]Now, of course it's very difficult to work out
[01:05.085]exactly how this functions,
[01:06.842]but people are beginning to research into this much more.