<p>Say ?algae? and most people think of pond scum. What they don?t know is that without algae, none of us would exist.<br>There are as many algae on earth as stars in the universe, and they have been essential to life on our planet for aeons. Algae created our oxygen-rich atmosphere, abundant oceans and coral reefs. Crude oil is made of dead algae, and algae are the ancestors of all plants.<br>Today, seaweed production is a multi-billion-dollar i...