In a futuristic Dutch greenhouse, plants ride conveyor belts instead of growing in fields — constantly scanned and turned into data. By exposing them to heat, drought, soil salinity and more, researchers track how they respond in real time. The goal: fast‑forward evolution and select crops fit for a warming planet, determining the food that ends up on our plates.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:31 How to turn plants into data
03:00 10,000 years of plant selection
03:55 Survival of the greenest
05:58 The root scanner
06:50 Tomato surveillance
09:38 From lab to reality
12:12 Dinner break
15:05 More than better crops
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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