Foraminifera !

Small organisms suspended in water amaze us with the refined beauty of their multiform shells, reminding us of the larger designs of shells of molluscs and of bizarre shapes of pollens.  But their silent and minuscule creativity does not only provide marvel to the observer interested in natural architecture, or to the taxonomic frenzy of microbiologists. They are sampled from different aquatic environments, and from layers of secular sedimentations. Their shells contain a sample of the molecules that these little artists were able to collect for building their homes. As the environment changed along the centuries, so did the ratios of molecules and chemical species around them. Some of these variations are quite telling on the variation of climate that occurred since the days when those organisms were alive. Every year scientists and explorers collect samples of the filigrane-like beauty dating back to centuries and geological eras and gain a picture of how temperature has been varying along the cycles of time on Earth.

The aspects of interest for a production of documentaries and the possible implications of message for an audio visual documentation of this kind are explored.