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Kristie Ebi | TED Speaker

At the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Kristie Ebi studies and develops interventions to help at-risk populations deal with climate change.
Public health researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kristie_ebi

Heidi M. Sosik | TED Speaker

Heidi M. Sosik is an ocean scientist who uses tools like lasers and robotic cameras to figure out how tiny organisms in the ocean affect our whole planet.
Ocean scientist, inventor, explorer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/heidi_m_sosik

Triona McGrath | TED Speaker

Triona McGrath researches how the oceans are changing due to human activities.
Chemical oceanographer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/triona_mcgrath

Gavin Schmidt: The emergent patterns of climate change

You can't understand climate change in pieces, says climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. It's the whole, or it's nothing. In this illuminating talk, he explains how he studies the big picture of climate change with mesmerizing models that illustrate the endlessly complex interactions of small-scale environmental events.
https://www.ted.com/talks/gavin_schmidt_the_emergent_patterns_of_climate_change

James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss

Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of climate change.
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_balog_time_lapse_proof_of_extreme_ice_loss

Rob Dunbar: Discovering ancient climates in oceans and ice

Rob Dunbar hunts for data on our climate from 12,000 years ago, finding clues inside ancient seabeds and corals and inside ice sheets. His work is vital in setting baselines for fixing our current climate -- and in tracking the rise of deadly ocean acidification.
https://www.ted.com/talks/rob_dunbar_discovering_ancient_climates_in_oceans_and_ice

Introductory essay

Written by the educators who created Climate Change, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in their field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. The greenhouse effect has been detected, and it is changing our climate now. James Hansen, June 24, 1988 The drought that cr...
https://www.ted.com/read/ted-studies/environmental-studies/introductory-essay

Johan Rockström: Let the environment guide our development

Human growth has strained the earth's resources, but as Johan Rockström reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognize this and change behavior. His research has found nine "planetary boundaries" that can guide us in protecting our planet's many overlapping ecosystems.
https://www.ted.com/talks/johan_rockstrom_let_the_environment_guide_our_development

Simon Berrow: How do you save a shark you know nothing about?

They're the second-largest fish in the world, they're almost extinct, and we know almost nothing about them. In this talk, Simon Berrow describes the fascinating basking shark ("great fish of the sun" in Irish), and the exceptional -- and wonderfully low-tech -- ways he's learning enough to save them.
https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_berrow_how_do_you_save_a_shark_you_know_nothing_about

TED-Ed: How much land does it take to power the world?

No matter how we make electricity, it takes up space. Coal requires mines, and plants to convert it into electricity. Nuclear power takes uranium mines, facilities to refine it, a reactor, and a place to store the spent fuel safely. Renewable energy needs wind turbines or solar panels. So how much space would it take to power the whole world? Ex...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ted_ed_how_much_land_does_it_take_to_power_the_world

Kevin Njabo: How we can stop Africa's scientific brain drain

How can Africans find solutions to Africa's problems? Conservation biologist Kevin Njabo tells his personal story of how he nearly became part of the group of African scientists who seek an education abroad and never return -- and why he's now building a permanent base on the continent to nurture and support local talent. "I'm not coming back al...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_njabo_how_we_can_stop_africa_s_scientific_brain_drain

Kary Mullis: Play! Experiment! Discover!

Biochemist Kary Mullis talks about the basis of modern science: the experiment. Sharing tales from the 17th century and from his own backyard-rocketry days, Mullis celebrates the curiosity, inspiration and rigor of good science in all its forms.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kary_mullis_play_experiment_discover

Seth Berkley: The quest for the coronavirus vaccine

When will the coronavirus vaccine be ready? Epidemiologist Seth Berkley (head of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance) takes us inside the effort to create a vaccine for COVID-19. With clarity and urgency, he explains what makes it so challenging to develop, when we can expect it to be rolled out at scale and why we'll need global collaboration to get it ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/seth_berkley_the_quest_for_the_coronavirus_vaccine
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