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Rivers
A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Rivers.
Talks about Rivers
04:37
Antonio Machado-Allison
What happens when you fall into piranha-infested waters?
4 minutes 37 seconds
13:12
Kelsey Leonard
Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans
13 minutes 12 seconds
13:46
Lara Maiklem
Trash or historical artifact?
13 minutes 46 seconds
13:10
Tina Arrowood
A circular economy for salt that keeps rivers clean
13 minutes 10 seconds
13:20
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Why Africa must become a center of knowledge again
13 minutes 20 seconds
10:59
Liz Hajek
What rivers can tell us about the earth's history
10 minutes 59 seconds
03:58
Lisa Winer
Can you solve the river crossing riddle?
3 minutes 58 seconds
05:51
Nathan S. Jacobs
How do schools of fish swim in harmony?
5 minutes 51 seconds
15:40
Andrés Ruzo
The boiling river of the Amazon
15 minutes 40 seconds
16:21
Mark Plotkin
What the people of the Amazon know that you don't
16 minutes 21 seconds
21:25
Antonio Donato Nobre
The magic of the Amazon: A river that flows invisibly all around us
21 minutes 25 seconds
05:29
Aziza Chaouni
How I brought a river, and my city, back to life
5 minutes 29 seconds
08:29
Rob Harmon
How to keep rivers and streams flowing
8 minutes 29 seconds
16:57
Anupam Mishra
The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting
16 minutes 57 seconds
