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Rivers

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Rivers.

Talks about Rivers

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
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