Category: Video library
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Dr. Sylvia Earle’s Wish? Protect our Oceans
Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean — and shocking stats about its rapid decline — as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet. More about the world’s oceans: Want to combat climate change? Take care of our…
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Nature Is Speaking – Ian Somerhalder is Coral Reef
This short video features poetically beautiful images of coral reef and many of its creatures. the video message concludes by reminding us, “Nature doesn’t need people. People need nature.” Narrated by Ian Somerhalder. Transcript with timecode: 0:06 I am coral.0:09 Some people think I’m just a rock.0:12 When, in fact, I’m the largest thing alive on this planet.0:18 I’m…
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Nature Is Speaking – Harrison Ford is The Ocean
This short video features poetically beautiful images of the ocean and its changing faces. The video concludes by reminding us, “Nature doesn’t need people. People need nature.” Narrated by Harrison Ford. Transcript with timecode: 0:04 I am the ocean.0:06 I’m water.0:08 I’m most of this planet.0:11 I shaped it.0:13 Every stream,0:15 every cloud,0:16 and every rain drop.0:18 It all comes back to me.0:25 One…
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How Water Gets From The Nile To Thirsty Refugees
“Water was the biggest thing,” says journalist Tim McDonnell of the scene at the refugee settlement of Palorinya in northern Uganda. Since December, 146,000 South Sudanese have crossed the border, fleeing the violence of the civil war. And without enough water to drink, they would quite literally die. He’d see them line up each day…
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Brilliant Deep-water Siphonophore
Okeanos at Winslow Reef, north of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area Compliments of NOAA, from their work, “Exploring Remote Pacific MPAs.” MPA, you ask? They’re the Marine Protected Areas, and many serve as hatcheries that keep the seas populated at healthier levels than would otherwise be likely. This video is narrated by NOAA explorers as…
