TEDxSantaCruz: Terrie Williams - The Biology of Big
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Terrie Williams, PhD is a Co-Founder of the Center of Ocean Health and Director of the Marine Mammal Physiology Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has spent her life studying how big animals survive on our changing planet, from Alaskan killer whales to African cheetahs. Her research expeditions have taken her to the wild... Read more
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- -: TEDxSantaCruz: Terrie Williams - The Biology of Big
January 14, 2012 (over 1 year ago)Terrie Williams, PhD is a Co-Founder of the Center of Ocean Health and Director of the Marine Mammal Physiology Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has spent her life studying how big animals survive on our changing planet, from Alaskan killer whales to African cheetahs. H...
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- -: Photography@Google: Moose Peterson, "Captured"
January 13, 2012 (over 1 year ago)Moose stops by the Googleplex to discuss his latest work, his passion for aviation, and his recent conservation trips. Moose's work has direct impact on our world. Captured: Behind the Lens of a Legendary Wildlife Photographer is more than just a photography book-it's a chronicle of more than 3...
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- -: Eric Sanderson pictures New York's natural history
October 13, 2009 (over 3 years ago)http://www.ted.com 400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife -- accurate down to the block -- when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery. TEDTalks is a daily ...
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- -: Juliana Machado Ferreira: The fight to end rare-animal trafficking in Brazil
March 23, 2010 (about 3 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira, a TED Senior Fellow, talks about her work helping to save birds and other animals stolen from the wild in Brazil. Once these animals are seized from smugglers, she asks, then what? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and perf...
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- -: Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean
May 5, 2010 (about 3 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse. Astonishing photos and stats make the case. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the bes...
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- -: Dee Boersma: Pay attention to penguins
May 19, 2010 (about 3 years ago)http://www.ted.com Think of penguins as ocean sentinels, says Dee Boersma -- they're on the frontlines of sea change. Sharing stories of penguin life and culture, she suggests that we start listening to what penguins are telling us. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and perform...
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- -: Jason Clay: How big brands can help save biodiversity
August 16, 2010 (almost 3 years ago)http://www.ted.com Convince just 100 key companies to go sustainable, and WWF's Jason Clay says global markets will shift to protect the planet our consumption has already outgrown. Hear how his extraordinary roundtables are getting big brand rivals to agree on green practices first -- before the...
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- -: Beverly + Dereck Joubert: Life lessons from big cats
December 20, 2010 (over 2 years ago)http://www.ted.com Beverly + Dereck Joubert live in the bush, filming and photographing lions and leopards in their natural habitat. With stunning footage (some never before seen), they discuss their personal relationships with these majestic animals -- and their quest to save the big cats from h...
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- -: PopTech 2009 Social Innovation Fellow Paula Kahumbu
February 19, 2010 (about 3 years ago)As executive director of WildlifeDirect, Paula Kahumbu is building a global wildlife conservation community that puts frontline conservationists and their supporters in touch with one another through blogs and direct funding. The goal: a movement powerful enough to reverse catastrophic species lo...
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- -: TEDxJacksonHole - Laly Lichtenfeld - Warriors for Wildlife: Saving Lions on the Maasai Steppe
November 9, 2011 (over 1 year ago)Dr. Laly Lichtenfeld is an African lion expert working in northern Tanzania to save one of its most threatened lion populations. She is co-founder and executive director of the African People & Wildlife Fund and a Yale research affiliate. Lichtenfeld is a member of the National Geographic Big Cat...
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