👁Can you figure out the savanna mystery?
🧠Cella Wright
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In the early 2000s, one of the world’s most widespread invasive species landed in Kenya’s Laikipia Plateau: big-headed ants. They expanded rapidly into super-colonies, preying on other insects, spiders, and even small birds. Their presence has wreaked havoc on the ecosystem and significantly changed the landscape. So, how did these tiny creatures have such a huge impact? Cella Wright investigates. [Directed by Steve West, Lazy Chief, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by George Rodriguez].
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👁The hidden cost of buying gold
🧠Claudia Vega
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Gold may glitter, but the hidden cost of mining it is devastating. Amazon researcher and TED Fellow Claudia Vega exposes how mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining poisons local communities and destroys rainforests — and shows why protecting the planet is far more valuable than any treasure.
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#conservation #TED_Fellows #environment #pollution #South_America

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👁How to pull the emergency brake on global warming
🧠Mohamed A. Sultan
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Landfills across African cities are catching fire and releasing methane, an invisible greenhouse gas with more short-term warming potential than CO2. Sustainable strategist Mohamed A. Sultan reveals how local communities are turning this crisis into opportunity, diverting hundreds of tons of waste from landfills and helping thousands of farmers adopt more sustainable techniques. Learn why cutting methane emissions is a win-win opportunity to drive down global temperatures while also creating more livable cities. (This ambitious idea is part of The Audacious Project, TED’s initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
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#pollution #environment #climate_change #Africa #The_Audacious_Project

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👁How to end factory farming
🧠Lewis Bollard
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Factory farming is the greatest moral crisis we ignore, says farm animal welfare champion Lewis Bollard. He exposes the truth behind the "all natural" labels on your groceries and shows how technology and public pressure can uncover the unseen struggle of animals, drive the industry to reform and harness our collective capacity for moral progress. (Note: This talk contains graphic images.)
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#animals #farming #food #ethics #environment

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👁3 tips to make your world beautifully wild
🧠Isabella Tree
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣When conservationists talk about rewilding, most people picture wolves and bison roaming endless landscapes — but Isabella Tree discovered the real revolution is happening in ordinary backyards. She shares the incredible story of how she and her husband transformed their failing farmland into a nature paradise, offering a three-step formula for anyone looking to turn their green space wild.
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#climate_change #environment #nature #science #gardening #wildlife #biodiversity #conservation #Countdown

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👁These AI devices protect nature in real time
🧠Juan M. Lavista Ferres
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣If we can put astronauts on the moon, conservationists shouldn't have to hike miles through dense forests to change the batteries on cameras, says Juan M. Lavista Ferres, chief data scientist at the AI for Good Lab. He introduces SPARROW, an open-source, solar-powered AI system that can analyze sounds and images to turn years of biodiversity monitoring into real-time insights, giving conservationists the tools they need to protect wildlife and critical ecosystems before it’s too late.
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#conservation #environment #AI #technology #Countdown #science #biodiversity

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👁The climate movement needs new stories — here's mine
🧠Fenton Lutunatabua
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣"We are not drowning. We are fighting," says storyteller Fenton Lutunatabua, echoing the mantra of the climate activists he works with across the Pacific. He shares stories of the people and communities at the front lines of the climate crisis, proving they're not waiting to be saved — they're demanding action and putting up a fierce fight for the future.
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#storytelling #climate_change #ocean #environment #community #communication #Countdown

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👁How to see (and stop) deforestation from space
🧠Tasso Azevedo
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Nearly 20 trees are cut down every second in the Amazon rainforest, as authorities struggle to monitor millions of acres and stop illegal clear-cutting. But land reformer Tasso Azevedo and his team at MapBiomas have changed the game, transforming satellite imagery into precise, real-time maps that make every clear-cut visible — and every actor accountable. Learn how they're helping slash deforestation in the Amazon, proving that transparency is a forest's strongest defense. (This ambitious idea is part of The Audacious Project, TED’s initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
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#Countdown #climate_change #nature #The_Audacious_Project #environment #space

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👁The army of autonomous robots restoring nature
🧠Tom Chi
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Impact investor Tom Chi challenges a dangerous assumption: that economic growth and ecological health are opposing forces. He reveals how advances in AI and robotics are enabling a radical shift towards innovation as a force for restoration. Imagine mines that extract less, farms that regenerate soil and fleets of robots that can plant 100,000 mangroves in a single day. What if the same technologies that power our economy could actively repair the planet at the same time?
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#sustainability #innovation #climate_change #Countdown #robots #economics #environment #technology #nature

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👁The world's first "nature superpower"
🧠Ilona Szabó de Carvalho
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Over the last 40 years, Brazil has lost an area larger than California to deforestation — and 90 percent of the clear-cutting has been illegal, all part of a multi-billion-dollar global environmental crime economy. Civic entrepreneur Ilona Szabó de Carvalho sees this crisis as an opportunity. Revealing how Brazil is pioneering an economic model actually profiting from protecting nature, she shares the ambitious restoration goals and innovations in forest mapping that are turning the country into a "nature superpower." Get a glimpse of what an economy rooted in regeneration, not extraction, could look like.
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#climate_change #environment #trees #sustainability #economics #business #leadership #Countdown #Brazil

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👁How the fridge changed food
🧠Nicola Twilley
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What if your kitchen fridge is just the tip of an iceberg that's reshaping the world? Food storyteller Nicola Twilley reveals how the massive “artificial Arctic” we built to keep our food fresh is simultaneously melting the real one. She shows why we're at a critical moment to rethink our relationship with the cold chain and refrigeration — and explores the emerging technologies that could keep food fresh without putting the planet on thin ice.
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#Countdown #climate_change #food #sustainability #health #environment

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👁A concrete plan for sustainable cement
🧠Ryan Gilliam
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Cement is one of the most-consumed materials on Earth — second only to water — and it accounts for a whopping eight percent of the world's carbon pollution. What if we could turn this climate villain into a hero? Clean tech innovator and serial entrepreneur Ryan Gilliam reveals his company's surprisingly simple process for transforming waste from the cement-making process back into limestone using existing infrastructure, creating a competitive and eco-friendly product that could pave the way for gigaton-scale climate solutions.
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#sustainability #climate_change #environment #pollution #infrastructure #Countdown

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👁An unexpected plan for peace in the Middle East
🧠Nada Majdalani
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣The Middle East is a climate hotspot, with many parts of the region set to experience an increase in temperature by five to eight degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Palestinian peace activist Nada Majdalani discusses how the climate crisis could actually instigate a movement towards peace, unveiling the "Peace Triangle" initiative — a visionary plan to transform conflicts in the Middle East through shared water and energy projects. Drawing on her experience in cross-border environmental collaboration, she offers a glimpse of how economic interdependence between Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians could lead to peace.
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#environment #Middle_East #global_issues #politics #society #Countdown

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👁Is the Amazon Rainforest disappearing?
🧠Anna Rothschild
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣As of 2022, humans have deforested 17% of the Amazon, and scientists warn that we may be approaching a tipping point. It’s like removing bricks from a house: take a few and the house remains standing; remove too many and the whole thing will collapse. So, what would happen if the entire Amazon disappeared? Anna Rothschild explores the relationship between this ecosystem and the rest of the planet. [Directed by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Otter Studios, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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👁How to power the world 24/7 — without oil
🧠Cindy Taff
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Deep beneath the Earth sits 50,000 times more energy than all the world's fossil fuel reserves, but accessing it requires using the same controversial technology that oil companies spent trillions to develop: fracking. Cindy Taff left Shell to prove that drilling for geothermal heat instead of hydrocarbons can deliver what solar, wind and fossil fuels can't — clean, renewable power at all times, regardless of weather. Could this be the breakthrough that finally solves our energy challenges?
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#science #technology #fossil_fuels #energy #sustainability #environment #innovation #climate_change #Countdown

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👁How are these fires burning underground?
🧠Emma Bryce
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 1997, a fire began in Indonesia that would rage for almost a year. Despite being one of the largest fires in recorded history, for months at a time it burned without a flame. This might sound like a uniquely freaky fire, but it’s actually one of many. So, is it possible to snuff out these bizarre blazes? And how do they form in the first place? Emma Bryce explores the phenomenon of peat fires. [Directed by Ivana Volda, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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👁The language you're fluent in — but forgot how to hear
🧠 Louis VI
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What if the calm you feel when you hear birdsong isn't a coincidence, but ancient evolutionary wiring ... a signal that once meant safety? Musical ecologist and rapper Louis VI says humans are hardwired to nature's sonic language, but modern life has drowned it out. He explores how we can tap back into the "overwhelming chorus of aliveness" we’ve stopped hearing — and performs "Butcherbird," an original song syncing with the melody of bird calls from West Papua.
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#nature #environment #animals #biodiversity #sound #music #performance #ecology #science

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👁The foods humanity forgot — and how we're bringing them back
🧠Helianti Hilman
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Nutritious crops aren't getting to the people who need nutrition most, even in one of the most fertile places on Earth: Indonesia. Exploring some of the forgotten foods from the country's more than 17,000 islands, food entrepreneur Helianti Hillman explains why centering food policy on biodiversity, rather than monoculture, is the key to healthier people and a healthier planet.
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#food #biodiversity #environment #health #policy #climate_change #sustainability #Countdown

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👁The controversial climate tool funding real change
🧠Sandeep Roy Choudhury
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣If a company plants trees to offset its pollution, is that climate progress — or is it greenwashing? Critics of carbon markets say it’s the latter. But Sandeep Roy Choudhury, who’s spent two decades financing climate projects from rural cookstoves to coastal forests, says the real failure is discouraging companies from even trying. Hear his case for why we shouldn’t let perfection block meaningful action on climate change.
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👁The story you're not hearing about AI data centers
🧠Ayșe Coskun
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣The race to build smarter AI is crashing into a physical limitation: the power grid simply can't keep up with the energy demands of data centers. Computer scientist Ayșe Coskun shows how we could turn this problem on its head, transforming AI facilities into virtual batteries that help stabilize the grid and accelerate clean energy. Learn why the technology causing this crisis might be the only thing smart enough to fix it.
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#technology #AI #data #energy #sustainability #environment #renewable_energy

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