👁The problem of light pollution -- and 5 ridiculously easy ways to fix it
🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English | Turkish

👣Ever gaze up at the starry night sky? This stunning view is at risk of disappearing -- unless we act now, says astrophysicist Kelsey Johnson. In this fascinating, unexpectedly funny talk, she explains how light pollution affects almost every species on earth (including us) and shares five \"stupidly simple\" things you can do to help solve the problem.
🌐Page on TED.com

#TED@NAS #astronomy #science #universe #nature #cosmos #space #pollution

more TED talks:
@DailyTED1_English

👁6 ways mushrooms can save the world
🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English | Turkish

👣Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu viruses.
🌐Page on TED.com

#TED2008 #biology #design #food #global_issues #pollution #science #technology #fungi

more TED talks:
@DailyTED1_English

👁The ocean's shifting baseline
🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English | Turkish

👣The ocean has degraded within our lifetimes, as shown in the decreasing average size of fish. And yet, as Daniel Pauly shows us onstage at Mission Blue, each time the baseline drops, we call it the new \"normal.\" At what point do we stop readjusting downward?
🌐Page on TED.com

#Mission_Blue_Voyage #data #oceans #science #mission_blue #fish #climate_change #environment #ecology #animals #biodiversity #pollution

more TED talks:
@DailyTED1_English

👁5 steps for clean air in India
🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English | Turkish

👣India's big cities have some of the worst air quality in the world. How can we fix this public health crisis? In an actionable talk, social entrepreneur Arunabha Ghosh lays out a five-step plan to put India on the path to cleaner, safer air -- and shows how every citizen can play an active role in getting there.
🌐Page on TED.com

#TED_Talks_India:_Nayi_Baat #pollution #india #social_change #health #science #environment #technology #Anthropocene

more TED talks:
@DailyTED1_English

👁Why \"biofabrication\" is the next industrial revolution
🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English | Turkish

👣What if we could \"grow\" clothes from microbes, furniture from living organisms and buildings with exteriors like tree bark? TED Fellow Suzanne Lee shares exciting developments from the field of biofabrication and shows how it could help us replace major sources of waste, like plastic and cement, with sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives.
🌐Page on TED.com

#TEDSummit_2019 #fashion #biology #materials #science #pollution #innovation #sustainability #invention #humanity #TED_Fellows

more TED talks:
@DailyTED1_English

👁This is your brain on air pollution
🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English | Turkish

👣Air pollution knows no borders -- even in your own body, says public health expert María Neira. In this startling talk, she describes how the microscopic particles and chemicals you breathe affect all your major organs (including your brain) and calls on both the public and those in power to take action to stop the sources of pollution.
🌐Page on TED.com

#TEDSummit_2019 #health #pollution #environment #brain #science #global_issues #human_body #biosphere

more TED talks:
@DailyTED1_English

👁The disarming case to act right now on climate change
🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English | Turkish

👣In this passionate call to action, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg explains why, in August 2018, she walked out of school and organized a strike to raise awareness of global warming, protesting outside the Swedish parliament and grabbing the world's attention. \"The climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and solutions,\" Thunberg says. \"All we have to do is to wake up and change.\"
🌐Page on TED.com

#TEDxStockholm #climate_change #environment #sustainability #politics #education #society #social_change #pollution #Anthropocene

more TED talks:
@DailyTED1_English

👁The dangers of a noisy ocean -- and how we can quiet it down
🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English | Turkish

👣The ocean is a naturally noisy place full of singing whales, grunting fish, snapping shrimp, cracking ice, wind and rain. But human-made sounds -- from ship engines to oil drilling -- have become an acute threat to marine life, says science journalist Nicola Jones. Watch (and listen) as she discusses the strange things that happen to underwater creatures in the face of ocean noise pollution -- and shares straightforward ways we can dial down the sound to see almost immediate impacts.
🌐Page on TED.com

#TEDSummit_2019 #oceans #sound #science #marine_biology #nature #pollution #animals

more TED talks:
@DailyTED1_English

👁If you adults won't save the world, we will
🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English

👣In a deeply moving letter to her grandmother, Xiye Bastida reflects on what led her to become a leading voice for global climate activism -- from mobilizing school climate strikes to speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit alongside Greta Thunberg -- and traces her resolve, resilience and profound love of the earth to the values passed down to her. \"Thank you for inviting me to love the world since the moment I was born,\" she says.
🌐Page on TED.com

#TED2020_ #climate_change #youth #activism #environment #social_change #politics #pollution

more TED talks:
@DailyTED1_English

👁What's in the air you breathe?
🧠Amy Hrdina ve Jesse Kroll
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣Take a deep breath. In a single intake of air, your lungs swell with roughly 25 sextillion molecules, ranging from days-old compounds, to those formed billions of years in the past. In fact, many of the molecules you're breathing were likely exhaled by members of ancient civilizations and innumerable humans since. But what exactly are we all breathing? Amy Hrdina and Jesse Kroll investigate. [Directed by Sharon Colman, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Miguel d'Oliveira].
🌐Page on TED.com

#TED_Education #Amy_Hrdina_ve_Jesse_Kroll #TED_Ed #education #health #animation #public_health #environment #pollution

💡Join to get more TED Talks: @DailyTED1