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What makes Earth so special?

There's something special about our busy, blue marble of a planet. These talks explore why we should make strides to preserve our shared, galactic home.

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What a planet needs to sustain life
13:32

Dave Brain

What a planet needs to sustain life

13 minutes 32 seconds
Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.
09:30

Louie Schwartzberg

Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.

9 minutes 30 seconds
How trees talk to each other
18:09

Suzanne Simard

How trees talk to each other

18 minutes 9 seconds
Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe
15:40

Kenneth Lacovara

Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe

15 minutes 40 seconds
What rivers can tell us about the earth's history
10:59

Liz Hajek

What rivers can tell us about the earth's history

10 minutes 59 seconds
Why Earth may someday look like Mars
11:45

Anjali Tripathi

Why Earth may someday look like Mars

11 minutes 45 seconds
Grief and love in the animal kingdom
14:32

Barbara J. King

Grief and love in the animal kingdom

14 minutes 32 seconds
Four billion years of evolution in six minutes
05:31

Prosanta Chakrabarty

Four billion years of evolution in six minutes

5 minutes 31 seconds
The discoveries awaiting us in the ocean's twilight zone
09:51

Heidi M. Sosik

The discoveries awaiting us in the ocean's twilight zone

9 minutes 51 seconds
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