Edith Widder: How we found the giant squid
Edith Widder: Como encontrámos a lula gigante
Edith Widder combines her expertise in research and technological innovation with a commitment to stopping and reversing the degradation of our marine environment. Full bio
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o velho ditado marinheiro
(Risos)
no verão passado.
para a Cimeira de Lula,
(Risos)
por controlo remoto.
um campo de visão mais amplo.
a quantidade de ruído que eles fazem.
Ruído zumbindo mais alto)
usam agora a Hidráulica
(Alto sinal sonoro)
funcionarem como isco
um grande entusiasmo.
Outros cientistas: Está ali pendurado!
fazendo um tipo de dança do leque -
quando o gigante chegou aqui.
sobre o submersível,
os tentáculos de alimentação intactos
que ainda não sequer imaginar.
para a exploração do oceano,
(Aplausos)
não assuste os animais
que nunca ninguém viu,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Edith Widder - Marine biologistEdith Widder combines her expertise in research and technological innovation with a commitment to stopping and reversing the degradation of our marine environment.
Why you should listen
A specialist in bioluminescence, Edith Widder helps design and invent new submersible instruments and equipment to study bioluminescence and enable unobtrusive observation of deep-sea environments. Her innovative tools for exploration have produced footage of rare and wonderful bioluminescent displays and never-before-seen denizens of the deep, including, most recently, the first video ever recorded of the giant squid, Architeuthis, in its natural habitat.
In 2005 she founded the Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA), which is dedicated to protecting aquatic ecosystems and the species they sustain through the development of innovative technologies and science-based conservation action.; In an effort to protect and revitalize the ocean she loves she has been focusing on developing tools for finding and tracking pollution -- a major threat to all of our water ecosystems and ultimately to human health. She was awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant in 2006.
In 2012, Widder was among the team that filmed the giant squid (Architeuthis) for the first time in its home ocean.
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