Kristen Marhaver: Why I still have hope for coral reefs
Kristen Marhaver: De ce încă am speranță pentru recifele de corali
TED Senior Fellow Kristen Marhaver is a marine biologist studying the ecology, behavior and reproduction of reef corals. Full bio
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în același recif,
of diving on the same reef,
cu acele colonii de corali --
and ripped off their skin,
i-a dezmembrat și i-a jupuit,
that would have a hard time healing,
ce urmau să se vindece cu greu
that would get overgrown by algae.
ce urmau să fie acoperite de alge.
cu echipamentul de scufundări
to try to fight for them?
luptei pentru ei?
tell that kind of story
de la vreun om de știință
the results of our coral surveys,
studiilor noastre despre corali
is having a moment, guys.
emoționant, oameni buni.
than we've ever seen before.
in the summers,
can't function normally.
nu pot funcționa normal.
that lives in their skin,
care trăiesc în simbioză,
that's left usually starves to death
moare de foame de cele mai multe ori
over an unbelievable scale.
incredibil de mare.
lost two-thirds of its corals last year
două treimi din corali anul trecut
se reduc simțitor
are in a nosedive right now,
how bad it's going to get,
cât se va mai înrăutăți situația,
through centuries of intense human abuse.
secole de abuz uman intens.
how the story goes.
what happens next.
ce se va întâmpla în continuare.
the amount of coral on the seafloor,
de corali de pe fundul mării
of ratcheting human pressure,
umană intensificată,
further from humans --
să dispară complet.
din Curaçao, 2011.
sketchy diving there.
pentru scufundări acolo.
înotam împotriva curentului.
so we could find our way back out,
să ne găsim calea înapoi,
that felt like an hour,
care au trecut ca o oră,
lined up one after another.
aliniați unul după altul.
of European colonialism in the Caribbean,
colonialismului european în Caraibe,
when it was given a chance to thrive.
un coral dacă i se dă șansa să prospere.
as we lose so many corals,
că se pierd mulți corali,
this massive coral die-off,
de extincție masivă,
and giving us food to eat
billions and billions of dollars a year.
de dolari pe an.
a fost acum 50 de ani,
was 50 years ago,
evenimente majore de albire,
și în tot mai multe locuri,
in 2010 in the Caribbean
on boulder corals like these.
de pe corali-bolovan ca aceștia.
jumătate din suprafața pielii.
of this coral a few years later,
câțiva ani mai târziu,
and a reasonable temperature.
și de o temperatură rezonabilă.
we take off them locally --
de stresul local --
sewage pollution, fertilizer pollution,
poluarea cu îngrășăminte și ape menajere,
as we stabilize the climate,
într-un climat stabil
tough and necessary process
lungul, greul și necesarul proces
of planet Earth,
pe planeta Pământ,
how corals make babies,
cum fac coralii copii,
find their way to the reef,
to help them survive
coral babies of all time
I was studying before the storm,
și înainte de furtună,
babies of this species --
pui din această specie --
this little circle of polyps,
acest mic cerc de polipi
and in the ocean
on the short term,
pe termen scurt
on the long term,
about what we fight for
for hundreds of millions of years.
de sute de milioane de ani.
of the dinosaurs.
tremendous trauma and fully recover
traume imense și se poate reface
and it's given protection.
been playing the long game,
pe calea cea lungă,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kristen Marhaver - Coral reef biologistTED Senior Fellow Kristen Marhaver is a marine biologist studying the ecology, behavior and reproduction of reef corals.
Why you should listen
Dr. Kristen Marhaver's work combines classic scientific methods with new technologies to help threatened coral species survive their early life stages. She was the first person to rear juveniles of the endangered Caribbean Pillar Coral. Now she's now developing bacterial tools to improve coral survival at all life stages.
Marhaver's research has been covered by NPR, BBC, The Atlantic and Popular Science, among hundreds of outlets. She's earned five fellowships and grants from the US National Science Foundation and multiple awards for science communication. Marhaver is a TED Senior Fellow, a WINGS Fellow, and a World Economic Forum Young Scientist.
Outside the lab, Marhaver advocates for stronger ocean conservation and smarter science communication. Her talks and articles have been featured by Google, Wired UK, Mission Blue and by ocean and scuba festivals around the world.
A scuba diver from the age of 15, Marhaver is a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology and the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Her lab is based at the CARMABI Research Station on the island of Curaçao.
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