Antonio Donato Nobre: The magic of the Amazon: A river that flows invisibly all around us
أنطونيو دوناتو نوبره: سحر الأمازون ، النهر الذي يتدفق غير مرئيا حولنا
Antonio Donato Nobre researches the “ingenious systems” of the Amazon. His work illustrates the beautiful complexity of this region, as well as its fragility against a backdrop of climate change. Full bio
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Sir Ken's memorable TED Talk,
of what he describes
of transport for the head,"
after these first two talks
who became a philosopher,
to talk about water.
do not match, right?
اليس كذلك؟
water in the Amazon,
of life. Fresh life.
although I'm carrying
this inspiration.
and that you'll spread the word.
to have vital gases exchanged
the storehouse of biodiversity.
has more eyes than leaves."
اوراق الشجر»
to show you something.
a different approach,
two initiatives here,
that's slightly materialistic,
that, in nature, there is
انه هناك في الطبيعة
of the reality I'm going to show you.
الواقع الذي سأعرضه
not about lungs,
distributes fresh blood,
to be renewed.
the power of all these processes.
is the years passing in seconds.
What do you see?
ماذا ترون؟
for the world's climate.
taking place here.
moist air in gray,
و الهواء الرطب بالرمادي،
resurgence in the Amazon.
مدهشة في الامازون
gush from the ground into the atmosphere
من الارض الى المحيط الجوي ؟
that it can be seen from space?
التي ممكن ان ترى من الفضاء؟
heated by magma,
بواسطه الصهارة،
into the atmosphere.
unless I am wrong.
اذا لم اكن مخطئا.
that plays the same role,
from the ground into the atmosphere.
الارض الى الغلاف الجوي
in the Amazon forest, 600 billion geysers.
في الامازون، 600 مليار من العيون الساخنة
an extraordinary sophistication.
to transfer 1,000 liters of water
1,000 لتر من المياة
that is released by transpiration,
the largest river on Earth,
whole world and ends up in the oceans,
في المحيط الأطلسي.
of water a day in the Atlantic Ocean.
and goes into the atmosphere
a power socket, an electric one,
metric tons of water in it,
to have this water evaporated?
مولد للطاقة الطاقة الكهرومائية في العالم
hydroelectric plant in the world.
than 30 percent of the power
doing this for free.
providing environmental services.
what I call the paradox of chance,
in the equatorial zone,
at 30 degrees north latitude,
hemisphere, the Atacama;
,الاتاكاما,
the Australian desert.
الصحراء الاسترالية.
the Sahara, Sonoran, etc.
Cuiabá to Buenos Aires,
was supposed to be a desert.
I call it the paradox of chance.
that is different?
التوزيع في سطوح الطبيعة
circulating in the landscape,
they drain the tissue of nature.
وبتفريغ انسجة الطبيعة
the tissues of nature
pumped by the green ocean —
لكن ايضا يضخه
GDP comes from that area.
من تلك المنطقة
on this floating hotel,
the Negro River.
نهر نيجرو
but we are floating here,
invisible river running above us.
we used to have two seasons,
and the even more humid season.
And it is not.
You see that I'm struggling here
from one side to the other.
are generating a series of discoveries,
and the wonder that we have,
بعض السحب
and forms pretty few clouds;
يكون الكثير من الأمطار
but forms a lot of rain.
and there is torrential rain.
which is the forest,
which is the atmosphere,
water and seeds,
and gives water back,
another function: the liver!
الرطب والاشعاع
and radiation are combined
الكريم الوفير على هيئة غاز
generous vitamin C in the form of gas,
مع التلوث
في الأمازون
on Earth, here in the Amazon,
of this characteristic as well.
الزائد
في مجالاتنا الهوائية
gets cleaned up from the excess of dust.
is cleaned by our airways.
from affecting the rainfall.
it stops raining,
كالهرمونات
which I told you about before,
into the atmosphere, like hormones,
as I've said, cleaning the air.
in a very simple way.
وستكون دوما جافة
بسبب الأشجار
It will always be dry.
the opposite situation, a forest,
is much greater, because of the trees,
is sucked into the continent
was taken one month ago —
we're down there —
that flows into a canal.
that irrigates South America,
that have been recorded.
there hardly are any hurricanes.
لاتوجد أية آعاصير
the moisture into the continent
وتوجيهها نحو القارة
something a little different.
of these theories.
these processes before
is messed up.
that, yes, we can
in those other areas,
and she has a motto.
"Gardening back the biosphere,"
rebuilding ecosystems.
بواسطة كومبيوتر متقدم
of a text by Davi Kopenawa,
of the Yanomami people,
غابتهم قبلا
أن يوقف الأمطار ؟
there will be no more rain?
فسيتوقف المطر؟"
with a super computer,
conclusion, which he already knows!"
have never deforested.
I met him at another event and said,
was destroyed, there'd be no more rain?"
"The spirit of the forest told us."
that he already knows?"
absolutely critical hit me,
pointed out:
we don't register the information.
wouldn't like the idea —
عدم استقرار نهر النيجرو
upside down.
of the universe.
despite the droughts of the Negro River,
and typhoons, etc.,
that we know of.
we live in every day,
since that's what we need.
that I think I missed.
what I haven't seen.
with veneration and reverence,
and the spirits taught him.
so let's look into the forest.
into the bushes and get lost,
why they called it the green inferno.
الفطريات والبكتريا الخ
of fungi, bacteria, etc.
of light years away from the Earth,
to our newspapers everyday.
in the forest,
the door to heaven,
because it's so beautiful.
technological competence of life,
possibility of surviving on this planet,
هذا الكوكب
Again, Hubble is there.
Why is it blue?
of the invisible humiliates
there is another side to it.
العظيمة له وظيفة
structures has a function.
it is not blue;
according to people who studied it,
sophisticated crystals.
nothing like that at the time.
to transmit —
عدة مرات
times, talks about it: biomimetics.
هذه الامكانية
what is at the base of this capacity,
which is an internal wonder.
I won't talk much longer,
including myself,
micromachines in their body,
in the Amazon forest:
than the number of stars in the sky.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Antonio Donato Nobre - ScientistAntonio Donato Nobre researches the “ingenious systems” of the Amazon. His work illustrates the beautiful complexity of this region, as well as its fragility against a backdrop of climate change.
Why you should listen
Antonio Donato Nobre sees nature as a well-orchestrated symphony. A visiting scientist at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and a senior researcher at the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), he studies the soil, hydrology and biochemistry of the Amazon, to learn more about the complex, interlocking systems of this geographical marvel. He seeks to understand the interactions between the forest and the atmosphere, and how "the sweat of the forest" runs in a stream overhead that carries moisture to other parts of South America and the world, playing a large role in climate stability. His study “El Futuro Climático de la Amazonía” synthesizes research on how human beings are affecting the delicate balance of this region, and the huge risk we run if we lose it.
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