The secrets I find on the mysterious ocean floor | Laura Robinson

Hundreds of meters below the surface of the ocean, Laura Robinson probes the steep slopes of massive undersea mountains. She's on the hunt for thousand-year-old corals that she can test in a nuclear reactor to discover how the ocean changes over time. By studying the history of the earth, Robinson hopes to find clues of what might happen in the future.

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[krxwn]

I like the fact that some people are really putting hard efforts in discovering and learning about our beautiful planet

[alifernandohernandezcarden]

it amazing to see how human curosity is taking us beyond to understand better our planet and all beings over it!

LOVE IT! . Keep working hard!

[evren.builds]

5:14 the person who chose the name for the robot is probably sad about his decision these days...

[towers]

Great speaker; very enthusiastic about the subject.

[DutchRC]

I'm not even going to pretend to understand everything said, but it was a nice & interesting presentation for sure :)

[TraumaQueen]

I had no idea that coral grew at such depths. Always thought is was a shallow dwelling creature. Great talk, thank you

[adrienperie]

There is something amazingly beautiful about this animation of the oceans "breathing". I think if we considered earth like a living organism we would treat it more respectfully.

[daryllee]

quite intresting as usual, TED has only produced quality videos.

[shirley]

Hold on a minute at 00:58. The ipcc says the sun has very little effect on the climate.

[martinvargas]

Very nice corals... and interesting investigation.... blessed coral with 4000 years of life.... there is many things to discover.

[EebstertheGreat]

Are TEDx presentations often posted on the main TED channel?

[patrickroelant]

this coral can live for about 100 years so lets just suck it up

[hanzsoy]

Won't be long before we see 'Google Ocean'

[ObiWanCannoli]

6:20
I swear this is the coral footage from those Spongebob episodes.

[jsimmons]

Going to the ends of our universe when we still don't know what is here on Earth

[daxxonjabiru]

She looks like she had trouble decompressing.

[christopherrapczynski]

what, no video on empowering the female coral?

[MrGrapha]

hoeveel ton zeezout denk je dat in zee zit

[MissJhane]

Odd that Isis was the name chosen. Also a confirmation that the north and south pole of our planet is flat, not the whole earth. I did read this many times. Great images of corals

[fluffybluesarah]

why are people complaining about feminism in this video?