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5:12
Gary Devore
Run, sail or hide? How to survive the destruction of Pompeii
5:02
R. Saravanan
Is the weather actually becoming more extreme?
5:10
Steven Anderson
What makes volcanoes erupt?
8:35
Rebecca Firth
Can we call it a "world map" if it's missing a billion people?
45:29
Achim Steiner
The alliances needed to rebuild the developing world
4:56
Stefan Al
Why isn't the Netherlands underwater?
4:41
Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
Why are earthquakes so hard to predict?
4:36
Congrui Jin
What if cracks in concrete could fix themselves?
5:16
Dan Kwartler
What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared?
12:54
Noah Wilson-Rich
How you can help save the bees, one hive at a time
21:53
José Andrés
How a team of chefs fed Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
18:38
David Miliband
The refugee crisis is a test of our character
7:41
David Titley
How the military fights climate change
4:52
Lisa Winer
Can you solve the virus riddle?
3:58
Lisa Winer
Can you solve the river crossing riddle?
13:31
Solmaz Mohadjer
Why earthquake education matters
14:08
Patrick Meier
How drones can power disaster relief
10:25
Marwa Al-Sabouni
How Syria's architecture laid the foundation for brutal war
18:09
Alexander Betts
Our refugee system is failing. Here's how we can fix it
14:16
Aala El-Khani
What it's like to be a parent in a war zone
14:21
Margaret Bourdeaux
Why civilians suffer more once a war is over
21:15
Anote Tong
My country will be underwater soon -- unless we work together
8:59
Robin Murphy
These robots come to the rescue after a disaster
8:32
Bill Gates
The next outbreak? We're not ready
11:08
Viviana Alvarez
Don't quit your job, use it for good
3:21
Alex Gendler
How tsunamis work
12:31
Joi Ito
Want to innovate? Become a "now-ist"
10:01
Takashi Mitachi
3 lessons that businesses can learn from natural disasters
8:51
Holly Morris
Why stay in Chernobyl? Because it's home.
11:42
Shigeru Ban
Emergency shelters made from paper
9:49
Becci Manson
(Re)touching lives through photos
9:23
Caitria + Morgan O'Neill
How to step up in the face of disaster
7:50
Michael McDaniel
Cheap, effective shelter for disaster relief
4:59
Jake Wood
A new mission for veterans -- disaster relief
10:57
Paul Conneally
How mobile phones power disaster relief
8:30
Peter Haas
When bad engineering makes a natural disaster even worse
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