How native speakers pronounce “water”

but, you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just a form of life.

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This drone is performing an autonomous inspection. So this is a water tower that's in the area. I’m going to somewhat rudely interrupt it here.

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and the loss of seagrasses and oysters and clams that once filtered the water and fed people locally.

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to restore health, to filter the water eliminate those brown tides. They’ve also calculated it would take $53 million, at a dollar per clam.

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

Seagrasses began to grow again once the clams were back. The water became clearer. Creatures that live and need the seagrasses

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

to explore a part of a vital global system of animals that migrate up and down in the water column every day, every night.

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As you can see, it's violently boiling off into a gas, just like boiling water does on a hot stove, because to this freezing-cold liquid nitrogen,

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sort of like you'd expect to see if you combine this bucket of boiling water with this trash can of freezing-cold liquid nitrogen.

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And I want to demonstrate it for you for just a moment. Did you wake up this morning with hot, clean running water? Did you think about it?

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Did you wonder if your shower was going to be your ideal temperature, or if you'd have clean water for your morning coffee or tea? Likely the answer is no.

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But I think we can all agree that access to water is indeed a privilege. In fact, a little more than a quarter of the world's population

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In fact, a little more than a quarter of the world's population does not have access to safely managed drinking water at home. So while it might be our norm,

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and God told me to bring you supplies." He brought us water, he brought us granola,

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high above the sea, and sat on a bench overlooking the water. I let my anxious thoughts recede

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The bells tolling now and then down the road, the water pooling around the rocks, the bees buzzing around the lavender,

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when my mind is filled with words, the light on the water or those rabbits scuffling through the undergrowth. And of course, it's easiest of all if you're in a beautiful, natural setting.

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Specifically, about your housing conditions? Do you have mold? Do you have water leaks? Do you have roaches in your home?"

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Turns out, Veronica said yes to three of those things: roaches, water leaks, mold. I received that chart in hand, reviewed it,

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and try to understand what's going on with those water leaks and that mold, trying to help you manage those conditions in your housing that I think are causing your symptoms,

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

It's a beautiful scene, but it's shattered by the cries of a child, and actually several children, in need of rescue in the water. So you do hopefully what everybody would do.

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

They finally spot her. She's in the water. She's swimming away from them upstream, rescuing children as she goes,

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

"I'm going to find out who or what is throwing these children in the water." In healthcare, we have that first friend —

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

and just make sure we focus on the task at hand?" Certainly, rescuing people at the water's edge is important enough work.

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

that person who is going to find out who or what is throwing those kids in the water. Now, there are many upstreamists,

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

You love being in the water in a lot of on muscle.

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flying and of flow and this dance that happens with the water and how the ocean is your dance partner and you have to

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I think we have a moral obligation as well. Is it realistic to ignore the predictions of a fresh water scarcity crisis? Already, 40 percent are facing water scarcities.

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Is it realistic to ignore the predictions of a fresh water scarcity crisis? Already, 40 percent are facing water scarcities. In the mountain glaciers here in the Himalayas,

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In lots of cities, particularly in places like India, the water wells are going dry. In Bangalore,

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In Bangalore, four million people now have to buy expensive water trucked in because their wells have gone dry.

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It's actually doing something for us. It's producing air, it's producing water. That's more valuable than gold.

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to save the baby lighter schedules while throwing out the bath water pandemic isolation one way is to set aside a day each week

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I mean a work-friendly siesta maybe a bottle of water instead of wine followed by a 10 to 20 minute power nap

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When I was in Africa some years ago and then came back, I noticed water. In Africa where I was, I didn't have drinkable water.

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I noticed water. In Africa where I was, I didn't have drinkable water. Every time I turned on the faucet, I was overwhelmed.

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So I put little stickers on the light switch and on the water faucet, and every time I turned it on, water.

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and on the water faucet, and every time I turned it on, water. So leave it up to your own imagination.

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but we certainly can do something to calm ourselves during troubled times. Human mind is like water. If it gets affected by external conditions,

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is not available to millions of people around the world. Like water. Coffee is 98.8 percent water.

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Like water. Coffee is 98.8 percent water. So I figured I should go and thank the people at the New York reservoir,

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

So I figured I should go and thank the people at the New York reservoir, hundreds of them, who provide me water, and this miracle that I can turn a lever and get safe water.

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

hundreds of them, who provide me water, and this miracle that I can turn a lever and get safe water. And that millions of people around the world don't have this luxury

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

And that millions of people around the world don't have this luxury and have to walk hours to get safe water. It inspired me to see what I could do to help people get more access,

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

and I did research and found a wonderful group called Dispensers for Safe Water. And I got involved.

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

and there's a remarkable culture of hospitality. Strangers might ask each other for a sip of water. Or, if you ask someone for directions,

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feeding people at the expense of forests, wildlife, and water, and destabilizing the climate in the process.

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drawer wilted. I actually store them in a jar of water in my refrigerator.

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many crops in our cities vertically, so we can use less land, less water, less energy. Vertical farming is no longer some

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We can recycle most of the water that we use. We don't even need arable land.

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because they see what the outside world is like. They see what it's like to have hot and cold water. They see what it's like to go to the grocery store

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without considering what I call the modern arranged marriage, then we're throwing out the baby with the bath water. I asked a Pakistani man that I interviewed for my research

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and another. Listening to the water, it’s memory is as as close as I come to prayer:

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Not knowing her conception was immaculate. That she was birthed in sandalwood-scented river water, sweet sapphire honey-touched tongue,

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nothing but swim trunks on -- diving in the water, determined to beat this swimming champion? After the race, he tossed his wet, cloud-white hair

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Step one, fill the six-liter jug, step two, pour the water from six to 12-liter jug, step three, fill the six-liter jug again,

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step three, fill the six-liter jug again, step four, very carefully, pour the water from six to 12-liter jug. And finally you have six liters of water in the six-liter jug

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step four, very carefully, pour the water from six to 12-liter jug. And finally you have six liters of water in the six-liter jug that should be empty by now.

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(Birds chirping) (Water flowing) OK. Open your eyes.

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I can feel the sunshine on my face. I can feel the cool chill coming up off the Alpine water. I can see the tiny flecks of sparkle in the granite.

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than a hot shower, that every drop of water is a blessing to the senses.

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like when I was in second year of kindergarten and I was named Water Protector, which meant that I had to close the faucet

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but the color and the smell. The water came from the overflow of the Lerma River, one of the most contaminated rivers in the Americas,

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We talk about ecosystem services, about carbon sinks. We talk about oxygen and water filtration. But these are not in our balance sheets.

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especially when it comes to climate, has been, you know, futures with no water, cities frozen over because a climate solution went wrong.

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OK, a huge amount of suspense: Would it ever come back to the surface, or would it flood with water? Would the battery die, would the camera work?

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Finally we opened it up. There was no water inside. Oh my God, we pulled out the SD card and like, with bated breath,

A Whale’s-Eye-View of the Ocean | Eric Stackpole | TED · TED

as she descended into the bottom. You could hear the water rushing by as she swam faster and faster into the deep.

A Whale’s-Eye-View of the Ocean | Eric Stackpole | TED · TED

Particles rushed by the camera. And the water pressure was so immense from the speed that eventually the suction cups started to come loose.

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And so saying AI is mainly about the math or the code is like saying we humans are mainly about carbon and water. It's true, but it completely misses the point.

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Across the globe, sea water is becoming less habitable due to the climate change and the coral reefs are dying rapidly.

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You just take a deep breath, maybe get yourself a glass of water if you need to, and embrace it.

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Depending on where and how it's produced, one gallon of milk can take roughly 1,000 gallons of water to produce and can create about six kilograms of CO2 equivalent or more in the process.

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One of my closest friends, Okoloma, died in a plane crash because our fire trucks did not have water. I grew up under repressive military governments

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I don't have to tell you about the global health crisis, climate change, water crisis, soil fatigue,

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We've got the solar photovoltaic system, solar hot water heater, dual-flush toilets, bamboo floors.

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Global citizens like Davinia helped persuade the World Bank to boost their investment into water and sanitation. Here's the Bank's president Jim Kim announcing 15 billion dollars onstage

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it's actually pretty straightforward to explain where vapor trails come from. Jet engines produce water vapor in their exhaust. When this hot vapor hits the very cold air outside, it freezes,

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