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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.95,0:00:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most astounding place I've ever been\Nis the Mosquitia Rain Forest in Honduras.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.27,0:00:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've done archaeological fieldwork\Nall over the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.86,0:00:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I thought I knew what to expect\Nventuring into the jungle,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.98,0:00:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.86,0:00:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the first time\Nin my life, I might add.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.64,0:00:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.17,0:00:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, it's freezing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.36,0:00:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's 90 degrees, but you're\Nsoaking wet from the humidity,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.69,0:00:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the canopy of trees is so thick\Nthat sunlight never reaches the surface.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.26,0:00:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't get dry.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.03,0:00:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately, I knew that\NI hadn't brought enough clothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.51,0:00:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That first night, I kept feeling things\Nmoving underneath my hammock,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.06,0:00:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unknown creatures brushing and poking\Nagainst the thin nylon fabric.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.14,0:00:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I could barely sleep\Nthrough all the noise.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.21,0:00:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The jungle is loud. It's shockingly loud.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.47,0:00:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like being downtown\Nin a bustling city.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.04,0:00:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the night wore on,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.30,0:00:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I became increasingly frustrated\Nwith my sleeplessness,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.80,0:01:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing I had a full day ahead.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.47,0:01:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I finally got up at dawn,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.64,0:01:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sense of unseen things\Nwas all too real.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.77,0:01:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were hoofprints, paw prints,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.84,0:01:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,linear snake tracks everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.31,0:01:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's even more shocking,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.60,0:01:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we saw those same animals in the daylight,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.89,0:01:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were completely unafraid of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.69,0:01:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had no experience with people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.32,0:01:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had no reason to be afraid.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.76,0:01:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I walked toward the undocumented city,\Nmy reason for being there,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.90,0:01:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that this was the only place\Nthat I had ever been
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.34,0:01:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I didn't see\Na single shred of plastic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.47,0:01:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how remote it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.37,0:01:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps it's surprising to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.23,0:01:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there are still places on our planet\Nthat are so untouched by people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.08,0:01:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.89,0:01:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are still hundreds of places\Nwhere people haven't stepped for centuries
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.15,0:01:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.89,0:02:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an awesome time\Nto be an archaeologist.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.09,0:02:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the tools and the technology
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.83,0:02:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand our planet\Nlike never before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.36,0:02:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, we're running out of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.87,0:02:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The climate crisis threatens to destroy\Nour ecological and cultural patrimony.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.50,0:02:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel an urgency to my work
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.83,0:02:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I didn't feel 20 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.65,0:02:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we document everything\Nbefore it's too late?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.46,0:02:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was trained as\Na traditional archaeologist
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.63,0:02:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using methodologies that\Nhave been around since the '50s.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.65,0:02:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That all changed in July of 2009
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.73,0:02:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Michoacán, Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.77,0:02:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was studying the ancient\NPurépecha Empire,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.13,0:02:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a lesser known\Nbut equally important contemporary
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.25,0:02:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Aztec.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.92,0:02:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two weeks earlier, my team\Nhad documented an unknown settlement,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.25,0:02:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we were painstakingly mapping,\Nbuilding foundations by hand --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.20,0:02:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundreds of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.45,0:03:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basic archaeological protocol\Nis to find the edge of a settlement
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.20,0:03:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you know what you're dealing with,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.10,0:03:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my graduate students\Nconvinced me to do just that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.02,0:03:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I grabbed a couple of CLIF Bars,\Nsome water, a walkie,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.12,0:03:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I set out alone on foot,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.20,0:03:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expecting to encounter "the edge"\Nin just a few minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.15,0:03:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few minutes passed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.93,0:03:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then an hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.53,0:03:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, I reached\Nthe other side of the malpais.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.48,0:03:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, there were ancient\Nbuilding foundations all the way across.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.14,0:03:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a city?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.84,0:03:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, shit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.23,0:03:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.26,0:03:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a city.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.60,0:03:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turns out that this\Nseemingly small settlement
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.76,0:03:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was actually an ancient urban megalopolis,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.84,0:03:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,26 square kilometers in size,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.67,0:03:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with as many building foundations\Nas modern-day Manhattan,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.94,0:03:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an archaeological settlement so large
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.82,0:03:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it would take me\Ndecades to survey fully,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.02,0:03:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the entire rest of my career,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.98,0:04:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was exactly how I didn't want\Nto spend the entire rest of my career --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.35,0:04:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.99,0:04:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sweating, exhausted,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.49,0:04:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,placating stressed-out\Ngraduate students --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.50,0:04:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.92,0:04:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tossing scraps of PB and J sandwiches
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.76,0:04:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feral dogs,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.16,0:04:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is pointless, by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.03,0:04:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Mexican dogs\Nreally don't like peanut butter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.26,0:04:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.43,0:04:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just the thought of it bored me to tears.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.06,0:04:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I returned home to Colorado,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.75,0:04:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I poked my head\Nthrough a colleague's door.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.35,0:04:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dude, there's gotta be a better way."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.12,0:04:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He asked if I had heard\Nof this new technology called LiDAR --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.08,0:04:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Light Detection And Ranging.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.56,0:04:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.95,0:04:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LiDAR involves shooting\Na dense grid of laser pulses
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.32,0:04:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an airplane to the ground's surface.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.15,0:04:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you end up with\Nis a high-resolution scan
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.11,0:04:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the earth's surface\Nand everything on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.71,0:04:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not an image,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.24,0:04:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but instead it's a dense,\Nthree-dimensional plot of points.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.24,0:04:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had enough money in the scan,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.56,0:05:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we did just that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.35,0:05:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The company went to Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.91,0:05:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they flew the LiDAR
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.24,0:05:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they sent back the data.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.55,0:05:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next several months, I learned\Nto practice digital deforestation,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.76,0:05:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filtering away trees, brush\Nand other vegetation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.45,0:05:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reveal the ancient\Ncultural landscape below.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.34,0:05:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I looked at my first visualization,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.81,0:05:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to cry,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.01,0:05:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I know comes\Nas quite a shock to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.20,0:05:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given how manly I must seem.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.16,0:05:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.13,0:05:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In just 45 minutes of flying,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.34,0:05:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the LiDAR had collected\Nthe same amount of data
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.16,0:05:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as what would have taken decades by hand:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.11,0:05:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every house foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.66,0:05:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building, road and pyramid,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.30,0:05:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incredible detail,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.35,0:05:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,representing the lives\Nof thousands of people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.62,0:05:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who lived and loved and died\Nin these spaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.39,0:05:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's more, the quality of the data
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.59,0:05:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wasn't comparable to traditional\Narchaeological research.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.44,0:06:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was much, much better.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.18,0:06:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that this technology would change\Nthe entire field of archaeology
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.47,0:06:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the coming years,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.12,0:06:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it did.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.38,0:06:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our work came to the attention\Nof a group of filmmakers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.46,0:06:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were searching for a legendary\Nlost city in Honduras.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.96,0:06:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They failed in their quest,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.38,0:06:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they instead documented\Nan unknown culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.98,0:06:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now buried under a pristine\Nwilderness rain forest,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.36,0:06:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using LiDAR.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.79,0:06:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I agreed to help interpret their data,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.67,0:06:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is how I found myself deep\Nin that Mosquitia jungle,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.61,0:06:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plastic-free and filled\Nwith curious animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.08,0:06:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our goal was to verify\Nthat the archaeological features
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.17,0:06:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we identified in our LiDAR
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.14,0:06:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were actually there on the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.93,0:06:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.87,0:06:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eleven months later, I returned\Nwith a crack team of archaeologists
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.59,0:06:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sponsored by the\NNational Geographic Society
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.45,0:06:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Honduran government.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.33,0:07:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a month, we excavated over 400 objects
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.66,0:07:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from what we now call\Nthe City of the Jaguar.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.68,0:07:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We felt a moral and ethical responsibility\Nto protect this site as it was,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.87,0:07:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the short time that we were there,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.11,0:07:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things inevitably changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.43,0:07:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tiny gravel bar where we first\Nlanded our helicopter was gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.51,0:07:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The brush had been cleared away\Nand the trees removed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.30,0:07:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a large landing zone\Nfor several helicopters at once.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.65,0:07:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.84,0:07:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after just one rainy season,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.19,0:07:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ancient canals that we\Nhad seen in our LiDAR scan
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.58,0:07:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were damaged or destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.94,0:07:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Eden I described\Nsoon had a large clearing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.74,0:07:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,central camp,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.12,0:07:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lights
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.32,0:07:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an outdoor chapel.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.49,0:07:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, despite our best efforts\Nto protect the site as it was,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.41,0:07:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.34,0:07:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our initial LiDAR scan\Nof this City of the Jaguar
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.86,0:08:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the only record of this place\Nas it existed just a few years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.61,0:08:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And broadly speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.08,0:08:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a problem for archaeologists.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.76,0:08:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't study an area\Nwithout changing it somehow,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.90,0:08:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and regardless, the earth is changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.98,0:08:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Archaeological sites are destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.92,0:08:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,History is lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.60,0:08:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just this year, we watched in horror
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.10,0:08:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the Notre Dame Cathedral\Nwent up in flames.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.20,0:08:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The iconic spire collapsed,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.47,0:08:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the roof was all but destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.91,0:08:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miraculously, the art historian\NAndrew Tallon and colleagues
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.32,0:08:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scanned the cathedral in 2010 using LiDAR.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.83,0:08:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time, their goal was to understand\Nhow the building was constructed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.54,0:08:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, their LiDAR scan is the most\Ncomprehensive record of the cathedral,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.25,0:08:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it'll prove invaluable\Nin the reconstruction.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.10,0:08:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They couldn't have anticipated the fire
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.49,0:08:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how their scan would be used,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.57,0:08:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're lucky to have it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.90,0:09:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We take for granted that our cultural\Nand ecological patrimony
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.06,0:09:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be around forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.89,0:09:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It won't.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.62,0:09:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Organizations like SCI-Arc\Nand Virtual Wonders
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.74,0:09:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are doing incredible work
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.01,0:09:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to record the world's historic monuments,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.68,0:09:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but nothing similar exists\Nfor the earth's landscapes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.62,0:09:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've lost 50 percent of our rain forests.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.52,0:09:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We lose 18 million acres\Nof forest every year.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.96,0:09:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And rising sea levels will make cities,\Ncountries and continents
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.43,0:09:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely unrecognizable.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.07,0:09:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unless we have a record of these places,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.75,0:09:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no one in the future\Nwill know they existed.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.18,0:09:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the earth is the Titanic,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.36,0:09:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've struck the iceberg,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.24,0:09:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone's on deck
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.79,0:09:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the orchestra is playing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.18,0:09:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The climate crisis threatens to destroy\Nour cultural and ecological patrimony
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.98,0:09:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within decades.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.79,0:09:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sitting on our hands and doing nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.30,0:09:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not an option.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.52,0:10:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shouldn't we save everything\Nwe can on the lifeboats?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.36,0:10:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.75,0:10:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking at my scans\Nfrom Honduras and Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.24,0:10:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's clear that we need\Nto scan, scan, scan
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.57,0:10:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now as much as possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.00,0:10:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while we still can.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.13,0:10:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what inspired the Earth Archive,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.65,0:10:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an unprecedented scientific effort
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.31,0:10:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to LiDAR-scan the entire planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.05,0:10:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting with areas\Nthat are most threatened.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.23,0:10:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its purpose is threefold.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.72,0:10:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number one: create a baseline record\Nof the earth as it exists today
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.28,0:10:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to more effectively mitigate\Nthe climate crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.93,0:10:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To measure change, you need\Ntwo sets of data:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.57,0:10:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a before and an after.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.44,0:10:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, we don't have\Na high-resolution before data set
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.60,0:10:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for much of the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.51,0:10:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we can't measure change,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.48,0:11:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can't evaluate\Nwhich of our current efforts
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.15,0:11:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to combat the climate crisis
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.47,0:11:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are making a positive impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.74,0:11:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number two: create a virtual planet
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.72,0:11:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that any number of scientists\Ncan study our earth today.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.36,0:11:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Archaeologists like me\Ncan look for undocumented settlements.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.56,0:11:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ecologists can study tree size,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.22,0:11:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forest composition and age.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.90,0:11:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Geologists can study hydrology,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.22,0:11:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faults, disturbance.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.69,0:11:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The possibilities are endless.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.42,0:11:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number three: preserve\Na record of the planet
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.66,0:11:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our grandchildren's grandchildren,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.26,0:11:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can reconstruct and study\Nlost cultural patrimony in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.81,0:11:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As science and technology advance,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.58,0:11:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll apply new tools, algorithms,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.78,0:11:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even AI to LiDAR scans done today,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.55,0:11:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask questions that we\Ncan't currently conceive of.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.51,0:12:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like Notre Dame,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.30,0:12:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't imagine how these\Nrecords will be used.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.04,0:12:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we know that they'll\Nbe critically important.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.05,0:12:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Earth Archive is the ultimate gift\Nto future generations,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.13,0:12:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the truth be told,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.64,0:12:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't live long enough\Nto see its full impact,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.90,0:12:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and neither will you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.50,0:12:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's exactly why it's worth doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.22,0:12:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Earth Archive is a bet\Non the future of humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.15,0:12:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a bet that together,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.33,0:12:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collectively,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.97,0:12:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as people and as scientists,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.06,0:12:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we'll face the climate crisis
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.79,0:12:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we'll choose\Nto do the right thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.92,0:12:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just for us today
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.93,0:12:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to honor those who came before us
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.90,0:12:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to pay it forward\Nto future generations
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.28,0:12:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will carry on our legacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.37,0:12:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.90,0:13:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)