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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most astounding place I've ever been\Nis the Mosquitia Rain Forest in Honduras.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've done archaeological fieldwork\Nall over the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I thought I knew what to expect
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,venturing into the jungle,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was wrong.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the first time\Nin my life, I might add.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, it's freezing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's 90 degrees, but you're\Nsoaking wet from the humidity,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the canopy of trees is so thick\Nthat sunlight never reaches the surface.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't get dry.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately, I knew that\NI hadn't brought enough clothing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That first night, I kept feeling things\Nmoving underneath my hammock,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unknown creatures brushing and poking\Nagainst the thin nylon fabric.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I could barely sleep\Nthrough all the noise.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The jungle is loud. It's shockingly loud.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like being downtown\Nin a bustling city.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the night wore on,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I became increasingly frustrated\Nwith my sleeplessness,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing I had a full day ahead.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I finally got up at dawn,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sense of unseen things\Nwas all too real.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were hoof prints, paw prints,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,linear snake tracks everywhere,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what's even more shocking,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we saw those same animals in the daylight
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were completely unafraid of us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had no experience with people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had no reason to be afraid.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I walked toward the undocumented city,\Nmy reason for being there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that this was the only place\Nthat I had ever been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I didn't see\Na single shred of plastic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how remote it was.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps it's surprising to learn
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there are still places on our planet
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are so untouched by people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's true.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are still hundreds of places where\Npeople haven't stepped for centuries,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe forever.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an awesome time\Nto be an archaeologist.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the tools and the technology
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand our planet\Nlike never before.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, we're running out of time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The climate crisis threatens to destroy\Nour ecological and cultural patrimony.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel an urgency to my work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I didn't feel 20 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we document everything\Nbefore it's too late.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was trained as\Na traditional archaeologist
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using methodologies that\Nhave been around since the '50s.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That all changed in July of 2009
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Michoacán, Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was studying the ancient\NPurépecha Empire,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a lesser known\Nbut equally important contemporary
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Aztec.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two weeks earlier, my team\Nhad documented an unknown settlement,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we were painstakingly mapping,\Nbuilding foundations by hand,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundreds of them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basic archaeological protocol\Nis to find the edge of a settlement
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you know what you're dealing with,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my graduate students\Nconvinced me to do just that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I grabbed a couple of Clif Bars,\Nsome water, a walkie,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I set out alone on foot
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expecting to encounter the edge\Nin just a few minutes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few minutes past, and then an hour.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, I reached\Nthe other side of the malpaís.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, there were ancient\Nbuilding foundations all the way across.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a city?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, shit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a city.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turns out that this\Nseemingly small settlement
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was actually an ancient urban megalopolis,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,26 square kilometers in size,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with as many building foundations\Nas modern day Manhattan,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an archaeological settlement so large
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it would take me\Ndecades to survey fully,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the entire rest of my career,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was exactly how I didn't want\Nto spend the entire rest of my career.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sweating, exhausted,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,placating stressed out graduate students.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tossing scraps of PB&J sandwiches
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feral dogs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is pointless by the way\Nbecause Mexican dogs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really don't like peanut butter.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just the thought of it bored me to tears.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I returned home to Colorado
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I poked my head\Nthrough a colleague's door.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dude, there's gotta be a better way."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He asked if I had heard\Nof this new technology called LiDAR --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Light Detection And Ranging.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked it up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LiDAR involves shooting\Na dense grid of laser pulses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an airplane to the ground's surface.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you end up with\Nis a high resolution scan
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the earth's surface\Nand everything on it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not an image,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but instead it's a dense,\Nthree-dimensional plot of points.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had enough money in the scan,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we did just that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The company went to Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they flew the LiDAR,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they sent back the data.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next several months, I learned\Nto practice digital deforestation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filtering away trees, brush,\Nand other vegetation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reveal the ancient\Ncultural landscape below.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I looked at my first visualization,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to cry,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I know comes\Nas quite a shock to you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given how manly I must seem.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In just 45 minutes of flying,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the LiDAR had collected\Nthe same amount of data
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as what would have taken decades by hand:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every house foundation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building, road, and pyramid,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incredible detail,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,representing the lives\Nof thousands of people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who lived and loved and died\Nin these spaces.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's more, the quality of the data
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wasn't comparable to traditional\Narchaeological research.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was much, much better.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that this technology would change\Nthe entire field of archaeology
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the coming years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it did.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our work came to the attention\Nof a group of filmmakers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were searching for a legendary\Nlost city in Honduras.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They failed in their quest
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they instead documented\Nan unknown culture,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now buried under a pristine\Nwilderness rainforest,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using LiDAR.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I agreed to help interpret their data,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is how I found myself deep\Nin that Mosquitia jungle,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plastic-free and filled\Nwith curious animals.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our goal was to verify\Nthat the archaeological features
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we identified in our LiDAR\Nwere actually there on the ground,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eleven months later, I returned\Nwith a crack team of archaeologists
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sponsored by the\NNational Geographic Society
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Honduran government.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a month, we excavated over 400 objects
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from what we now call\Nthe City of the Jaguar.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We felt a moral and ethical responsibility\Nto protect this site as it was,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the short time that we were there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things inevitably changed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tiny gravel bar where we first\Nlanded our helicopter was gone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The brush had been cleared away\Nand the trees removed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a large landing zone\Nfor several helicopters at once.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after just one rainy season,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ancient canals that we\Nhad seen in our LiDAR scan
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were damaged or destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the eden I described
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soon had a large clearing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,central camp,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lights
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an outdoor chapel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, despite our best efforts\Nto protect the site as it was,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things changed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our initial LiDAR scan\Nof this City of the Jaguar
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the only record of this place\Nas it existed just a few years ago.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And broadly speaking,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a problem for archaeologists.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't study an area\Nwithout changing it somehow,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and regardless, the earth is changing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Archaeological sites are destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,History is lost.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just this year, we watched in horror
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the Notre Dame cathedral\Nwent up in flames.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The iconic spire collapsed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the roof was all but destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miraculously, the art historian\NAndrew Tallon and colleagues
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scanned the cathedral in 2010 using LiDAR.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time, their goal was to understand\Nhow the building was constructed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, their LiDAR scan is the most\Ncomprehensive record of the cathedral,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it'll prove invaluable\Nin the reconstruction.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They couldn't have anticipated the fire,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how their scan would be used,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're lucky to have it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We take for granted that our cultural\Nand ecological patrimony
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be around forever.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It won't.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Organizations like SCI-Arc\Nand Virtual Wonders
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are doing incredible work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to record the world's historic monuments,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but nothing similar exists\Nfor the earth's landscapes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've lost 50 percent of our rainforests.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We lose 18 million acres\Nof forest every year.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And rising sea levels will make cities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,countries and continents\Ncompletely unrecognizable.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unless we have a record of these places,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no one in the future\Nwill know they existed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the earth is the Titanic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've struck the iceberg,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone's on deck,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the orchestra is playing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The climate crisis threatens to destroy\Nour cultural and ecological patrimony
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within decades,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sitting on our hands and doing nothing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not an option.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shouldn't we save everything\Nwe can on the lifeboats?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking at my scans\Nfrom Honduras and Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's clear that we need\Nto scan, scan, scan
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now as much as possible
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while we still can.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what inspired the Earth Archive,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an unprecedented scientific effort
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to LiDAR scan the entire planet,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting with areas\Nthat are most threatened.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its purpose is threefold.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number one: create a baseline record\Nof the earth as it exists today
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to more effectively mitigate\Nthe climate crisis.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To measure change, you need\Ntwo sets of data:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a before and an after.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, we don't have\Na high-resolution before data set
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for much of the planet,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we can't measure change,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can't evaluate\Nwhich of our current efforts
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to combat the climate crisis\Nare making a positive impact.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number two: create a virtual planet
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that any number of scientists\Ncan study our earth today.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Archaeologists like me\Ncan look for undocumented settlements.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ecologists can study tree size,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forests composition and age.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Geologists can study hydrology,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faults, disturbance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The possibilities are endless.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number three: preserve\Na record of the planet
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our grandchildren's grandchildren
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can reconstruct and study
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lost cultural patrimony in the future.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As science and technology advance,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll apply new tools, algorithms,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even AI to LiDAR scans done today
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask questions that we\Ncan't currently conceive of.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like Notre Dame, we can't imagine
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how these records will be used,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we know that they'll\Nbe critically important.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Earth Archive is the ultimate gift\Nto future generations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the truth be told,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't live long enough\Nto see its full impact,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and neither will you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's exactly why it's worth doing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Earth Archive is a bet\Non the future of humanity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a bet that together,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collectively,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as people and as scientists,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we'll face the climate crisis
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we'll choose\Nto do the right thing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just for us today
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to honor those who came before us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to pay it forward
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to future generations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will carry on our legacy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)