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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.04,0:00:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good evening, welcome to New Orleans.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.24,0:00:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if you knew this,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.80,0:00:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you are sitting within 15 minutes\Nof one of the largest rivers in the world:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.16,0:00:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Mississippi river.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.36,0:00:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Old Man River, Big Muddy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.56,0:00:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it goes as far north\Nas the state of Minnesota,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.08,0:00:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as far east as the state of New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.44,0:00:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as far west as Montana.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.12,0:00:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And 100 miles from here, river miles,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.48,0:00:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it empties its fresh water and sediments\Ninto the Gulf of Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.08,0:00:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the end of Geography 101.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.28,0:00:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.40,0:00:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we're going to go\Nto what is in that water.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.36,0:00:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Besides the sediment, there are dissolved\Nmolecules, nitrogen and phosphorus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.12,0:00:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those, through a biological process,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.60,0:01:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lead to the formation\Nof areas called dead zones.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.40,0:01:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, dead zone is a quite ominous word
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.88,0:01:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're a fish or a crab.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.96,0:01:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.52,0:01:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even a little worm in the sediments.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.52,0:01:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means that there's not enough oxygen
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.60,0:01:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those animals to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.68,0:01:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, how does this happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.44,0:01:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nitrogen and the phosphorus
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.68,0:01:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stimulate the growth of microscopic plants\Ncalled phytoplankton.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.76,0:01:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And small animals called zooplankton\Neat the phytoplankton,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.36,0:01:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small fish eat the zooplankton,\Nlarge fish eat the small fish
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.32,0:01:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it goes on up into the food web.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.12,0:01:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is that there's just too much\Nnitrogen and phosphorus right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.68,0:01:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too much phytoplankton\Nfalling to the bottom
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.92,0:01:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decomposed by bacteria\Nthat use up the oxygen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.44,0:02:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the biology.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.88,0:02:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you can't see it\Nfrom the surface of the water,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.28,0:02:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't see it in satellite images,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.76,0:02:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so how do we know it's there?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.96,0:02:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, a trawler can tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.76,0:02:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she puts her net over the side\Nand drags for 20 minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.12,0:02:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and comes up empty,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.96,0:02:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she knows she's in the dead zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.28,0:02:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she has to go somewhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.64,0:02:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But where else do you go\Nif this area is 8,000 square miles big?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.52,0:02:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About the size of the state of New Jersey.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.88,0:02:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you either make\Na decision to go further,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.16,0:02:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without much economic return,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.48,0:02:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or go back to the dock.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.16,0:02:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a scientist, I have access\Nto high-tech equipment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.12,0:02:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can put over the side\Nof the research vessel,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.00,0:02:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it measures oxygen\Nand many more things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.88,0:02:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We start at the Mississippi River,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.20,0:02:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we crisscross the Gulf of Mexico\Nall the way to Texas,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.72,0:03:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even I sneak into Texas\Nevery now and then and test their waters.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.56,0:03:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can tell by the bottom oxygen --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.32,0:03:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can draw a map\Nof everything that's less than two,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.52,0:03:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the magic number\Nfor when the fish start to leave the area.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.88,0:03:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also dive in this dead zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.00,0:03:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have oxygen meters\Nthat we have to deploy offshore
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.04,0:03:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that tell us continuous measurements\Nof low oxygen or high oxygen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.36,0:03:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you get into the water,\Nthere's a lot of fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.96,0:03:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tons of fish, all kinds of fish,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.88,0:03:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including my buddy here,\Nthe barracuda that I saw one day.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.12,0:03:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody else swam this way\Nand I went this way with my camera.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.52,0:03:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.56,0:03:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, down at 30 feet\Nyou start to see fewer fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.20,0:03:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you get to the bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.40,0:03:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you don't see any fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.64,0:03:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no life on the platform,\Nthere's no life swimming around.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.32,0:04:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know you're in the dead zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.00,0:04:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what's the connection\Nbetween the middle of the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.32,0:04:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Gulf of Mexico?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.44,0:04:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, most of the watershed is farmland.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.72,0:04:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in particular, corn-soybean rotation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.96,0:04:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nitrogen that is put in fertilizers\Nand the phosphorus goes on the land
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.64,0:04:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drains off into the Mississippi River
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.64,0:04:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ends up in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.44,0:04:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's three times more\Nnitrogen in the water
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.28,0:04:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Mississippi now,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.08,0:04:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than there was in the 1950s.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.32,0:04:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three times.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.76,0:04:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And phosphorus has doubled.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.80,0:04:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what that means is more phytoplankton\Nand more sinking sails and lower oxygen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.52,0:04:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a natural feature of the Gulf;\Nit's been caused by human activities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.04,0:04:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The landscape is not what it used to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.68,0:05:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It used to be prairies and forests\Nand prairie potholes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.64,0:05:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and duck areas and all kinds of stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.76,0:05:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not anymore -- it's grow crops.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.76,0:05:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are ways that we can address\Nthis type of agriculture
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.76,0:05:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by using less fertilizer,\Nmaybe precision fertilizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.08,0:05:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And trying some sustainable agriculture
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.52,0:05:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as perennial wheatgrass,\Nwhich has much longer roots
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.08,0:05:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the six inches of a corn plant,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.72,0:05:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can keep the nitrogen on the soil\Nand keep the soil from running off.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.32,0:05:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how do we convince\Nour neighbors to the north,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.36,0:05:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe 1,000 miles away or more,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.76,0:05:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their activities are causing problems\Nwith water quality in the Gulf of Mexico?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.76,0:05:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, we can take them\Nto their own backyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.92,0:05:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want to go swimming\Nin Wisconsin in the summer
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.52,0:05:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your favorite watering hole,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.20,0:06:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might find something like this
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.44,0:06:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which looks like spilled green paint\Nand smells like it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.96,0:06:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing on the surface of the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.52,0:06:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a toxic blue-green algal bloom
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.40,0:06:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is not good for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.48,0:06:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Similarly, in Lake Erie,\Ncouple of summers ago
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.64,0:06:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was hundreds of miles\Nof this blue-green algae
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.56,0:06:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the city of Toledo, Ohio,\Ncouldn't use it for their drinking water
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.92,0:06:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for several days on end.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.80,0:06:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you watch the news,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.56,0:06:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know that lots of communities\Nare having trouble with drinking water.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.44,0:06:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a scientist.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.20,0:06:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if you could tell that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.32,0:06:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.56,0:06:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I do solid science,\NI publish my results,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.68,0:06:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my colleagues read them,\NI get citations of my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.84,0:07:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I truly believe that, as a scientist,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.68,0:07:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using mostly federal funds\Nto do the research,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.68,0:07:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I owe it to the public,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.84,0:07:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to agency heads and congressional people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.36,0:07:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to share my knowledge with them
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.96,0:07:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can use it,\Nhopefully to make better decisions
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.88,0:07:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about our environmental policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.44,0:07:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.44,0:07:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.72,0:07:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.44,0:07:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the ways that I was able to do this\Nis I brought in the media.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.92,0:07:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Joby Warrick\Nfrom the "Washington Post"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.36,0:07:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put this picture in an article
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.36,0:07:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the front page, Sunday morning,\Ntwo inches above the fold.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.16,0:07:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a big deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.44,0:07:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Senator John Breaux, from Louisiana,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.72,0:07:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said, "Oh my gosh, that's what they think\Nthe Gulf of Mexico looks like?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.96,0:08:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Well, you know,\Nthere's the proof."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.64,0:08:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've go to do something about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.36,0:08:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time,\NSenator Olympia Snowe from Maine
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.12,0:08:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was having trouble with harmful\Nalgal blooms in the Gulf of Maine.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.04,0:08:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They joined forces -- it was bipartisan --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.96,0:08:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.28,0:08:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.76,0:08:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And invited me to give\Ncongressional testimony,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.68,0:08:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "Oh, all I've done\Nis chase crabs around south Texas,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.76,0:08:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how to do that."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.20,0:08:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.44,0:08:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I did it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.68,0:08:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.20,0:08:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And eventually, the bill passed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.80,0:08:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was called -- yeah, yay!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.52,0:08:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was called The Harmful Algal Bloom
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.64,0:08:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Hypoxia Research\Nand Control Act of 1998.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.36,0:08:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.84,0:08:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.20,0:08:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.44,0:08:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is why we call it\Nthe Snowe-Breaux Bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.96,0:08:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.40,0:09:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other thing is\Nthat we had a conference in 2001
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.80,0:09:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was put on by\Nthe National Academy of Sciences
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.60,0:09:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that looked at fertilizers,\Nnitrogen and poor water quality.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.88,0:09:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our plenary speaker\Nwas the former governor
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.52,0:09:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the state of New Jersey.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.64,0:09:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.80,0:09:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no thinking she wasn't serious\Nwhen she peered at the audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.68,0:09:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought,\N"Surely she's looking at me."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.84,0:09:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, I'm really tired\Nof this thing being called New Jersey.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.88,0:09:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pick another state, any state,\NI just don't want to hear it anymore."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.76,0:09:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she was able to move the action plan
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.44,0:09:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across President George H.W. Bush's desk
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.16,0:09:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we had environmental goals
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.96,0:09:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we were working to solve them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.00,0:09:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Midwest does not feed the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.88,0:10:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feeds a lot of chickens, hogs, cattle
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.64,0:10:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it generates ethanol
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.92,0:10:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put into our gasoline,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.32,0:10:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is regulated by federal policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.16,0:10:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can do better than this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.40,0:10:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make decisions
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.88,0:10:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that make us less consumptive
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.84,0:10:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reduce our reliance on nitrogen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.92,0:10:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a carbon footprint.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.12,0:10:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can reduce\Nyour nitrogen footprint.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.16,0:10:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do it by not eating much meat --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.36,0:10:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still like a little\Nevery now and then --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.48,0:10:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not using corn oil,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.24,0:10:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,driving a car that I can put\Nnonethanol gas in
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.68,0:10:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get better gas mileage.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.52,0:10:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just things like that\Nthat can make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.08,0:10:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm challenging, not just you,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.76,0:11:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I challenge a lot of people,\Nespecially in the Midwest --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.20,0:11:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think about how you're treating your land\Nand how you can make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.04,0:11:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my steps are very small steps.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.32,0:11:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To change the type\Nof agriculture in the US
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.04,0:11:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to be many big steps.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.96,0:11:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's going to take political\Nand social will for that to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.36,0:11:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.28,0:11:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I strongly believe\Nwe can translate the science,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.48,0:11:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bridge it to policy and make\Na difference in our environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.56,0:11:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all want a clean environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.04,0:11:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can work together to do this
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.64,0:11:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we no longer have\Nthese dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.96,0:11:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.20,0:11:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)