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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know more about\Nother planets than our own,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and today, I want to show you\Na new type of robot
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed to help us better understand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our own planet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It belongs to a category
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known in the oceanographic community\Nas an unmanned surface vehicle, or USV,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it uses no fuel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, it relies\Non wind power for propulsion,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet it can sail around the globe
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for months at a time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want to share with you\Nwhy we built it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what it means for you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few years ago, I was on a sailboat\Nmaking its way across the Pacific,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from San Francisco to Hawaii.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had just spent the past 10 years
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working nonstop developing video games\Nfor hundreds of millions of users,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to take a step back\Nand look at the big picture
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get some much-needed thinking time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was the navigator on board,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one evening, after a long session\Nanalyzing weather data
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and plotting our course,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came up on deck and saw\Nthis beautiful sunset,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a thought occurred to me;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much do we really\Nknow about our oceans?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Pacific was stretching all around me\Nas far as the eye could see,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the waves were\Nrocking our boat forcefully,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sort of constant reminder\Nof its untold power.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much do we really\Nknow about our oceans?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to find out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I quickly learned\Nis that we don't know very much,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the first reason is just\Nhow vast oceans are,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,covering 70 percent of the planet,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet we know they drive\Ncomplex planetary systems
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like global weather,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which affect all of us on a daily basis,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes dramatically.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, those activities\Nare mostly invisible to us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ocean data is scarce by any standards.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back on land, I had grown used\Nto accessing lots of sensors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,billions of them actually,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at sea, in situ data\Nis scarce and expensive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because it relies\Non a small number of ships and buoys.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How small a number\Nwas actually a great surprise.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our National Oceanic\Nand Atmospheric Administration,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better known as NOAH,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only has 16 ships
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are less than\N200 buoys offshore globally.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is easy to understand why.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The oceans are an unforgiving place,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to collect in situ data,\Nyou need a big ship
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capable of carrying a vast amount of fuel
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and large crews,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,costing hundreds\Nof millions of dollars each,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or big buoys tethered to the ocean floor\Nwith a four-mile-long cable
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and waited down by a set of train wheels
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is both dangerous to deploy\Nand expensive to maintain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about satellites, you might ask?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, satellites are fantastic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have taught us\Nso much about the big picture
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the past few decades.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the problem with satellites
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is they can only see through one micron
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the surface of the ocean.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have relatively poor\Nspatial and temporal resolution,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their signal needs to be corrected
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for cloud cover and land effects\Nand other factors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what is going on in the oceans?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what are we trying to measure?