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The boiling river of the Amazon

Andrés Ruzo · TED

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About

When Andrés Ruzo was a young boy in Peru, his grandfather told him a story with an odd detail: There is a river, deep in the Amazon, which boils as if a fire burns below it. Twelve years later, after training as a geoscientist, he set out on a journey deep into the jungle of South America in search of this boiling river. At a time when everything seems mapped and measured, join Ruzo as he explores a river that forces us to question the line between known and unknown ... and reminds us that there are great wonders yet to be discovered.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2014
Speaker
Andrés Ruzo
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Chemistry, Biology, Earth and environment
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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