# Glowing life in an underwater world

- Institution: TED
- Department: Mission Blue Voyage
- Speaker: Edith Widder
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/edith_widder_glowing_life_in_an_underwater_world)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Some 80 to 90 percent of undersea creatures make light -- and we know very little about how or why. Bioluminescence expert Edith Widder explores this glowing, sparkling, luminous world, sharing glorious images and insight into the unseen depths (and brights) of the ocean.

## Lectures

1. [Glowing life in an underwater world](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/edith_widder_glowing_life_in_an_underwater_world/b70fb76646c7), 17 min (TED's player)