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00:22I've been working with polar bears all around the Arctic for the past 15 years.
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00:43We're very focused on outreach, on educational initiatives, and just on raising awareness.
00:51Not just about polar bears, but absolutely about sea ice and about the effects of climate change.
00:56But also how people can help us curb climate change as soon as possible.
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01:33Polar bears aren't the only thing you can do.
01:34The only creatures who really need the sea ice to be healthy.
01:37Humans need it too.
01:39Because sea ice is a regulator for the temperature around the world.
01:44The health of the sea ice affects the lives of everyone.
01:48When you see it disappearing, that's when you also see the wind currents change.
01:54And because they're changing, we're also seeing this enormous increase in unusual weather patterns.
02:02We have a lot more precipitation in some areas.
02:04We have the wildfires.
02:07There are many different things that we can do in our everyday life to be part of the solution and
02:12help curb climate change.
02:13Three of the major things that you can do are vote with the climate in mind in every single election.
02:20Second of all, support a swift transition to renewable energies.
02:24And third of all, is just talk about climate change.
02:28Discuss it with your friends, your family, your colleagues, and help normalize this as something that we talk about.
02:34Because that in itself will have an enormously positive influence.
02:41I do feel a certain responsibility because I want to use the position I'm in to make it easier for
02:51the generations of women to come after me.
02:53To be in STEM, to be in research, to be in academia.
02:57So I do recognize that saying, if you can see it, you can be it.
03:02And I recognize my personal role in that.
03:05Keep your curiosity.
03:07Keep your nerdiness.
03:09Because those are the things that will sustain you.
03:12Not just in research, but in your life.
03:14Those things are awesome.
