24 hours on Earth -- in one image | Stephen Wilkes

Transcriber: TED Translators Admin Reviewer: Rhonda Jacobs

翻译人员: TED Translators Admin 校对人员: Yanyan Hong

Nature reveals itself to us in unique ways,

如果我们在时光中 停下脚步来欣赏这个世界，

if we stop and look at the world through a window of time.

大自然就会以独特的方式 向我们呈现自己。

Over the last decade,

在过去的十年中，

I've observed endangered species and habitats around the world,

我使用摄影技术观察到了世界各地的

using a photographic technique that captures the passage of time,

濒危物种和栖息地，

这些摄影技术捕捉到了 时间的流逝，从白天到夜晚，

literally from day to night,

all within a single image.

全部都呈现在一个画面里。

It has allowed me to witness

它让我见证了随着时间

the fleeting moments between wildlife and the natural habitat

野生动植物和自然栖息地

as time changes over the course of a single day.

在一天中的瞬息万变。

In the Serengeti, during a five-week drought,

在经历了五周干旱的塞伦盖蒂，

I discovered a watering hole and watched, for 26 hours,

我曾发现过一个水坑， 并花了 26 个小时去观察

diverse and competitive wildlife

其中的多样性和互相竞争的野生生物，

calmly share our planet's most precious resource:

它们共享着地球上最宝贵的资源，即水。

water.

On Lake Bogoria in Kenya, I photographed the great migration of flamingos.

在肯尼亚的柏哥利亚湖面上，

我拍摄了火烈鸟的大规模迁徙。

This happens normally during the peak of dry season,

这种情况通常发生在旱季的高峰期，

but climate change has created evening thunderstorms,

但气候变化造成了夜间雷暴，

turning normally dry hills green

使通常干燥的山丘变成绿色，

and creating freshwater streams in which the flamingos joyously bathe.

并形成了淡水溪流，

火烈鸟能在里面欢快地沐浴。

Our planet is changing before our eyes.

我们的地球正在我们眼前发生变化。

But to witness that change

但是，见证这种变化，

is also to witness the remarkable relationships between all of nature,

也是见证自然之间无与伦比的联系，

to see the infinite beauty of it,

看见自然的无限美丽，

to learn how much bigger than us it is

了解它比我们还大得多，

and why it is worth fighting for.

以及为什么值得为之奋斗。

In 2019, the Greenland ice sheet was experiencing its largest melt

在 2019 年，格陵兰冰原经历了

有史以来最大的消融。

in recorded history:

200 billion tons of ice liquified into the ocean.

2000 亿吨冰随着液化冲入海洋。

When glacial ice melts,

当冰川冰融化时，崩塌的冰山将沉积物

caving icebergs release sediments and particles into the seawater,

和颗粒释放到海水中，

initiating our ocean's food chain.

从而触发了我们海洋的食物链。

Plankton feed on the sediment,

浮游生物以沉积物为食，

krill eat plankton,

磷虾吃浮游生物，座头鲸们

and the humpback whales feed on the krill.

则以磷虾为食。

This photograph is the result of witnessing with my camera

这张照片是我用相机见证座头鲸

a 36-hour feast by humpback whales.

在享用了 36 个小时盛宴的成果。

We assume that the greatest threat of glacial melt

我们认为，冰川融化的最大威胁

will be sea level rise,

将是全球海平面的上升。

which will certainly have major impacts on coastlines

这无疑将对住在 海岸线上的世界各地人口

and populations around the world.

产生重大影响。

But within this image,

但是在这张照片中，

we discover that perhaps the greatest threat from glacial melt

我们发现冰川融化最大的

威胁可能是我们海洋的

might be our ocean's ability to feed itself.

自食能力。

Without ice,

没有冰，海洋食物链可能会断裂。

the ocean food chain may break.

Creating this photograph opened my consciousness.

创作这张照片唤醒了我。

I hope through your willingness to look and see,

我希望您也愿意去看一看，

it may open yours.

或许它也会唤醒各位。