How we can revive Planet Earth in less than 20 years

How we can revive Planet Earth in less than 20 years | Sean B. Carroll

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“If given a chance, nature can rebound, and nature can rebound dramatically.” Biologist Sean B. Carroll discusses the resilience of nature and how humans can help it thrive.
Humans litter, start wars, hunt, and poach, but history has also shown we are capable of undoing our damage. Carroll highlights Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, where a brutal civil war decimated 98% of the large animal population. Yet, through dedicated conservation efforts, the park has seen a remarkable recovery - and this is not the only example.
This video explores the power of awareness and action-no matter how small. While humans have caused significant damage to wildlife, we also possess the ability to restore and protect our planet's biodiversity. Carroll shares insights on how we can coexist with nature, ensuring a healthy and happy future for both humans and other creatures on Earth.
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About Sean B. Carroll:
Sean B. Carroll is an award-winning scientist, author, educator, and film producer. He is Distinguished University Professor and the Andrew and Mary Balo and NIcholas and Susan Simon Chair of Biology at the University of Maryland, and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He was formerly Head of HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, and led the Department of Science Education from 2010-2023. He is also Professor Emeritus of Genetics and Molecular Biology at the University of Wisconsin.
An internationally-recognized evolutionary biologist, Carroll's laboratory research has centered on the genes that control animal body patterns and play major roles in the evolution of animal diversity. In recognition of his scientific contributions, Carroll has received the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Sciences, been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and elected an Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization.
His latest book is A Series of Fortunate Events ► press.princeton.edu/books/har...

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@conwaytwitty8634 Ай бұрын

Man. That made me cry. I’m gonna make a short film about this.

@Arashiii87 Ай бұрын

I appreciate the optimistic tone, suggesting that significant improvements can be seen within a relatively short period if we take action. This is an encouraging message, especially in a time when environmental news can often be overwhelmingly negative 😅

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Unfortunately it is all just smile and be happy despite the reality of severe decline all over the Earth. Big oil wants you to remain calm and driving on fossil fuels to make themselves even 'richer'. Humans are not exempt from extinction!

@urosmilosevic5299 8 күн бұрын

Yesss!

@piconano Ай бұрын

Technology without wisdom, is a death sentence. ~Me

@ron_lol7588 Ай бұрын

You are great with the way of words my man

@DashMatin Ай бұрын

and so most tech nowdays is without wisdom so...

@LarixMontis Ай бұрын

@@ron_lol7588not with commas though

@ron_lol7588 Ай бұрын

@@LarixMontis bruh😂

@ezze7540 28 күн бұрын

@@LarixMontis 😀

@uggali Ай бұрын

You can’t save the world but you can save your immediate environment. You can set your local ecosystem on the path to restoration in your own lifetime

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Unfortunately local ecosystems do not exist isolated on their own little planets. It's all the same planet Earth, in dire straits. Humans are not exempt from extinction.

@Klosejerry Ай бұрын

When you take the pressure away, living multiplies. Looking at these facts, systems should adopt this to reduce the level of loneliness, depression and anxiety.

@thealterego1777 Ай бұрын

Are you referring to the great economic depression?

@SICRoosterKido Ай бұрын

Not throwing trash on the ground should be common knowledge and etiquette

@rubywhy1151 Ай бұрын

when you throw trash in a trashcan, trash is still exist

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

That (litter) doesn't even acknowledge the surface of our existential conundrum. Humans are not exempt from extinction. And we're driving ourselves there fast. I hope you look a little deeper into reality.

@davestagner Ай бұрын

Not throwing trash in the air should be common knowledge and etiquette too. But nonetheless, we keep on burning fossil fuels, dumping the CO2 trash in the air.

@user-pm7ck6ij9s Ай бұрын

Nature thrives in our absence - that's the real message. It's not because human's "manage" nature, it's because billions of us quit destroying nature.

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Unfortunately the rampant destruction continues day after day, non stop, 24/7. And a lot of people like their plastic lifestyle of total annihilation and comprehensive denial. Humans are not exempt from extinction.

@ronaldkichurchak3833 Ай бұрын

I appreciate the message of hope, but this is highly oversimplified. In most cases, just stopping our destructive actions will not restore biodiversity. We've destroyed too much habitat and altered ecological systems in such a way that they will require extensive restoration efforts to even make them suitable for wildlife, which is difficult and expensive. Intensive management will be needed in many cases. Even in his own example of bringing back bald eagles, banning DDT was only half the story. Hacking techniques had to be employed to reintroduce eagles. Again, difficult and expensive. And conservation is not a high priority for most governments, making funding options tough to come by. Conservation is also the least well-funded of all charity types, so public support is also low. Planting natives in your yard is a great idea, and everyone should do it, but it's not going to save the planet. Reducing or eliminating meat consumption (ranching is the biggest driver of habitat loss), voting for pro-conservation politicians, and giving a lot of money to conservation NGOs is what needs to be done.

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Excellent comprehensive reality check. Fantasy will not save humans or any other species from EXTINCTION.

@donovanjones4175 Ай бұрын

They are making a small comeback in Canada, small victories

@TheJesusFreeke Ай бұрын

Would there be further videos or reading you would recommend?

@adarmus4768 Ай бұрын

tl;dr: I am a galaxy sized big brain. Listen to me and not the individual in the video. My BigThink series where I correct guests on other videos will be up soon.

@ronaldkichurchak3833 Ай бұрын

@@TheJesusFreeke Honestly, the best sources will be journals like Conservation Biology, Restoration Ecology, Applied Ecology, etc. There are also many good trade books like Corridor Ecology and Ecological Restoration. But for the general public, I'd recommend a few pop science books like The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert and Song of the Dodo by David Quammen. There are probably some decent KZfaq videos out there, but those that are founded on sound science and not flashy, simple messages are nowhere near as popular and don't get the traction as the latter videos, so they don't pop up in anyone's feed and go unnoticed. This is really a larger issue of social media in general.

@bsmithhammer Ай бұрын

Thank you for this. The naive and simplistic "Doom Cult" is a powerful thing these days. We need more antidotes to this addictive, anxiety-ridden ideology.

@kludgescraftsplus8631 Ай бұрын

I have been collecting wildflowers from the field surrounding my house prior to their development. I have only been doing this for a handful of years. I started with a small 10 square foot section of my back yard, and every year added a little more. Last year once I was free of a dreaded trampoline, I spread it to nearly the entire yard, save my pepper garden.I have collected as much as many things as possible and spread them evenly with the idea that they will simply survive and thrive where they can in my yard. Along the way the diversity of as I like to say these days " visitors to the guest book" has exploded. I grew up in this area, in a generation that spent most of its time outside. Despite that I regularly see creatures of all types new to me . I'm simply amazed, and honored to support dozens upon dozens of pollinators, and their predators.

@Wanderlauch Ай бұрын

Even the video makes it pretty clear, that WE need to change a lot if we don't want to destroy nature (humans included).

@arjundilip1543 Ай бұрын

The video does say that we can't be "business as usual" if we want nature to rebound.

@Frankbug Ай бұрын

It’s not an ideology, it’s science. The planet is getting destroyed and CO2 is building up into our atmosphere creating rapid and drastic changes in our climate. The number of species that have disappeared and the rate with which existing ones are going extinct is not normal. You can go on. It’s not naive and simplistic, it’s actually complex and most people understand that. You choose to ignore facts, it’s a choice. Don’t call science and ideology it makes you sounds dumber than you probably are.

@kimsoares3271 Ай бұрын

@bsmithhammer is prime example why this video is so stupid: all the climate change deniers and other such idiots go and say; see, we don’t have to change our ways. Someone will cycle to work or plant some carrots at communal garden. Let’s just keep dumping plastic and warming the atmospehere.

@Homerboy44 Ай бұрын

"We're in tough times, there is no need to make it worse for others." - Me

@JimenaARmedicina Ай бұрын

Now we need to take that pressure off. That is the hard part for most multinational companies / politics / etc...

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Humans are not exempt from extinction. Deal with that pressure.

@EcomCarl Ай бұрын

Sean insights on biodiversity and the resilience of nature are truly inspiring! His emphasis on local action reminds us that every individual effort counts towards a larger environmental impact. 🌍

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

And distorts the big picture. Without a comprehensive view of the totality of our destruction. Myopic. And stupid. Stop Trump. Stop Big Oil. Stop the Death Cult.

@dwidana2574 19 күн бұрын

I'm provoked to be a better person for nature. Thank you, Sir🙌

@urosmilosevic5299 8 күн бұрын

We need this sort of message in order to keep us going, hope will propel us to a better future! Love from Serbia!

@girish869 Ай бұрын

One of the positive content that I watched after long time.

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Shallow psychopathic optimism in the current reality of mass extinction just doesn't cut it. Fossil fuel propanganda is a deadly pill... For all of us. Humans are not exempt from extinction. It looks like this movie will not have a happy ending.

@9y2bgy Ай бұрын

Sometimes what's best for the planet is for humans to get out of the way and stand aside, watch, and learn...

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

And stop eating, driving, and fantasizing. Stop Trump. Stop Big Oil. Stop the Death Cult.

@patriciacavalcante1493 Ай бұрын

this gave me so much hope. thank you so much, Big Think

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

False hope is worse than none at all.

@patriciacavalcante1493 Ай бұрын

@@rickdworsky6457 it's unfortunate that you feel the need to respond like that.

@matiapolano1552 Ай бұрын

Gotta be one of the most inspiring Title Pics for a video I've seen (combined with the subject of the video). It's sayin "Fuck you fears. Fuck you all the things that are pulling us away from life to destruction. We ain't goin quietly into the night. We fighting." Sorta emotional lol

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Don't be duped again by the fossil fools and their happy meals and mental diversions. Humans are not exempt from extinction. It's serious, but we are just children playing with our plastic toys.

@JoeG9999 Ай бұрын

Delightfully hopeful outlook, wish for it to materialize

@TurinTuram Ай бұрын

very interesting, thanks

@youngyingyang Ай бұрын

Brilliant video, brilliant speaker.

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

They told you what you wanted to hear, apparently. How about the rest of the story? Humans are not exempt from extinction. No invisible friend will save us from ourselves. The fossil fuel industry wants you drunk on lies.

@spaceinyourface Ай бұрын

Great short.. my second favourite Sean Carroll. 😊

@nicoloputzu Ай бұрын

really nice video, it helps with some good positive point of view in these late pessimistic times :)

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Fantasy won't stop Humans from going extinct.

@michaelallen2358 Ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏.

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Nice. Now face reality. Humans are not exempt from extinction.

@daviddeshazo5183 4 күн бұрын

This is awesome stuff! I mastered in Data Analytics in hopes of becoming a Data Scientist to help find trends in Earth science or medicine that could help everyone.

@HarshPatel-le9we 4 күн бұрын

Dog was the first species that left the planet. A dog named Laika was the first dog to orbit the Earth, launched into space on November 3, 1957 aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2. Dogs are ahead of us. Cheers 🐕🐶

@willembrucker9033 Ай бұрын

Great, thanks.

@Agix. Ай бұрын

This is a very optimistic message that he's sharing, and the child in me wants to believe in it. But the more cynical side of me sees that not everyone's heart can be swayed this way. And if not enough hands turn the wheel, nothing can be set in motion.

@leonardowynnwidodo9704 Ай бұрын

Great video Mr. Carroll. But despite great efforts in Gorongosa N. P., the civil war has left a big residue on the elephants living there. Most of the females are now tuskless, which also affects their offspring (your can guess why, what with the the illegal ivory trade). This serves as a reminder that actions have consequences, including nature. I agree, as a biology student, nature is what keeps our planet alive, and so it’s our duty to help her heal from our mistreatments, e.g. pollution, habitat loss, poaching, etc. May your presentation be a light on our path to coexistence

@DanielPetukhin 9 күн бұрын

Motivating it is.

@ariadgaia5932 Ай бұрын

Mudwtr, eh!? Imma hafta look into them!

@brunopapas Ай бұрын

So many design lessons here 🙏

@GhostOnTheHalfShell 4 күн бұрын

I argue that local initiatives are the only rational choice in the climate era we live in. A warmer atmospheric means local self sufficiency is necessary to ride over the larger scale disruptions inherent in a warmer climate. Large scale long term projects are subject to much higher frequency and magnitude of disaster. In order to navigate such a world regional (county) level organization is key. Self sufficient cities and towns linked by mutual aid will provide core resilience.

@saintcruzin Ай бұрын

The Planet is here to stay. Human’s??? Maybe…

@chubbychecker5192 Ай бұрын

That ad was v long for the length of the video.

@SilvioGrandal-gc8ep Ай бұрын

For our future, and for our children and their children as well, be the change and living hope Earth needs right now. Plant a seed and care for it, witness how just for nurturing its fragile life nature will bless you with flowers, fruits and oxygen. Take a moment to walk in your local natural ecosystems and help it grow! One by one, every individual seed of life, every piece of trash you pick up, along with a growing reverence for our sacred green earth, will flourish and become a living, breathing, healthy positive sacred earth for which we ALL can be proud and excited to be a part of. Blessed Be! 🌱🍃🌳🌊⛰️

@nelsonaugusto Ай бұрын

"Heck, we're the only species that's left the planet." don't forget about Laika

@want-some-peace Ай бұрын

Stfu pea brain, he didn't meant it literally

@darktower74 14 күн бұрын

Try the Fallow Continent idea. It would take a genie with a magic lamp to get people to agree to do it, but having everyone in the world live on a single highly verticalized continent, move to the next continent every 25 years would give the remaining continents 125 years to regrow. Construction groups would be the only active members on the next continent, using the most advanced civil engineering and construction standards. During the 25 years, they'd prepare the continent for the great migration. Everyone could live together, nobody would be fleeing one nation for another. There would still be regional in-fighting, but the whole planet would have a say in what goes on where we live. Nobody would be without a home. Skyscraper greenhouses. You could still choose to preserve historic structures, but say goodbye to most of the regular buildings. Nature would reclaim and dismantle them. Say goodbye to lumber costs, as there would be tremendous regrowth. We might even get our population down to a more reasonable number (5-6 billion?)

@K1NGW0LF Ай бұрын

I understand the need for monetization, but as someone who pays to avoid ads, it's very frustrating when the content begins to incorporate ads within.. WTF!

@KertTV Ай бұрын

If you understand the need for monetization, why are you asking? If it bothers you, just skip it.

@K1NGW0LF Ай бұрын

@@KertTV Two major flaws with your statement. I never asked a question nor requested your opinion or anyone else's. It's my opinion, and I'm allowed to use this public forum as I wish. Also, you don't know how anyone else's brain works, especially if they are paying for a service that is advertised as handling the issue at hand. Your advice is unwarranted and sincerely unneeded. Please go fill your need for validation and take that sense of being a Mighty keyboard warrior to another comment section. Thank you.

@KertTV Ай бұрын

@@K1NGW0LF I think you summed it up perfectly for yourself. 👍

@invox9490 Ай бұрын

I like this man.

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Tells you nice stories so you don't have to face reality.

@yashwantkumarjoshi4174 Ай бұрын

Good analysis of planet revival

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Total fantasy. The destruction is accelerating day by day. Temperature keeps rising and we keep buying fossil fuels. Humans are not exempt from extinction.

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Fairy tales. We burn more fossil fuels every day, non stop. This guy can't see the elephant in the room.

@xyzain_1827 Ай бұрын

We are not the only species that left the planet

@r.g.carter3908 Ай бұрын

that divergance into mud water was a little odd, but snl like

@gravestone4840 Ай бұрын

“The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.” -Teddy Roosevelt Not sure when conservatives went so far off course on this topic, they went from nature's greatest ally to nature's greatest abuser. We need American conservatives to remember who they once were.

@twillongenbone4057 Ай бұрын

"Humans are the only species to leave the planet." *Dogs and monkeys during the Cold War* "Am I a joke to you?"

@hrushikeshvaidya5697 Ай бұрын

Mud water seems nice

@wickedbl00d Ай бұрын

Ad in the middle of the video? Oh fuck naw

@michaelr.5676 Ай бұрын

Yup. Arabica works fine.

@ryanpoulter6286 Ай бұрын

Smarttube, youtube vanced my brother

@alexalekos Ай бұрын

are there 2 Sean Carrolls?

@jithenin Ай бұрын

Thank you for this Video ❤ hey BIG THINKERS “ Can we initiate a POLICY to BAN at least ALL PRIVATE FLIGHTS & YACHTS to reduce considerable amount of CARBON EMISSION ? “

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Won't help much with millions of fossil fueled machines still burning oil all over the planet. 24/7. Non stop. Get real.

@steveknutzen2830 Ай бұрын

Those were the wrong otters

@michaelrebholz9843 Ай бұрын

Antifragility would be the better term to use. Self cleansing.

@bharat_thapa_ Ай бұрын

*Everything that has a beginning has an end too* Our time will come and I don't know who is going to witness (or suffer) it.

@hadidarvishikhezri814 Ай бұрын

❤❤

@RichardUpstanding 12 күн бұрын

Nature is great and capable of bouncing back, but the problem is that most people have no idea how important biodiversity is in their lives and therefore they have no reason to invest in improving the environment. And for politicians it would mean making unpopular policies in the game they play of who can be most popular, so they have no interest either.

@syzcrisp Ай бұрын

There's lots of species that have left the planet

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Extinction is a one way ticket to nowhere.

@williambhoe Ай бұрын

This is indeed very motivating! But something I don't understand - we saw and learned during covid what we can achieve. And we know what consequences lie ahead. So why does our world not agree on actually doing what it takes to save ourselves?! Because when it comes down to it, we aren't saving the planet, we are saving ourselves and our wellbeing (that is then by saving our planet) Biodiversity is also a wild phenomenon, right? Like it means to include and make space for all the flora and fauna, but we are also a part of this! And 8 billion homosapiens might just not exactly be that diverse, right?

@televiper11 Ай бұрын

I’d like a clearer understanding of how this process works regarding “forever chemicals” and microplastics. They have contaminated all creatures on earth cuz that “fresh, clear” water you are talking about is full of both

@DaveE99 Ай бұрын

I think the only hope we have there is to find some way to use the plastic we currently make as it’s only recyclable if it is at all about 7 times before it’s too degraded. And then we need a way to either filter out micro and nano plastics and then burn them or we need some sort of safe bacteria that eats it. In long run I think one would evolve but we ain’t got time for that. Forever chemicals again it’s going to be filtration on some level but to my knowledge doing so either isn’t active yet or is slow to release. Best to talk with water company and ask them.

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

@@DaveE99How are you going to pay for it? To pay for anything takes resources too. Wild hand waving gesticulations don't help either. That's why we are trapped now. Humans are not exempt from extinction. No free pass.

@DaveE99 Ай бұрын

@@rickdworsky6457 the question is how to pay for it for everybody, as rich people would want this filtered from thus water.

@NateKinch91 Ай бұрын

It’s important that we remain actively hopeful (acting positively in relation to our belief in the possibility of better), but we have to remain deeply cautious that we don’t over-emphasise resilience outside of its ecological context. Many of the examples given are the result of coherent(ish) human coordination that restraints human activities. More broadly, especially if we are attuned to the nuances of the metacrisis, we seem to lack the wisdom to effectively steward our power as a custodial species. So, without something like a wisdom revolution, it seems deeply unlikely that we will find a way to bring life back within planetary boundaries while also ensuing every person on the planet has what they need to live a healthy and dignified life.

@BRAVENmusic Ай бұрын

Fat mudwtr ad in the middle of a 9 min video is wild

@jamesrichey 14 күн бұрын

I see the main issue is how we farm with tillage and fertilizers and poisonous herbicides. As soon as we start farming with diversity and using methods such as biomimicry, only then will we be able to make true change on a global scale. But our corporate overlords will not permit that.

@bashirediouf584 Ай бұрын

😊 So Malcom was right, 😊 life does find a way

@highcue Ай бұрын

@tonyguidry1388 12 күн бұрын

Did he say mudder frother?

@gervasiotaylor9509 Ай бұрын

🇲🇿

@SKratch-jx4mb 3 күн бұрын

Even if everything in the environment is returned to it's pristine condition....man will always be who he is; he will forget and....the cycle continues UNTIL duh Duh DUH

@helloholahi 4 күн бұрын

why can't we have smart and human people like that who make sense, as leaders of the world, instead of our average corrupted idiots? -___-

@winner33660 Ай бұрын

I Know about Gorongosa and Philanthropist Greg Karr , Mother 🌍 🌎 Earth Does Heal Itself Fast, Once Mankind is Out of the Picture, We are All in this Together, 🎉

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

After Human and Global Mass Extinction of perhaps ALL life on Earth... Things will never be the same again.

@jordanhellen4120 Ай бұрын

I’m here for the Taylor Swift flight pattern comments.

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

figures

@Diegofpineda Ай бұрын

nature is antifragile

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Humans are not exempt from extinction.

@ezze7540 28 күн бұрын

This will never happen unless we abolish large, multinational, corporations and professional politicians. Both of whom are willing to do ANYTHING for profit.

@resilientfarmsanddesignstu1702 4 күн бұрын

All species everywhere in the universe have only three mandates. First, to recognize that they are part of a web of life and that they are inseparable from and totally dependent upon the health, well-being and survival of that ecologically-based life-support system for their own health, wellbeing and survival. Thus our economy ought to be viewed as a subset of the ecosystem designed to build up the carrying capacity of humans by enhancing the carrying capacity of the ecosystem with ecologically literate humans functioning as keystone species and reaping only the excess ecological productivity to sustain their subsistence survival. Second, they must propagate their species and their mutually codependent life-sustaining ecosystem throughout the universe where alien species have not already done so. Third, they must defend their species and their ecologically-based life-support system from all threats and hazards, both internal and external, that might cause it harm. ALL human actions including policy decisions, laws, and expenditures of resources should be held up against these three mandates. If they further these objectives, they should be done. If they don't, they should not be done. The universe functions as a high pass filter, only the moral species that follows these laws is allowed to continue to evolve and survive. All others go extinct. No gods need be evoked to punish or save, we do it to ourselves through our free will decisions. Most species, due to ignorance, insanity, criminal selfishness, stupidity or complacency, choose extinction. This explains the Fermi Paradox. Rather than foolishly trying to harness all energy and resources for ourselves (which would rob our ecologically-based life-support system of resources and hence destroy ourselves) we should aim to become a Type I ETHICAL civilization -- one that can prove that it can live sustainably, harmoniously and peacefully on its home world. And then aim to become a Type II Civilization -- one who can successfully live sustainably, harmoniously and peacefully within its home solar system. "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you and love thy neighbors as thyself" with others and neighbors defined as all living things, human and non-human everywhere in the universe. That sums up the fundamental law of the universe! Let's do it! Let's get started today! I appreciate your comments and suggestions!

@juancomco Ай бұрын

Let's say human history is 20,000 years old. The earth is 4,500,000,000. That is 0.0004% of earth's history. Biodiversity is going to bounce back quickly. But probably without the capability to sustain human life as we know it.

@markfomenko8873 3 күн бұрын

Earth will be fine. Humans maybe not. Saving the planet is a simple minded concept. So much for big thinking.

@terenceiutzi4003 8 күн бұрын

We can't in 20years the planet will bemuch colder a d we have not prepaird for it!

@michaelr.5676 Ай бұрын

We destroy the planet. We save the planet? Not so much.

@naturepositive7707 Ай бұрын

Stop think globally, think locally.

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

When you miss the big picture you get crushed. Humans are not exempt from extinction.

@Soxandnicole Ай бұрын

Not only we are the only specie who left the planet earth, but we're the only specie who doesn't follow the "Survival of the fittest" law of nature.

@tijmenbuddingh6155 Ай бұрын

Not to be pedantic, but this is incorrect. There is no way to not follow "Survival of the fittest" because by definition those that survive and reproduce are the best adapted to their circumstances. Sometimes "the fittest" are also just lucky enough to be born in a certain area or at a certain time. Take the example of these 1000 pairs of eagles. If you had two genetically identical eagle ancestors the one born in NY they probably didn't survive due to human habitat destruction, but the one born in New Mexico probably did.

@johnc3273 Ай бұрын

I was hoping you would tell them that the singular of species is species😎

@miggle1875 Ай бұрын

Sure, but only if we stop our destructive practices. This video is giving fuel to the climate deniers.

@NobodyAsked-xh8cs Ай бұрын

The only thing that doomers are fueled by are red herrings and propaganda. Point that out and you win.

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Stop Trump. Stop Big Oil. Stop the Death Cult.

@Raerae705 Ай бұрын

What… what do i do?? Yell “FIRST”?? F-FARTS! dammit

@carlweston648 Ай бұрын

Think globally, act locally.

@dennismitchell5276 9 күн бұрын

I'm kind of tired of the hope/doom energy. People are putting more energy into these arguments than into solutions. Both sides want change. Both arguments lead to inaction. Try living in the solution.

@TheLotionInTheBasket Ай бұрын

fighting for clean water, clean air, healthy soil... yes! fighting against a gas that is essential for plants to grow... no.

@ronaldkichurchak3833 Ай бұрын

Yes, CO2 is necessary for plant growth, but too much in the atmosphere can actually decrease growth. Plants, like all living things, have thermal tolerances. A warming planet will reduce the growth of many plant species. Some species (both plant and animal) may be able to migrate to higher latitudes, but that depends on whether or not they can locate corridors in our human-dominated landscapes to allow migration. Often, this is not the case. Additionally, we will see drier or wetter conditions predominate in many parts of the world, altering the vegetative communities. In some deserts, the landscape may become nearly devoid of plant life. Climate change isn't going to destroy the planet, but it will fundamentally change it, and not for the better.

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

Shallow comprehension gets you into deep shit.

@gmlgml780 Ай бұрын

Yeah. Make them believe. Give 'em false hopes. I hope you can sleep good.

@NobodyAsked-xh8cs Ай бұрын

Makes me wonder how you sleep at night.

@gmlgml780 Ай бұрын

@@NobodyAsked-xh8cs _"... Makes me wonder how you sleep at night ..."_ Yeah. There was a short (compared to a length of a lifetime) time period while I had troubles with that. Not just the night, but at all. But I sleep good nowadays, when I allow myself to do it. And I don't have to l@e for it. I can see what this life is, what humans are. I can see that if there is future that future will be the same sh@te, like the past was. I can see that in a universe like this the only good future is what never comes.

@NobodyAsked-xh8cs Ай бұрын

@@gmlgml780 TL;DR. We aren't doomed. Keep wasting time crying for likes.

@gmlgml780 Ай бұрын

@@NobodyAsked-xh8cs _"... We aren't doomed. Keep wasting time crying for likes ..."_ Yeah. Unfortunately, YT doesn't let the answer through.

@gmlgml780 Ай бұрын

(But it's a good one, pointing out all your worth, believe me. :)

@anthropocene- Ай бұрын

The problem is us.

@DeleteMyas Ай бұрын

By "us", you mean you kids who have nothing better to do except cry for attention, right?

@kevinjensen2071 11 күн бұрын

Ummm…sorry to break the news but it’s the whole “doing something” that is the problem. The reason being is that to “do something” requires fossil fuels every step of the way, as we were born into a fossil fueled world w/ ~8 billion + creatures - all w/ this insatiable need to “do something.” We are “doing something,” everyone is, all the time & everywhere. Thats why it’s so easy to “forecast doom:” the evidence is literally all around you, all the time & everywhere. Good luck bud.

@winstonoboogie2424 Ай бұрын

Optimism is self inflicted naivety. If history was actually taught to children in school, they would think twice about having children of their own. There are no happy endings in our history. Not even one.

@Q-BOT Ай бұрын

People are sad to see someone pass. Maybe that's what you mean?

@2MANYWWWWWWWWWWWWS4U Ай бұрын

By not letting Terrence Howard speak to the public? 🤣🤣🤣

@2MANYWWWWWWWWWWWWS4U Ай бұрын

4:59 So 98% lost 10%? that's not that bad.

@WealthTracker Ай бұрын

I'm sure the real problem we have on earth is based on a Black man speaking his mind in controversial ways... SURE.... That's what's REALLY causing harm to this planet...

@michaelr.5676 Ай бұрын

@@WealthTrackerhe said Terrence Howard

@Ezekiel_33-ej7ym Ай бұрын

2nd

@LordBrittish Ай бұрын

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!! (we are not)

@NobodyAsked-xh8cs Ай бұрын

That was kindergarden level humor. Disliking.

@jedics1 Ай бұрын

Nature is resiliant yes but given a chance no.....

@rickdworsky6457 Ай бұрын

No chance.

@kimsoares3271 Ай бұрын

Stupid take. Small local areas or single species can be revived, sure. If someone cycles to work or plants some carrots at communal garden, it does not help shit to mitigate climate change. Once something is irreversible it is too late and that is what climate change is at this point.

@DaveE99 Ай бұрын

It’s a bottom up strategy not a top down one. Tech we need both. And I would argue that cycling helps and gardens at least get you into composting typically and that reduces methane release into atmosphere. Plus if enough people do it it can reduce shipping trucks to stores. There is also a slight effect from weight of a product on gas mileage, if they are shipping 100 less carrots it would be small but it could be called by the number of people in a country doing it