All My Trees Are Dying!

Considering how many times I used words you-tube doesn't like such as: Die, kill, dead, ect. I'm not even going to attempt to monetize this video.
Link to mars bunker video: • Mars Bunker: Surviving...

[@jonathandegner8940]

Tree scientist chiming in: it is almost certainly climate-based. Foliar pests (like scale bugs) are usually what we call secondary disturbance agents. They take advantage of trees with weakened defenses; they don't cause the issues in the first place. The 2012-2017 drought was especially severe in Nevada (and one of many droughts over the last 20 years!), and I suspect you're seeing the lingering effects of this. Droughted trees can't produce enough defensive compounds that normally deter insects and pathogens, so they either die directly of the drought or from secondary agents, both of which you've seen here. You did a great job illustrating the gradient of grassland > parkland (scattered trees) > forest on your hike. Parkland, like where your property is located, is right on the margin of where the trees can exist, so they are the most vulnerable. It is perfectly natural for these margins to expand and contract over time, but the scale you've demonstrated here is certainly worrying. It does seem to be the result of large-scale climate patterns, and there's not a lot you can do about that...

[@sam08g16]

Ahh the joy of reading something by someone who knows what they are talking about. Thanks for the info!

[@myfatassdick]

Yup I remember the huge difference in the water level of lake tahoe which is half in nevada and half in california You could walk out way further than usual and beaches and rivers had a bunch of extra land

[@robplotts9412]

Definitely water deprived trees will be more susceptible to problems

[@marlonlacert8133]

You are forgetting that forest fires also help to kill off such infestation. And when mankind changes the way nature works. Nature it self changes. What we will end up with is still being decided by nature..

[@jordannutt2238]

Oh, well then. Also yea he did show like...4 very far away sections

[@asbjo]

Cody: "See all the little spots.." KZbin Compression: "What spots?"

[@davidunwin7868]

Even in 1080p I couldn't see anything!! But I trust Cody!

To be honest, I think this degree of artifacts and smudging wasn't caused solely by KZbin. Maybe Cody's camera has too low bitrate or Cody transcoded the video?

[@psygn0sis]

@Asbjørn What's wrong with you? Why don't you talk normal?

[@KanalMcLP]

I think its not youtube compression (i have seen many videos with higher bitrates), but its his camera or cody does not have much internet so he must compress it a lot before uploading

[@hammerth1421]

​@ KZbin reduced the bitrate because everyone is staying at home watching Netflix or KZbin, thereby congesting the internet. If you have lots of edges - like pine needles - a low bitrate will give you severe artifacts.

[@digitalairaire]

“Many of these trees were my friends” ~Cody, during quarantine

[@TheDeadMeme27]

this is truly a sad video :(

[@paulaccuardi9071]

Treebeard?

[@LA-MJ]

Pequeninos

[@ourfamilyoutdoors7331]

I’ve been watching an arborist here on KZbin for years his channel is called Arborist Blair Glen he’s based out of California and he really knows his stuff and he cares greatly for trees. I don’t know how you could get ahold of him but he might be willing to give you his opinion.

[@bugz000]

i watch his channel too, very knowledgeable guy, quite a popular channel too, maybe collab on saving these trees :) arborist blair always has a solution

[@chedatomasz]

Thats certainly a crossover that I did not expect, haha

[@NatureShy]

@@chedatomasz Yeah, same here lol. What a crossover.

[@TreyNitrotoluene]

This comment needs more likes!

[@zer0b0t]

I checked his channel's about section, he has a website with a contact form, email address and a phone number.

[@honorabledragon6280]

You can tell he’s genuinely hurt by this, that’s why he’s one of my favs

[@bugsmith9751]

this is a distressing situation, hes had it pretty rough the last few months, moves to another state, gets his own land, and then finds out that the trees on his land are dying, probably doesnt stack up very well, i just hope he figures something out

[@chineseboxingstylekanye7147]

these are the trees he planted himself right? would have me fucked up too.

[@Muonium1]

@@chineseboxingstylekanye7147 cody is not 200 years old, so no.

[@Jenny-qx7wk]

@@chineseboxingstylekanye7147 The trees he planted are on the other ranch (I believe its his parents ranch). Chicken hole doesn't have trees planted by Cody so far.

[@heywardhollis1160]

The most genuine guy I've seen on youtube.

[@ElectroBOOM]

That's sad. I have seen a lot of environment change during my time, and I'm not that old! The rate is quite fast. I was thinking, maybe you can introduce other types of trees to your land that could thrive in the new climate?

[@nolansprojects2840]

Obviously he could get new trees that could thrive in a warmer environment, but I can only imagine that being his very last resort. Trees not meant for that area could have adverse effects on the ecosystem. Granted, that being said, I can only assume Cody would do a ton of research and find just the right tree to plant there. Also, if he did plant more trees, it would take years for the ecosystem to adjust. Bugs and animals would see new plants that never existed to them. It’s crazy with everything going on today. I hope he figures out a solution that he can do.

[@GodLike-pe6kj]

I don´t think that can be done, Pine trees are one of the (if not the) sturdiest trees around, they can live in very harsh environments. If Pines and Junipers are dying, there is little you can do, as there are no trees that can easily survive in environments where these couldn´t.

[@emperorhadrian6011]

This is the best crossover.

[@Skorpychan]

That's what he's been trying.

[@darklight306]

@@johnperic6860 he never said anything about non native trees he just suggested if there were trees that would do good there

[@davidunwin7868]

Find some trees doing well at lower elevations. They may have a slight adaptation that makes them more tolerant to warmer areas. You could then germinate seeds from those trees and plant them out to build a stock of warmer climate tolerant trees.

[@_mtn]

davidunwin this is what the geneticists working for the Forest Service do. Worth a shot

[@davidunwin7868]

@@_mtn that's why I suggested it! Trained in genetics! ;)

[@_mtn]

davidunwin Ha! Well, I work for the FS, so... ;)

[@ToasterWithFur]

Cody, get on to this

[@fourutubez7294]

Keep this at the top !

[@kendavis8046]

Cody, not sure about Nevada, but in Texas we have dedicated county agents who work for the state Dept of Agriculture. If you have a similar thing in Nevada, they will probably provide the best advice on how to deal with the issue.

[@idiocracy10]

Unbelievable, the government has been advising farmers to continue practices that have driven them into bankruptcy and destroyed the environment, and you still think a government agent is trustworthy? wake the hell up.

[@Pikachu-jl2gu]

@@idiocracy10 you're a weirdo

[@MaleniaLi]

@@idiocracy10 I dunno dude, sure the government can be awfully stupid at times but that doesn't mean every department and every aspect of the government is suddenly untrustworthy, and I'm sure Cody knows enough that if they give bad advice then he'll notice.

[@popretmaster]

county extension agents are a resource that are not known about at all, but such a useful thing for small scale agricultural help!

[@tomstory2416]

@@idiocracy10 Please provide reliable data to back your theory or an answer of your own on how to solve the issue you seem to know all the information about.

[@Gardeningat58N]

Looks a lot like drought stress, probably as the climate warms there is less snow melt in spring to water the trees. You could maybe try mulching around the trees with compost or organic matter. This would retain the moisture and keep the grass at bay. Also as it breaks down it would feed the trees. Also swales on contour should work well as this would catch any run off and allow it to slowly soak into the ground instead of flowing down the valley.

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

use a BCS with rotary plow... pretty easy

[@mrglayden1690]

Cody's not a mad scientist, he's a Sad Scientist working for teamtrees

[@Jesse__H]

Our very own Onceler. 💚

[@AxxLAfriku]

HOLY HOLY!!! I can proudly say that I have the two HOTTEST women on this planet as MY GIRLFRIENDS! I am the unprettiest KZbinr ever, but they love me for what's inside! Thanks for listening glay

[@faq_is_love]

So, basically, he's Okabe Rintaro?

[@lindholmaren]

@@AxxLAfriku what

[@ciarfah]

lindholmaren weird self promo I guess

[@pbp6741]

Please go discuss it with Nevada’s division of natural resources. Either they’re aware of the issue and can give you insight or they would be glad you brought it to their attention.

[@kaymio6547]

Or they are Trump supporters and say that it will resolve itself and it doesn't matter.

[@hyperpickle7906]

Walter Bishop liberal ❄️

[@stopityoutube9989]

@@kaymio6547 or they could be Democrat and they'd find a reason to take the property from him.

[@thewarriorsguild219]

@@kaymio6547 Nobody asked for politics let's focus on the trees.

[@hell0turdle672]

@@hyperpickle7906 did you not just watch the video that clearly shows the very real effects of climate change? I'd rather be a snowflake than a good for nothing slob that would rather just sit there while the world goes to shit around them.

[@azphatt5167]

Something about his tone in this video is kinda chilling. “This one’s not as bad as some of the others, but I think its only a matter of time before it is.” Ominous.

[@Carlos-ko9zy]

Cody the druid taking care of his plants

[@thejll]

Carlos 194 Radagast?

[@Carlos-ko9zy]

I would say that Radagast is somewhat crazy but then I remembered that Cody put mercury in his mouth.

[@nrml76]

@@Carlos-ko9zy Not to mention the mushrooms

[@unrulybot1352]

"These aren't any ordinary rabbits"

[@karlmbeal]

I'd say oath of ancients Paladin he does where Chain Mail after all

[@SayanMuhuri]

I wish people around me cared about tress as much as Cody does.

[@dylanzrim1011]

Sayan Kumar Muhuri_54 there are people around you who would chain themselves to a tree

[@me.unpredictable280]

@@dylanzrim1011 I don't think they even exist now.....

[@schievel6047]

Move to Germany nation of the treehuggers

[@tobysimard601]

Yea so you could all kiss and cuddle toguether while watching all the weinner

[@kayfrenly5460]

I actively destroy trees to help bring down capitalism, comrade. American suburbs are the true enemy. Suburban capitalist rat pig dogs live like forest elves. Can't see the glorious sky for all the disgusting trees the man uses to oppress us. Capitalist pig dog trees oppress all of the smaller plants by hording all the sunlight for themselves and spreading their roots far and deep to monopolize the nutrients. They should be shot in the back of their tree heads for this crime.

[@BB-yj2rb]

Shortage of Ladybugs because of human activity (Insecticides/climate change) Buy a few mesh bags full of Ladybugs and release em in the area. They'll destroy massive amounts of Needle Scale.

[@madcatlover7554]

Short term temporary fix, we need to drop a giant ice cube in the ocean

[@BB-yj2rb]

@@madcatlover7554 agreed.

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

i live in a state with plenty of people, farms, presumably insecticides... i see tons of lady bugs

[@BB-yj2rb]

@@raymondflagstaff2919 maybe in that area it's not as big an issue.

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

@@BB-yj2rb possibly biomass related

[@telencephal0n827]

This looks like the beginning of a found footage horror movie

[@netkv]

isnt it?

[@kasparroosalu]

And it's aliens who have found the footage on some barren desert planet that's third from its star.

[@philp4684]

I'm getting Silent Running vibes.

[@dh2032]

the same here to!, but i don't think light this time?

[@GramLikesBread]

Or Annihilation

[@charleslambert3368]

I wonder whether a local university has a forest science or bio department that knows anything about what's going on. Can't hurt to reach out to them.

[@crazytomato4845]

Now that's a good idea

[@peterg.8245]

If you’re in Oklahoma, OSU Extensions does soul testing, home gardening, etc. Maybe whatever school is or used to be Nevada A&M... OSU was Oklahoma A&M.

[@diablominero]

I mean, right now it could hurt if one of the scientists is an asymptomatic carrier of COVID-19. But in general you're right that reaching out is usually harmless and sometimes helpful.

[@00wolfer00]

@@diablominero You don't need to meet in person to ask if they have data on the subject. Email would more than suffice in this case and especially now.

[@vedritmathias9193]

University of Utah, I think, would be very interested.

[@Akotski-ys9rr]

If everyone was as concerned as Cody, the world would be different

[@tomburke165]

Climate change, is due to the true north pole being changed. Believe now its somewhere in the Chesapeake bay.

[@benlawton5420]

@@solchapeau6343 To be fair anyone can get the stuff out of a fire alarm.

[@wandarebiejo6409]

Cult of personality

[@aeroscience9834]

tom burke wow. That’s the stupidest sentences I’ve read today

[@501promo]

@@aeroscience9834 Your not reading much then...lol

[@mikeyjackson422]

The trees understand that you are creating a mars base and are willing to sacrifice themselves to help your base look more realistic.

[@brongulus2617]

Cody: the temperature, the reduced rainfall that the American West has been experiencing for some decades now, the scale bugs, and the non-native grasses, might all be better thought of as contributing stressors, rather than competing hypotheses. It is likely that anything you can do about any of them will help at least a little, at least on your trees - and less likely that measures (like fertilizer) that don't address those stressors will be any great help.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Agreed. Nature is good at adapting to one problem at a time, but all of them at once is just too much

[@streamylc]

maybe if we all just sound as pitiful as possible when talking about the climate, then everyone in the world would suddenly care, ay?

[@jaredlapierre1304]

@@streamylc maybe if we understand that climate change is a genuinely huge issue, in terms of damage to ecosystems and biodiversity (species are going extinct more and more frequently every day and habitats are getting destroyed). Having some foresight instead of just uneducated opinion goes a long way, maybe think about the fact the droughts will ravage agricultural systems and acidifying oceans and warming oceans will mean direly less productive fisheries, or that billions of people live on coastlines and at or near sea level, you're not even prepared to think about the scale of an immigration crisis that is inevitably going to happen.

[@dylanzrim1011]

Jared Lapierre maybe when people understand climate change research is inherently biased (govt funding ceases if you disprove climate change, global cooling/warming, and isn’t even approved if your hypothesis doesn’t insinuate your bias) more realistic measures can be taken. It seems whenever a good alternative is suggested the climate nuts seem to deny its usefulness. I suggest hydrogen as a fuel for ICE cars, it’s explosion creates ozone and water. 2things we need. Climate change people tried to say that hydrogen isn’t explosive enough...

[@dylanzrim1011]

Progress won’t happen if there’s only one heavily structured path of progress that’s organised by the very people who stand to become rich from said progress, hydrogen fuels in ICE cars would remove all the climate change chips off the table and have a measurable effect within our lifetime, plus to justify producing it in such high amounts it can also be used in batteries for electric cars. Those same people who didn’t like hydrogen for an ice car, were still incredibly happy to produce it for batteries

[@basyoni95]

You can hear the sadness in his voice, damn Cody you made me sad too.

[@deanandrews2216]

Ask “Crime pays but botany doesn’t “ he seems pretty knowledgeable

[@funnyshit54321]

Dean Andrews I’ll second that

[@underwater_arbiter]

agreed

[@PPYTAO]

Thirded

[@midesti]

That guy is one of a kind.

[@Tatorhead1234]

The dumbest sounding smart person I know of lol

[@larfanformersalat0220]

This is so sad... Cody is like treebeard walking through fangorn,watching all the trees which now have died.

[@jamisonw.327]

The feels, "Many of these trees were my friends. Creatures I had known from nut and acorn."

[@BloodAsp]

Oh god, it is painfully true!

[@RevJynxed]

A wizard should know better!

[@jacklephoenix9078]

Not going to lie, this hurt. Seeing how much pain Cody was in over these trees makes me wish that people would pay more attention to their environment

[@TySoVm]

The trees will survive in colder environments creating a new opportunity for different life in the environment that was once dominated by the Pine and Juniper trees. Life goes on.

[@nolansprojects2840]

Ty Vm yea, life goes on, but there is no reason to write it off that way. As you say, trees in colder climates will survive, though this is true, you must think if the problem continues to grow, if the climate continues getting warmer, eventually all colder climate trees will die. Not only that, but warm climate trees will too. They will end up growing in areas that are even too hot for them. Then maybe they start migrating north to the “colder” climates” until they die and the world is not much but desert. Granted that will (hooefully) take hundreds of thousands of years, and hopefully this problem is actually dealt with, but as of right now, we are literally seeing the potential results of climate change getting warmer. Additionally, if colder climate trees die, it will take hundreds of years for a substantial amount of warmer climate trees to even reach this area, assuming they even will. You heard Cody, he said there is a tree that is potentially over 200 years old. Dead. It took 200 years for that tree to grow. Any wild life, like the bees, will probably die before the new trees come in, then we have the issue where southern wildlife starts heading north too. Then we get invasive species that kill off more plant, animals, etc. and we have larger problems on our hands than just saying “eh, the trees die, new ones come in”. I don’t mean to scare anyone, this is just a hypothetical thought of what may happen. This would happen over hundreds of years, but eventually it could happen. Can it be stopped? Most likely. Will it be stopped? Hopefully. Is it a big problem? Yes.

[@TySoVm]

@@nolansprojects2840 200 years is a blink of an eye. The climate has changed in the past as it will change in the future. We're pretty ingenuitive creatures, we'll figure it out.

[@Robber7]

@@TySoVm just like the massive salt lakes with no life at all? (Vegetation)

[@abonsaitree3241]

'Say "dead trees" get demonetized' Thank you KZbin algorithm...

[@TheDeadMeme27]

the algorithm only attacks the good people on this shitty not-well-made website.

[@seekyunbounded9273]

@@TheDeadMeme27 well how many headcutting videos did you get in recomendet?

[@TheDeadMeme27]

@@seekyunbounded9273 About 2

[@hornetobiker]

It is insane puritanism from the company that owns this one. What is the purpose of this policy?

[@alexandracrawford800]

The use of untested AI sub routines has been declared illegal by the US Constitution. Highlight the resulting errors, the impact it is having and collect signatures of support before sending to your respective State Governors requesting a combined vote for legal challenge in the Senate. Make the future safe for your children and their children by teaching them to act within a democracy designed to protect you from harm, by responding to your observations of day to day life. Work with evidence to effect change for good. Do not think by doing nothing somebody else will. By doing nothing you provide an opportunity for exploitation of the facts. We each have a role to play by being aware and acting on what we see in good company. Spend time observing good company before acting. Act according to what you learn from observing good company.

[@Filbie]

A quick note: don't fertilize the trees. It especially makes insect infestations like scale worse as the pests love the increase in nitrogen.

[@lowrads3653]

It's usually saturated soils that have the worst pest issues with untimely additions of nitrogen, especially with oomycetes. I agree that it is impractical to use amendments in this situation though.

[@supremebohnenstange4102]

The co2 released by those trees dying on a large scale, feels like a feedback loop similar to the permafrost melting

[@poro9084]

not really - as permafrost return CO2, which was trapped seberal hundreds years ago, while trees dying off return CO2 which was trapped in 100 years, it is still sad - only me being nervous about my master exam from ecology keeps sprouting these things

[@aidenaune7008]

plenty of the carbon gets stuck in the soil, after all, the dead trees arent burning.

[@danm.9045]

The way cody hypothesizes to this degree which most people wouldn't, I think further validates him as a respectable man of science. I'm just always impressed by the little things about the guy. And another point. He really could just give in and let things go bad. But he won't. He's cody. Absolute legend.

[@brokenbones112]

Ive always viewed Cody as a man of "real world science" vs clinical or institutional folks.

[@404killer]

I do the same. Makes me happy to know I'm intelligent.

[@Kenionatus]

Most importantly for me: He doesn't claim to know it if it's a hypothesis.

[@vladimirlenin843]

KZbin demonitize videos for dead tree? We're really in the worst timeline

[@kuzmavolkov]

The Lorax got triggered with its PTSD and reported the video.

[@vladimirlenin843]

@@kuzmavolkov oh no

[@54667991]

The Downfall timeline?

[@kuzmavolkov]

@Uncle Eidolf Cause the right isn't guilty of censorship either... Wanting to ban violent video games, movies, cartoons and music... Claiming Dungeons and Dragons is a tool of the Devil and needs to be stopped.

[@issecret1]

@Uncle Eidolf what censorship are you referring to exactly? What are "the libs" preventing you from saying ei(a)dolf?

[@viridiscoyote7038]

I've also heard that with warming temperatures, the bugs have longer to breed and feed. This is stressing the trees beyond what they've been historically used to.

[@jhowe67]

This is why the south has so many bugs, extremely mild winters (usually 40*F on average through the coldest, occasionally dipping down to freezing) and very long summer temperatures let the insects thrive for a good 80% of the year. trees in the south get around this buy being able to produce pollen in extreme levels. the average pollen level in the spring time near my house in GA, is 8k. the average in my mothers area (Michigan) is 80. so the trees are able to pollinate and replenish very rapidly negating any infestation. except kudzu. that stuff seems to be killing our trees faster than they can repopulate, and it's invasive. the government brought it hear to help with erosion, ended up killing a lot of trees.

[@somedude7633]

I can’t wait until we finally get to see three foot/meter wingspans in dragonflies, just like in the early millenia

[@joselaw6669]

@@somedude7633 we need oxygen for that tho.

[@jensjensen9035]

Furry

[@viridiscoyote7038]

@@jensjensen9035 yeah, and?

[@W9e0e2e3e4pizza]

I'm a forestry graduate, however I'm from the east so take it with a grain of salt. Scales are hard to fix. You have to hit them when the females are flying and not covered. As soon as they land they will reproduce, start to feed, and form their "shell". BUT: But its really odd that a scales would get this bad on their own. The fact thay things are dying so fast makes me think the real issue might be in the roots! And those stress chemicals are attracting the scales. I cant give specifics but look into things like annosus root rot or similar issies. annosus is a western connifer root disease. I like your grass hypothesis too, its a well known fact that grass around trees is a detriment to them for the reasons you stated. Forest lawn interface trees somtimes have issues like this. All of these very much could still be influenced by cliamte change! Climate change causes stress, stress causes all sorts of issues in trees!

[@marksmod]

holy shite

[@AtlasReburdened]

I've been reading quite a bit recently on the habits of some plants to release competitive and sometimes outright herbicidal chemicals from their roots, and it seems like a problem that's vastly overlooked just for the lack of directed study on it. Cody's problem is probably a combination of the grasses stealing nutrients and releasing competitive chemicals, and the advancing treeline. Being a primary windbreak in a dry climate with nothing adding humidity to the air ahead it has to be a major stressor.

[@MRmessyRoomedPerson]

I think rot is unlikely considering how unbelievably dry it is out here.

[@surfjerr]

ITS CHEMTRAILS MORON !!!

[@invictusaegis2653]

@@surfjerr lol

[@TheKazzarry]

I hope your keeping well cody, sorry to see your local trees are dying. Perhaps you can clone some of the survivors who might have some more resistance to the bugs?

[@tsumui]

I've gotta say, this series feels like a perfect intro to a found-footage horror movie.

[@magnusdagbro8226]

Yes, climate change is exactly that.

[@ArtForSwans]

All footage you see is future found-footage in this horror movie climate scenario we've made. 😢

[@AlexLaw_Qld]

This is probably evidence of a moving ecocline, as your block moves from one microclimate to another.

[@zyrain]

Digging a well seems like a good idea. There are several good KZbin videos on doing it yourself, and it would make for great content. Considering you have as much snow as we saw, and in April no less, I would expect the water to pool, or at least run off somewhere. It may not be on your property though. :(. And finding that water can be difficult (use the trees to help!)

[@davidmay9956]

I’m sure it would work well in a small valley

[@JUNIsLuke]

DAVID MAY “well” ahh ok I’m sorry

[@theCodyReeder]

Any well drilling videos going to a depth of 600ft or more?

[@Dawnfever]

Cody'sLab oof

[@JUNIsLuke]

Cody'sLab you did hand did your own mind what’s so hard about a 600ft well?? XD

[@TrailTime]

I studied Sustainable Ecosystems in college, here are my two cents: Similar interactions have been seen in wild coffee plants in Central America (climate change is moving quicker at the equator and the poles). Certain species would only grow in the lowlands, midlands, highlands. Now we can see highland coffee dying off while the midland coffee begins to grow on the hilltops, and the lowland coffee finds its way into the midlands as fungal infections kill off susceptible populations. It's super sad to see. The same can be seen with beetles and the Ponderosa Pines in my home state of Arizona. Another part of this equation is that trees help water get through the surface layers of dirt and percolate down into the aquifer. Without a bunch of trees aiding in this, your aquifer could also be affected as a result of what you're witnessing with these die-offs. Entire communities are going to be changing in the near future and I'm scared to see what that means for our planet's rich biodiversity.

[@AlabasterJazz]

Not an expert by any means, but changing ecosystems do not mean less rich ecosystems. Perhaps coffee dies off, but another species more adaptable to the changes becomes equally desirable. Current biome configuration is certainly going to change, but life has not survived for as long as it has without being remarkably diverse and highly adaptable. Things will be neither better nor worse, just different.

[@jmlightning8045]

The planet will survive what we do to it with climate change. The big issue is, will we. We may do damage that lasts for thousands or millions of years but the earth will recover. Humans, on the other hand, may not.

[@jamescody1294]

The USDA Forest Service recommends that you spray them off with a strong jet of water, rake up everything around it and remove what you raked from the area. Try that to see if you can salvage any of the trees!

[@ksp6091]

Yes but there is no running water in the desert

[@Bryss]

"strong jet of water" >middle of nowhere

[@JBroMCMXCI]

Blast them with strong jet of water in a fucking desert nice one genius

[@BarnacleBrown]

Good suggestion but getting water at pressure out there is complicated.. disregard the jerks.

[@WireWeHere]

@@ksp6091 He could just walk.

[@SecretLars]

A few questions need answering: How is the area’s aquifers doing? What is the status of the mycelia? Mycorrhizae? Earth pH? Moisture? Competition of other nearby plants? As of now I’d recommend finding a way to increase the amount of mycorrhizal symbiosis present in the area. It not only increases water retention but also increases organic matter accumulation, increases diversity and productivity.

[@christianheichel]

I hope he sees your comment it'd be cool if he did a series of episodes on saving the trees. Going through and finding out like an epidemiologist

[@johanhelm9205]

SecretLars I think that he mentioned that the pH was basically neutral in his previous video. He stated that the rock is mostly quartz on his property.

[@digger105337]

In simple terms, there's a fungus among us!

[@DegeN.YNation]

Everybody is always so quick to jump on "climate change" but willing to overlook other man made problems. Reminds me of the great lakes recently were running low and everybody said "climate change" but now they are higher than ever. It just shows how little we actually know

[@WanderTheNomad]

@@DegeN.YNation What the human race knows and what the average human knows is quite a big difference.

[@orthoplex64]

hell is for: 1. people who talk in theaters 2. people who steal Cody's trees

[@lalulilalavilly723]

i don't think he was still on his property where people were taking the trees

[@MasterIvo]

Cody, Rode has a mic for your phone with a windcap. just plug in en fairly cheap. Will help with the wind noise, but also with the reverb of the tanks. Thanks for your video, again good to see you.

[@ScorpiPowPow]

Me: Cody’s videos always cheer me up. I’ll watch his new one now Cody: All the trees are dying

[@clayyurman2225]

Thank you for drawing awareness to this Cody, this is absolutely tragic

[@slick4401]

"Many of these trees were my friends. Creatures I had known from nut and acorn." I feel you, man. Coming from desert country where every tree we have is a rare treasure, to see them dying so is distressing to me as well to say the least.

[@noneyobiz337]

Nice, Lotr.

[@nathansilk410]

Cody try using wood chips or stones for mulch, they are great for retaining moisture and releasing natrual nutrients for your trees and plants. Talk to local tree surgeons for wood chipings (they are usually looking to get rid of them), also make sure the wood chips are green.

[@alinajm5432]

@@amberafonso2903 apparently they'll take it if they're mixed into the soil. Laid on-top, not drastically.

[@alinajm5432]

@@amberafonso2903 all good, the soil quality will greatly increase just by keeping it moist. I suspect it has to do with increased bacterial action in moist soil. Compost would help heaps. Compost and then a layer of mulch on-top would be even better. The best would be swales around the trees with compost + mulch. Main goal with dry environments is to reduce evaporation.

[@nathansilk410]

@@johnperic6860 Ahem, trees also do the same job by dropping thier leaves off, also we are not familiar with a world covered in wildlife, we need to observe plants and trees in thier natrual habitat to learn what is best for them, essentially copying nature...

[@PassifloraCerulea]

You've got a lovely area there, with beautiful snow-capped mountains. It's a shame you may be without trees before too long : (

[@wintermute111]

Same thing happening in central/east Europe. We are having droughts and it is predicted that up to 75% of trees won't survive new climate. We need to switch to different species that can live in new condition.

[@garrett798]

I read recently that here in Germany the introduced (so long long ago most people think they are native) trees are not doing well and planting the actual native beech and another species that I cannot recall was being advocated.

[@jk743]

Yes, last year almost all spruce trees here died because of a bug. We have a lot of mixed forrest here in the area (central/west Germany) and a lot of it died last year. The last two Winter were a total joke. They were way too mild. Last year there was only one day of snow here and the year before that it was also only a few days. Two years ago I had to mow the lawn still in November because of all the rain that shouldve been snow and last Summer it was so hot that I didn't have to mow it at all because it just burnt and died for a few months. It's shit and it never was like this here in the past.

[@noworriesmate8287]

Snowflake

[@sirch2038]

@@jk743 Over here in northern Switzerland we have a similar situation. I wouldn't complain about any rain at all, though. It used to rain and snow a lot a few years back. Now we're lucky to see snow at all (same as you) and during the summer, we have so little rain that the past two years, you weren't even allowed to make a fire in your garden because it was so dry. Needless to say, this climate is not very good for the local plants.

[@g.bergervoet4505]

It's even happening here in the Netherlands, one of the wettest countries in the world.

[@ethan128]

I'm so sorry for all of this. I have always dreamed of owning land and helping the local area and having a symbiotic relationship with it, I can only imagine how heart breaking it is to see your wildlife die. I wish I knew how to help but I am only a teenager and don't know any fancy science stuff.

[@Ludix147]

You don't know any fancy science stuff *yet. Go ahead and read a book about tree diseases, it will be super interesting!

[@napoleonbonn9991]

I live in colorado and I've noticed this happen to various species throughout the state. I've seen mixed forest with all of the douglas firs dying. I've seen it with pinyons. I've seen it with ponderosa too.

[@StevenIngram]

Since insects are cold blooded, when the temperature goes up - so does their metabolic and reproductive rates. So there may be more scale bugs (because they're reproducing faster in the warmer temperatures) and they're overwhelming the trees. But it's likely a combination of factors... the die off and retreat of the trees due to increasing temperature, leaving fewer at lower elevations to host the insect load (which has increased due to temperature).

[@SecretLars]

Set bugs on fire, destroy the world.

[@marianomarquez6419]

Hey Cody! Here in argentina we have them too... The organic way y found to treat this issue was to make a solution of white soap, or neutral soap, i don't know the name in english, i'm sorry. And spray the trees every day for a month... Its a lot of work, but it do the job. I also tried emulsified oil and it works too. I don't know if it is doable in such a large scale. I've never seen an infestation so large... It makes me really sad. I hope the best for you and the trees in your area. Lots of love ♥

[@anelephantsearful]

Dawn dish soap works

[@dominichines9996]

@@anelephantsearful Dawn dish soap can remove pretty much any harmful black matter, be it oil or bugs

[@LeutnantJoker]

@@dominichines9996 I found that a 1:1:1 mix of water, dish soap and denatured alcohol destroys a ton of stuff. However in this case on such dry land the alcohol probably is not a great idea for the fire hazard and even if that's no issue it'll evaporate so quickly it'll hardly do anything. So dish soap alone should be enough.

[@jonahbeddes]

This isn't just happening in Nevada. I've been through lots of areas throughout eastern Oregon and parts of Idaho where it is affecting much larger pine trees, on a huge scale.

[@afellowguy1933]

Quite saddening to see such a graveyard of biomass. But I love the way you investigated the issue, almost like an episode of X-Files with the FBI Agents putting all the evidence together. What's important though, is that you are making a change. You might not be able to rescue all the trees on your property or in the area but your project really does impact the way we - your viewers - think about the future. Your ideas have sparked many thoughts and I think the CHB series is one of the few on youtube that still get me really excited, because you see something totally new every time. Keep your chin up and keep doing what you're doing Cody!

[@charlottestewart1851]

i like your icon comrade

[@afellowguy1933]

@@perxcl6185 It is a dog, wearing a russian ushanka, sitting in fornt of the udssr flag.

[@Nathan-xv1lu]

Hey Cody, finally watching you after all these years I can provide some intel on this topic. Scale bugs come in various different forms. They steal nutrients from the host and the only way to properly stop this is with an oil spray. I see you’re using a pesticide spray which uses chemicals. This is un natural and not needed in your case. Use an oil base spray, many of them are made organic, im not to sure which ones they have in America but they seep under the protective layer killing the scale along with providing a protective layer. This is an oil layer which helps prevent an further damage from scale as they can no longer grip to the pine. Happy to answer any questions :)

[@NajwaLaylah]

Hey, McDonalds is still in business, and they may have 'used fryer oil' you could pick up?

[@DingleFlop]

@@NajwaLaylah Uhm... Unfortunately there are many different kinds of "oils"... I'm not sure McDonald's has what were looking for...

[@mozkitolife5437]

@@NajwaLaylah WTF?

[@mamupelu565]

@@NajwaLaylah I can donate my facial oils too

[@pastoraleman3396]

Being serious I hope dude's sees this and it helps him

[@KapitanWalnut]

I live in a similar climate zone as you, with similar tree species, and have been combating pine needle scale for awhile. Mulching around the trees will help retain soil moisture without having to add new water, lowering stress on the tree (leave 2" gap around trunk, mulch out completely under canopy). Fertilizer will also help reduce stress on the tree, strengthening it so that it can better combat mild pine scale infestations on its own. More extreme non-chemical methods involve putting up summer shade structures that reduce the amount of sun on the tree during the hottest part of the day, thus reducing the amount of moisture the tree loses. Aggressive pruning and burning of trimmings to prevent the spreading infestation can be effective if an infestation is caught early enough, but it might be too late for this step to be effective considering the infestation seems to be spread over a wide area. If you can find trees that aren't heavily infected yet, consider aggressive trimmings on infected nearby trees and continued monitoring of the healthy tree to do any required mild pruning. Pine scale insects spread more rapidly on the same tree as new generations are born, so if you can catch an infestation of a tree early enough, you can save the tree by pruning the infected branch. Additionally, mild infestations can be removed by rubbing the armored scale with your fingers to break through the armor, then dabbing the area of the needle under the armor with an alcohol-soaked cotton swab to kill the insect.

[@DasIllu]

Oh and i just remembered you had a wildfire not long ago. Maybe it has something to do with that. Ashes tend to make the soil more basic while rotting needles decrease the pH. Maybe a nice project: Take samples, check pH, adjust pH. A lot of bugs are just waiting for plants to live in problematic soil to attack. Solubility of certain nutrients/Minerals is highly dependent on pH. Cheers, a former hobby gardener :D

[@extrastuff9463]

That wildfire was at his parents ranch, at least the wildfire footage I remember. This is somewhere else, he bought the plot of land after that fire stuff I'm not mistaken. That said given how dry this area is fires happening every now and then wouldn't surprise me at all.

[@AkiSan0]

you have a couple of things happening at the same time, the one that sticks out is the relative speed of a lot of changes. fires? were always there and will always be there. humans controlling the fire? bad, since they forcefully "stop fires" the biomass accumulates (since there are less "controlling" cycles of wild fires) and then it gets to a point where neither nature nor mankind can control the fire. climate / droughts are the same. we are changing the water structure ("removing it" and thus changing the ground water level) as well as changing the rain periods and amounts. since mankind started to industrialize rain has changed to more extreme occasions (instead of more "middle rains at middle times" we get either nothing or too much, either none for month or month of rain.. ), same goes for soil erosion and desertification. next to impact due to climate changes there are structural changes. forests being removed, fields being constructed, mountains being removed, cities being constructed etc. the list goes on. :) as you said, pH is changed a lot. you have more acidic rain / air (with the exception of vulcanic periods). but at the same time you introduce more and more basic / alkaline produces into the eco system (concrete, fertilizer, plant soil for a lot of crops), removal of specific "ground" materials (stones, sands, dirts) to be used in urban expansion leaving a wake of unfertile soil behind.

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

You bring up some very good points that are worth further consideration.

[@AlexLaw_Qld]

Are there trees in lower altitudes that you can plant as a succession species? Are there native annuals and perennial herbs and sedges you can plant as bee fodder?

[@RolandArthur]

I agree. Trying to fight this with chemicals is useless. A fight you can´t win. Better find something else that will grow in those (new) conditions. If I remember correctly you already have a good method to plant.

[@Diax1324]

These short pines take decades to reach even moderate height. The desert recovers slowly. This is permanent damage in process.

[@Lachlanrocca]

Totally agree! Petunias, moss rose and sunflowers are all native to South america and flower annually with very little water and can do well in drought conditions. A couple native to Mexico are cosmos and zinnias. Even better, Salvia can handle extreme hot and cold and I've seen them flower biannually in South Australia.

[@andljoy]

I have a tree in a pot in my yard , that thing is immortal , i have no idea what it is some kind of evergreen fern i think.( would be cool to find out) . I am in the UK but if there is a way to send cody some cuttings i would as i think it can do well. If it can live in a pot that never gets water and be fine i think it may be ok for cody too.

[@MC-Racing]

@@andljoy you can actually try using google lens, tke a small branch and lay it flat, maybe you get an answer :-)

[@justdoityourself7134]

I have a large amount of juniper on the acres that I live. I've managed them for several years now. The grass does indeed kill the trees off if it gets too tall, especially the small trees. It must be removed from under and around them. It takes all the water from the roots and sunlight from the saplings. Juniper respond very well to heavy pruning, as this allows them to consolidate their water usage and immune system. I start with lower branches ( for fire safety ), but if the tree is thinning I will aggressively prune more. Even the smaller trees and saplings can be pruned. The ones that are under heavy stress can be saved in some cases by giving them water after the pruning until you see the ends of the branches turn a light green in a few weeks and the water can be discontinued. The next year they will start to fill out green. Good luck. Edit: I don't know how this would work for the pines, but I imagine it might help them too. Even if the climate is changing good management can save these trees.

[@senorjohnle]

They're just mimicking the mars landscape! Jokes aside, I love listening to you think out loud and figure things out. I hope you find out what's going on and reach a solution.

[@mikeyjackson422]

How did you comment 6 hours ago when the video was just posted like 10 mins ago

[@LeftOverMacNCheese]

@@mikeyjackson422 yeah

[@XiaosChannel]

how did you comment on this before its published

[@enrico_passerini]

@@XiaosChannel Patreon?

[@chaos_turtle]

@@mikeyjackson422 my guess is patrons get access to the videos before they are publicly released

[@davidmay9956]

This reminds me of a school project I’m in where we help fix heavily droughted areas on Honolulu, we use drones to identify sick trees ect. We mainly try to fix the water tables and get the ground vegetation back to keep the ground from eroding away

[@Lachlanrocca]

Awesome :) sounded like a fun project to take on.

[@jackwood107]

That’s a really sweet thing to do mate, I’d love to try something like this

[@erintreez]

So sad!!! But Cody if anyone is up to this challenge, it's you. I know you didn't choose this project, but you have an opportunity to use the information you gain, create experiments, and share your discoveries with us, as well as the forest service/land management/conservation groups. There have been a few ideas put forth. I'm going to search and follow for more. As you mentioned, it's likely a number of factors combined. (One that wasn't mentioned was fire...does it have any impact in that particular system?) Take heart, Cody. You have dedicated followers, who will be with you through this. Hopefully trees can be saved and useful lessons learned, especially about working with a stressed native ecosystem. Sending hugs 💚🐝🍀

[@HammaneggsAirborne]

I'm in the midst of a climatology class, and there's mention of pollen records. Wet lakebeds have preserved pollen for long periods of time, and grass pollen is more prevalent than tree pollen during times of warmth. It's not enough for me to feel like an expert on, but it does fit with your idea of warming climate killing the trees.

[@fredriks5090]

We are currently at solar maximum.

[@pyromaniacal13]

@discorperted That doesn't mean that the drastic increase in temperature over the last hundred years, which is increasing at rates far higher than in recorded history, isn't caused by us.

[@duncanbrown4184]

@Nobody Knows The climate is all messed up everywhere. Abnormally warm one moment then cold the next. and this because there is more energy in the atmosphere, because it is on average warmer, which causes more drastic air flow. Saying "there can't be global warming because it's cold here" just makes you look dense. It's global after all, not local. Also, I seem to recall hotter and dryer than normal weather in California leading to massive fires recently. Or perhaps they should have been raking more?

[@recyclemeplease4419]

The Lorax wants to know your location.

[@enderman5423]

Call dr. Seuss

[@HelpingHorders]

Should be monetized. We need to be able to talk about death in a meaningful way. What trees are you going to replace these with? What trees do well in a hotter climate?

[@somedude7633]

John Peric he is right to propose the introduction of a hardier tree to augment the canopy. Imagine which would be more difficult: revitalizing a desert, or almost a desert? Trees also maintain moisture levels in climates, you could see how the junipers were dying afterwards. Although the introduction of a weed to an ecosystem will have serious repercussions, it might help the other trees to have a fighting chance.

[@m.a538]

Imagine if his property was covered in palm trees.

[@AlabasterJazz]

@@johnperic6860 All plants, and indeed all life, is invasive to some degree. There was a time when there was no grass at all, now it is one of the most prominent species on Earth. Additionally, proposing change to suit our own human needs and desires is not necessarily wrong either. We have been doing it since the dawn of man, it's pretty much the definition of agriculture. In my opinion, uselessly trying to avoid change to the point of destruction of your desired environment is just as irresponsible. Either way, life will do what it always does: adapt or die

[@michaelgreen1515]

I agree with the first not the second.

[@Slavicplayer251]

eucalypts only Australian trees do well in weather like that but of course they’re not native and if you get a year of good rain they’ll be everywhere

[@davidf2281]

This is really sad to see, but also among the most interesting and thought-provoking videos you've made in a while. Thanks.

[@fischX]

That's plain old desertification - Trees need a functioning Eco system (Birds eating bugs, mammals taking care of birds, mushrooms, worms circle of life you know...) Problem number one is soil erosion, healty soil and something grows even if there is to much heat and to less water.

[@naverilllang]

Earth worms are invasive in North America.

[@buckhorncortez]

Birds don't eat scale. There are really no native predators for scale. Ladybugs will eat scale, but it's difficult to convince them to stay in one place. One time I bought 1,000 lady bugs and carefully distributed them on my four pinon trees. In about a week I couldn't find a ladybug, but the scale was still there.

[@loveblowsbad]

@@buckhorncortez My aunt had a windowsill at her house that would get infested with lady bugs annually. They obviously seek certain things, like a moth light or roach dark. They nest like bees or termites and could be farmed/kept...

[@malcanth3481]

@@loveblowsbad That might be an idea. Create a ladybug "hive" that would make the ladybugs stay in the area, and then they would eat the scale.

[@MeisterDerGeister]

Hey Cody, greetings from Germany! I´ve been following your channel for quite some years now. It´s really great to see how you use your modern knowledge to explain the basic mechanisms of chemistry and the environment! In southern Germany we have a very similar problem with all the trees dying! There is a bug that kills off every single spruce tree in the forests. The bug can reproduce much more rapidly due to the warmer weather the last years and infest the stressed trees. It is a vicious circle: The wind breaks some trees and the sun can dry the surface which damages the trees (flat roots). After this the bug has no trouble to infest the tree, killing it by eating the cambium. After the infested trees have been cut down to prevent the bug spreading, the wind can again break trees which are not covered by their surrounding... In the last year my family lost about 1/3 of the trees on our farm! I do not expect spruce trees to survive the next 10-20 years in this area in general. It is really sad that this seems to be a global phenomenon.

[@ddanielmiester]

Your area is experiencing a "megadrought" according to an article I just saw.

[@wickandde]

@big pompano That's so sad :(

[@daniels5780]

@big pompano What rapid rise in temperatures?

[@dreyethel1]

Cody the Ent: "Many of these trees were my friends, creatures I has known from nut and acorn"

[@ngiorgos]

"Many had voices of their own that are lost forever now.

[@PrinceofWalesisland]

so the junipers arent your friends? they have berries :)

[@googledeathsquad7921]

@@PrinceofWalesisland And now you're trying to change the subject to Life of Brian

[@mikemac1129]

id recommend digging a well anyways. having a steady supply of water out there would be a good idea and depending on how well the well does it could replicate water recovery on mars.

[@bilaalmanselljones10]

From my experience scale has always been a sign of water stress in woody plants, so if you ask me it's definitely that mega drought that starting in western United States.

[@thetruthstrangerthanfictio954]

I think the trees are dying less on top of the mountain because cooler temperature = less evaporation. If there is less evaporation, then they don't need as much water.

[@snosibsnob3930]

Guess it is time for a new reforesting series

[@WaterfrontJustin]

They can be saved if he gets on it ASAP

[@ujustinree2987]

Terraforming Mars!

[@4kays160]

Without solving the problem , youl only be watching everything you plant die..

[@thatoneguy6875]

He should call it something like group trees... or maybe team trees

[@eelcohoogendoorn8044]

@@ujustinree2987 well he did move to this wasteland to build his mars base; to look at it from a glass is half full perspective his simulation just got a little more realistic...

[@alinajm5432]

Cody, you should try and install swales and berms across the property to stop, spread and sink water flow aka hydrate the land. These are earthworks, for regenerative intentions, that capture water and help it seep into the ground. This will hydrate the soil at the root zone. Cheers.

[@alinajm5432]

If digging into the ground isn't an option, especially around the existing trees, you could rearrange the rocks/pebbles/boulders into rows on contour with the land. This will also help to slow down water flow during rain and melting snow events.

[@charliec6286]

ex pesticide applicator: you could kill off the pests with horticultural oil, the oil coats and suffocates the bugs

[@DFPercush]

Not trying to argue with your professional experience, but I'm curious, how does that not also stop the tree from breathing? Or does it just last long enough to kill the bugs but not the plant?

[@charliec6286]

DFPercush horticultural oils contain complex mixture of petroleum hydrocarbons you can also do soy/plant based for a more natural application the way the oil interacts with plants is different that interactions with bugs. so long story short it kills bugs and let’s the plants breathe

[@Zakardis]

@@DFPercush Plants breath in from the roots and exhale from the top (leaves/needles).

[@masacatior]

I think there are natural pesticides like citrulline if I'm not mistaken.

[@StrictlyAwesome]

neem oil?

[@Oltoir]

I'm sure NASA has visual data going back at least a few decades of the area.. not sure exactly how to find it but that might give you an initial visual representation of how the tree line has (or hasn't) changed over time

[@vennic]

Google earth has a timelapse feature

[@RaptorNX01]

not having the trademark thumbs up at the end really got me for some reason. :( i'm sorry for everything you've been going through and admire how much you care when so many don't.

[@dreamhunter2231]

It's so sad that Cody can't even monetize this video just because he used the words "dying" and "dead". He could've used the money to possibly save all those trees.

[@Reth_Hard]

Money is not magic.

[@nickbryant2318]

Dream Hunter KZbin is like a helicopter parent

[@Jesse__H]

🙄🙄🙄 Money BUYS things,@@Reth_Hard . If there are things he could buy that will help the trees, money will do that.

[@timjon1122]

"Save all those trees"? Lol I think you greatly overestimate how much money cody makes per video.

[@Quick_in_and_out]

No amount of money can save those trees. The ad revenue from this video would have been $300 and that is being very very optimistic! Most KZbinrs make thier money from sponsorship and donations (patreon). Ad rev makes up around 20% of a KZbinrs income on average.

[@DasIllu]

Maybe try spraying some of them with dilute silicic acid. I used to treat plants with that to protect them from biting and sucking insects. It is supposed to deposit some of the acid where it can be resorbed and used to strengthen the structure. It might not work against these bugs but one could try.

[@Fire_Foxx_]

It’s rare that I’ve seen Cody look genuinely concerned about something, I wish more people cared about this stuff like he does

[@icyj99]

as desertification reaches the chicken hole base codys timeline for the mars mission is pressed

[@faramund9865]

Mars IS a desert!

[@Anomynous]

Apparently this is their natural predator: Ladybugs... There might be others. For that to work however you need to figure out what else they need, the ladybugs that is. But re-introducing a "balanced habitat" will probably also need animals/cattle. Like they figured out in Africa where they are trying to get the herds/animals back so the vegetation comes back as well... "Commercially available beneficial insects, such as ladybugs and lacewing, are natural predators of the young larval or “crawler” stage."

[@DFPercush]

My old house probably has enough of them to clean up a decent sized chunk of Nevada lol. They're all over the place here in Alabama. That's not a bad idea and I hope you get read, but there seems to be an underlying problem as well, probably water. There's lots of that over here too. Especially yesterday.

[@herscher1297]

Ladybugs eat everything

[@Jake12220]

There are good and bad species of ladybug, the good ones are predators, the bad ones are sap suckers. By reintroducing herding animals in large numbers, but for short durations can bring about dramatic changes and leads to far better moisture holding in the soils. Where Cody is likely had huge herds of Buffalo passing through long ago, which would have revitalised the land by clearing out the old dead growth and fertilizing the soil thus encouraging fresh new growth and better ground cover which helps avoid both erosion and evaporative water loss.

[@NajwaLaylah]

I think Cody gets occasional visits from range cattle. Maybe he could tempt them to hang around more?

[@Anomynous]

@@Jake12220 yh exactly what they did in Africa only recently though.

[@ChrisSudlik]

Cody, bud, you remind me a lot of several people I know that don't make it online much. Your content is high quality and you are a real dude, the kind of person I tend to have a lot of around me. This is a good video. I hear your pain and concern about what is happening with the trees. I want to help. You do good work, you make cool things. I am an automation engineer. I specialize in taking the stuff folks make and turning it into something requiring minimal labor and being most consistent. I work on a lot of complex, difficult problems. I would be happily willing to consult on how to turn projects from "I want to do this once" to "I want to make a thing to do this a lot consistently" but what I really would love is for you to find some peace of mind. I can hear the stress and pain of watching the world suffer and struggle whether it is the trees or the downstream effects of all of these changes. What I do for my friends struggling with the same thing, I try to hook them up with content that they need and provide a way to help structure and comprehend a complex issue fully. I would bet that if you spent some spare time looking into a couple topics you could find some real peace of mind and some additional meaning to the work you have been doing. I barely even know what to recommend to somebody in your position besides looking into complexity, complex systems, chaos, the philosophy of evolutionary biology, The Great Courses from what used to be the teaching company are decent on these subjects, there's a few books and literature compilations. There is a profound existential pain in watching firsthand, seeing and understanding to some extent the shittier aspects of our reality. It has robbed me of some friends, in the darkest of ways. I will always prefer the difficulty of helping somebody through something than watching them sink beneath the waves. I will gladly provide help in terms of both emotional support and technical experience without cost, just to see what comes of it. I am going to send this vid to some plant breeders and biologists I know and see what sort of info they can provide.

[@voodoo273]

Test your hypothesis by introducing a group of trees which can withstand the "warming" a bit better. Perhaps we can see results and introducing a tree species to the area would help maintain a warming "forest". I assume there are native species which can fit the bill. Good luck :)

[@linkentron_pie]

I think the lack of water in the area would make that hard

[@RobertSeviour1]

Cacti?

[@_Domo]

Is youtube really that strict with monetisation?

[@xSgtScruffy]

Unfortunately yes

[@sinopulence]

Are you new here?

[@roton1011]

where does he say sth about monestisation?

[@aserta]

@@Absolute.Virtue/videos That's what happens when the CEO is solely interested in keeping her quadruple failure project (KZbinRed) functional. They have to force the content creators to somehow go to RED, and so that's how they do it. They engineered the whole adpocalypse, got some of the bigger figures to move over to RED to survive. 1. She was very buddy buddy with WSJ, the rag paper that made the adpocalypse smear story right after. No CEO is ever that buddy buddy with someone who did a smear job that kneeled your job weeks after. 2. The channels that didn't accept the move over have been put into a perpetual stay pattern. You can actually see some of the "big" channels from games to science that stagnate, and you sincerely wonder...how the fuck is that even possible. One of the bigger names on the platform, has been locked for almost two years now, just shy of 1 million subs and with abysmal views too. It's a garbage situation, and unfortunately, there's no escape, the CEO got her job because she was married to a Google big wig. Doesn't matter how much of a failure she is, and that her pet project has been a perpetual failure from day one, or that she managed resources poorly, she's not getting fired. That and she build a cult around herself, complete with bullshit lies that "she's part of the Google's initial build team", which is total bs.

[@EuanTodd]

@@roton1011 in video description

[@dangdiggity9916]

i would love to see you go through the testing, i can imagine a test with planting new trees as well. maybe 2 with fertilizer, 2 thats getting water, 2 untouched etc. and have the trees in relatively equal spots. i would try to contact neighboring land owners and heck maybe even the closest farms and house owners nearby. tho it seems to not be many too close.

[@keithfork8663]

"superior oil" mix with water and spray. The mix suffocates scale.

[@TheOtherBill]

That would probably be possible if he was only doing a couple trees, but that's an awful lot of water to have to haul across the desert. Then he'd have to find a way to prevent more from moving in.

[@Felisargyle]

TheOtherBill it’s worth it just put on one of those backpack misters and hike for a day.

[@bernatkun8069]

it is not worth it, given the scale

[@cubicleadonis4683]

Hello Cody, Consider selecting a couple of trees and performing a controlled burn underneath them. I think it is worth considering as part of your experiments to save the trees. Take care.

[@Taydrum]

This! These trees evolved with fire

[@virtualtools_3021]

The only correct answer is to get drunk and set fire to things.

[@MaxIzrin]

"The only good bug, is a dead bug" - civilian from the destruction of Buenos Aires.

[@xcmodev1558]

_Would you like to learn more?_

[@penelo9114]

@@xcmodev1558 Starship Troopers references, nice. :)

[@TySoVm]

Service guarantees citizenship.

[@richardharding7767]

What about bees? And termites, without them we’d be up to our necks in dead tree carcasses? And butterfly’s just to inspire kids face paint, and college age girls bad decisions.

[@MaxIzrin]

@@richardharding7767 That's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. Besides, worms, fungi, and bacteria, can take care of dead foliage. And there's no end to inspiration for bad decisions, trust me.

[@tcbowen]

Hey Cody, you recently said you have some BLM nearby. Maybe you could reach out to the staff there to talk to the Forestry or Range staff for some advice.

[@PastaAivo]

Slight increase in temperature -> slight decrease in available water, that would at least make sense. The grass could also contribute to the issue. Making a well could be a very interesting video to see, and it might just work for your trees.

[@Tina-Brune]

Trees don't have temperature control and enzymes are really finicky, so temperature on its own can be a killer

[@w.o.jackson8432]

The trees at higher elevation have the same access to water as the ones at lower elevation, this doesn't make any sense.

[@okuncono9021]

We need to get this video to more people. Side note cody I love your videos and your intentions keep it up! You also look great with the haircut keep doing what you’re doing. I hope your efforts aren’t in vein!!

[@atshapi13]

Drill a well sounds like such an interesting project though

[@HideorEscape]

Things you should do: 1. Add a thick layer of mulch around every tree that is still alive. About 20-40 cm of mulch can keep the soil moist. Leave about 5 cm gap so the mulch doesn't touch the tree trunk. 2. Rake all that yellow dry grass to reduce fire hazard. You can use the raked grass as perfect mulch for the trees. 3. The mulch around the trees should be about 1-2 meters in a circle shape. The bigger the tree, the bigger the mulch. 4. Plant new trees, preferably not pines. Try to experiment and plant trees that are resistant to disease, bugs or drought. 5. This one is crazy and not recommended but if you really want to turn the wasteland into a jungle then try planting invasive trees like European Buckthorn. It will grow fast, the black fruits that grows will turn into seedlings fast. The tree will also spread via underground roots. It grows even in clay-ish soil. It is very resistant to drought or hot weather. It will steal all the nutrients from the soil and it will suck in all the carbon from the air. Edit: 6. Try to find a way to introduce beneficial insects that eat those bugs. Sometimes wildlife can do all the work for you. Ladybugs, frogs, birds? You should create a small pond or several ponds to attract animals.

[@azkay]

The mulch can also stop water getting in from rainfall

[@HideorEscape]

@@azkay Nope, it goes through the mulch. It only flows down or away if it rains heavily on compacted soil or if the tree is on a very steep hill side. What goes in the mulch, stays in the mulch. Underneath will always be moist or wet.

... How do you suggest paying for that?

[@lostmic]

Man to see this makes me love Cody even more... that man cares for life. I had a tear of awe when he talked about them dying.

[@AngryArmadillo]

“I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.”

[@yanceyalsup7682]

They say nothing because they have died.

[@maizedong9729]

In Vietnam the trees speak to the Lorax

[@JackBlack-mz7ux]

I've got a 3rd hypothesis for you... Which is kind of a hybrid of your twos. What if those scale bugs are multiplying faster and stronger because of the warmer climate as an underlying condition? That way the trees are being overwhelmed by the vast amount of parasites which they can't handle at that volume.

[@daniel4647]

That is what he was saying, the trees being weak due to drought makes them a much better breeding ground for the bugs which leads to more bugs. Maybe he didn't make it totally clear, but that's how I heard it anyway.

[@entcraft44]

@@daniel4647 It's not exactly the same thing, but almost: Warmer Climate -> Weaker Trees -> More Bugs -> Even Weaker Trees -> ... vs Warmer Climate -> More Bugs -> Weaker Trees -> Even More Bugs -> ... As to my opinion (I am no where near an expert on this): I don't think that the bugs are affected by those slight changes in temperature; I think the first "chain" is much more likely.

[@cyber_hacker]

the temperature increase also greatly increases the amount, activity and size of insects. right here we are getting more and more musqitos every year, and they are around all year now

[@jonnydont]

Cheap, easy and effective would lead me to try a back to eden esque just cover the tree base in super deep mulch and pray it makes enough of a difference in water retention.

[@alexandracrawford800]

In the Sahel, North Africa, farmers have learned to build networks of short run drystone walls in crescent shapes with mouths facing uphill. Water runoff is captured with silt then collecting in the 'bowl' of the crescent where it holds moisture for an entire growing season. I think by adapting this solution to build crescents around your trees, facing uphill, to capture both silt and water, utilizing the native rocks on the hillside may tip the balance back in favour of the trees and the general biological environment?

[@jonnydont]

@@alexandracrawford800 That is an awesome idea. Definitely something worth trying.

[@naotamf1588]

he is gone need some hands to do that for all his trees.

[@tj11240]

@@alexandracrawford800 Those are called swales, and they're a bit overrated, but they can work in specific circumstances.

[@dongurudebro4579]

AAAAAAH FUUUUUCK. That sounds like the beginning of an apocalypse movie. Very sorry to hear that, hope you can figure something out. All the best, stay strong! :)

[@גבריאלפאלקאו]

Maybe it's the plague from Interstellar

[@hunterpatton1370]

This whole year sounds like the beginning of an apocalypse movie.

[@magnusdagbro8226]

Yes, climate change is real life's disaster movie.

[@dongurudebro4579]

@@magnusdagbro8226 Sure, but i meant how the video plays out. Actually climate change is to the planets life more dangerous than most disaster movies visualize.

[@WBradleyRobbins]

Another hypothesis, increased temperature could mean more reproductive cycles per season for scale bugs or other pests.

[@benjaminshiffman8734]

Yep that was my first thought,

[@buckhorncortez]

NO. The bugs mate ONCE per year. Warmer temperatures aren't going to change their life cycle.

[@adayinthelife5496]

That's exactly it. Colder temperatures slow the life cycle.

[@WBradleyRobbins]

@@buckhorncortez depends on the bug. Not all insects breed once per year. I deal with invasive stinkbugs that have more reproductive cycles in our climate than China where they came from. I am not familiar with scale bugs to know.

[@benjaminshiffman8734]

Buckhorn Cortez that not true for all bugs for sure. Think about flies and mosquitos that only live a few days-weeks. I’ve raised fruit flies for my frogs and I get a new life cycle every week or so. I’ve also done experiments in college on cold and heat related life cycles so..

[@eformance]

Devise simple experiments to determine the cause: Water a tree, treat a tree, leave a tree alone.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Even if he waters them it won't make it cooler. The extra water could make the grass stronger as well and, long term at least, be worse than doing nothing.

[@HideorEscape]

I would advise to put mulch around the trees instead of watering. The mulch will keep the water inside the soil and it won't evaporate so the water won't go to waste.

[@ImNotACatLawyerButIPlayOneOnTV]

This sounds like a tree version of "F***, Marry, Kill"

[@bee2hive]

And do this for 1000 trees to get good statistics.

[@pakde8002]

The cause is scale infestation. It's rampant. Until that problem is solved the trees will continue to die. Scale bugs suck.. literally.