Can Bird Poop Make Clouds?

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Yay! Thanks, Sammy!

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Wow, great job with this! I'm one of the authors on the Nature Communication paper with Greg Wentworth. You made all aspects of the bird-ammonia-particle-cloud-climate system very clear! That is not easy! I'm really impressed, and thank you!

[@grossscienceshow]

Oh my goodness! That is so great to hear! For the record, Greg was a huge help in making sure I got the science right, so he totally deserves some of the credit. Anyway, thank YOU for doing such awesome research!

[@WayChuangAng]

theloniuspunkify so would it help the environment if everyone poop in the open air and contribute ammonia for droplets formation. Things you would for science and environment..... No more sewage clogging!!!!

[@theloniuspunkify]

Good question! Humans pooping in open air probably won't help though. In most places where humans live, the air already has enough ammonia to facilitate particle formation, thus the additional ammonia wouldn't do too much. What's special about the case of the Arctic seabirds is that the Arctic is extremely clean and has very little ammonia in the absence of the emissions from seabird guano. This makes the Arctic (and presumably the Antarctic) a "sweet spot"for adding ammonia to impact particles, clouds, and climate.

[@WayChuangAng]

theloniuspunkify haha, "sweet spot"

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:-) -- I see your happy face and smile. Once the placement algorithm catches, you'll grow very fast. Happened to my friends from "Today I Found Out". They were stuck at 50k, then yt started suggesting their videos and they grew to >250k in only three (3) weeks! That's my wish for you today.

[@Meloncarty]

don't forget because of the rich minerals in bird poop it was actually used to create explosives. If Transfomers G1 taught me anything, it was this.

[@lloydtunes2146]

"The birds make a relatively small yet SMELLY contribution." *brain exploded creatively..... I'll say, that's art.

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I never knew all this! Super cool :) ps. one of the clouds you have in the background looks like it has a happy face. Very cute.

[@grossscienceshow]

That miiiiiiight have been intentional :)

[@stelmo502]

getting better with every video

[@marj736]

Our ancestors harvested bird feces?! That explains why these modern birds like to poo my car. They think that I'm interested in their feces.

[@zaphodb777]

Mix bird poop, or even better bat guano with finely crushed fruit loops, light it on fire... And you'll have instant clouds... Of smoke!

[@TheV-Man]

congrats on 100k Anna! Love your channel keep up the good work

[@jakerobbins314]

Hi Anna, great video as always. Question though: would this process apply to other wastes? Animal or otherwise?

[@davidonfim2381]

Yes. Mammal pee (as well as other animals' wastes) have chemicals that break down into ammonia as well (in the case of mammals, it is urea). You rarely find massive patches of other animals' pee though*, so their contribution to clouds is probably too small to really measure. *roosting bats can make really huge piles of poop/pee, but that's mostly inside caves...

[@grossscienceshow]

Really good question-I will check with the scientists to see if anyone has studied this with other types of animal waste. As for non-animal waste, yes-things like soot can serve as condensation nuclei.

[@MichaelDavis-wx3pw]

How is this hypothesis being put to the test? And I'll never catch rain on my tongue again, thanks for that.

[@MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs]

Kinda of an unrelated question here. What is dog poo made of? It's probably nitrogen poor, right? Every time I'm collecting my dogs poo I wonder if I could do something useful with it, instead of just throwing it away. Thanks!

[@angrypigeon3527]

there goes my childhood, I guess that's why I felt sick after eating raindrops, they're made out of bird crap, dust, ice. pollution, and fungal spore. How have I not died yet?

[@kguy152000]

Does the amount of ammonia in the air have any adverse health effects which would be noticeable (not that I plan on going to the Arctic anytime soon)?

[@MegaMementoMori]

This means that the XIX method of crushing thousands of sea birds to turn them into oil looks even more sinister...

[@Apocro]

nice vid! greatings from chile! (south'murica)

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Hi! So glad you liked it!

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So is it okay to drink rain water or no?

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Hello! Idk if you take suggestions, but can you do another video on other carnivorous plants the last one really interested me.

[@munsterlandr1644]

I think their might be a Guano deposit in the schoolyard.

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0:24 talking about ship-names

[@rairajane]

My son would like to know what atoms are in bird poo? By the way he is a big fan of your channel. When I ask him if he wants to watch a new "Gross Science" video, he stops what he is doing straight away to come see it.

[@Morimoya]

one of the clouds had a smiley face

[@maryclarke4386]

My birds keep 'puffin' up

[@Sambo329]

😂

[@nikhilasravani6518]

Can the water we boil also help in making clouds

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100.000 congratulations :)

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Woohoo! I am over the moon. Thank you!

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yay :D

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Everything here's so gross yet I keep coming back here, binge watch, and swear I would never come here again, and come back, and binge watch, and the addiction cycle continues... Can you talk a little about human's fondness of gross stuff please???

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Your videos are sooo interesting

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Big fan

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thanks for that

[@bobair2]

Hi Anna,thank you for the interesting video as is typical of your videos I have learned something new today.I wonder how much meteor created dust contributes towards cloud formation and the burning of hydrocarbons as well.You are as the one fellow said so close to 100k,I just know you will be there very soon.All the best and keep up your good work! Bird poop, Ew!!!

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Bob Airhart your welcome and thanks!

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I was wondering about banana slugs?

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Is this why we use umbrellas?

[@1Rekuiem]

Uhuh, so how do they taste?

[@killerop-gl1fc]

Why is animal poop a natural fertilizer?

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What if it rains.

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44 away from 100000 well done !

[@grossscienceshow]

Thanks, Robert!

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[@Psychol-Snooper]

does cloud poop make birds?

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Everyday I learn something new😐

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I’m eating Snickers-

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My brother got pooped on by a bird once

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Birds caused the ice age

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Hehe, PUFFins

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0:32 pause it Lmaooo

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Youre still cute ana (:

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