Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections

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Hello

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Loving the animations!

[@andthewindgoes...4599]

2020 finds this video very interesting

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hello, i have been watching for over 4 years..... keep on making awesome vids :)

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Hello :)

[@matejmijanovic1682]

I love how Kurzgesagt always makes you feel like the earth is going to be destroyed and then they tell you nah its prob fine

[@ljr8819]

Sounds like something weve heard all before.

[@utisti4976]

@@ljr8819 The media does this all the time.

[@SanAntonioNewHomesForSale]

His channel makes me feel like I'm in science class once again

[@ridwansetiadi8393]

While media loves to stop before the "nah it's prob fine" part 😆

[@lezgomez2949]

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[@RichardiOS275]

Imagine having a blackout for over 5 years while being quarantined

[@구독자500명되면이같은]

Up to 90% of US population will die of starvation, especially urban and suburban. Average food from farms travels 1600 miles before reaching consumers. Only pockets of people who'd survive are rural population who can grow their own food self sufficiently. Or extremely rich people in underground bunkers with 5 years worth of food.

[@DrearySaturn]

구독 안하면 프사 님 미래 아들 - or you know, people would just grow their own food

[@farenhite4329]

Jack Rags Because everyone has a large plot of land where they know how to farm.

[@arandomzoomer4837]

@@구독자500명되면이같은 This isn't really true because they never said anything about how it would effect the transportation system. I think shortages of food are likely but mass starvation not so.

[@micaelgarcia1576]

@@arandomzoomer4837 Starvation would happen not because of transportation, but because of not being able to preserve foods; refrigerators are really important!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I love how these videos basically explain how the world is going to end, but he always reassures everyone that we'll be fine... For now at least.

[@ethanbrandt8617]

Lol so true

[@MrNuclearz]

Lol every time!

[@aydin2353]

But he forgets.... right now we’re in the year of 2020

[@erikeriks]

Dude out it's obvious that you're using the youtube algorithm to spam comment sections for your own gain. We don't want you smacked into our face in every single video. How can you be happy that this is your legacy, oh wait you don't give a shit you just want followers. You're just as bad as those comment-promoters maybe even worse

[@Zeroneii3]

Can u get out of all my comment section

[@oompaloompa747]

The Northern lights tonight was so beautiful it reminded me of this vid

[@dang48]

So true. We were watching them May 11th 2024. They were impressive.

[@tyromemiller8639]

Beautiful and dangerous.. most of the poles are very radioactive...

[@lenjaminbang]

Kurzgesagt in a nutshell: [Deadly thing]: Can this destroy humanity? *happy intro music plays*

[@manueltubens6057]

Only humans acting like savages as they all have these last week, & a half can destroy humanity as they burn, & destroy everything in their path.

[@mussolini1824]

Manuel Tubens i know lol

[@trollsing]

They can't just change the intro music to match their subject

[@lenjaminbang]

@@trollsing I know but it's still funny lol

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This video is sponsored by: you

[@tejing2001]

I thought I had a decent general background in this, but your presentation, despite being aimed at a layman, really helped solidify my understanding. It's not easy to make explanations that can be followed by anyone, but also actually hit the mark from the perspective of those with more knowledge. Well done guys :-)

[@FreedomAttacker1]

odd flex, but ok

[@tempusitc]

@@FreedomAttacker1 peculiar boast, nevertheless satisfactory

[@AntonioZL]

Yeah, that happens to me all the time. Love this channel.

[@Phreaky1]

"A decent general background", you mean you watched another video about this before this one?

[@BenDover-rz3kq]

Antônio Gabriel Zeni Landim wow you’re so intelligent.

[@breadioush]

2020 so far : *chaos* Kurzgesagt : BUT WAIT, THERES MORE

[@666Tomato666]

let's just hope the calendar is full enough with garden variety catastrophes that a civilisation ending one simply won't fit

[@lonestarr1490]

There's always more to freak out about if you're searching for it. Existence ain't a walk in the park, buddy.

[@yeye1671]

8:46

[@papilambo5578]

lol you guys acting like 2020 is the worst year in humanity

[@melancholynoodle6114]

@@papilambo5578 well, we ARE currently in a pandemic so...

[@foldervtolvr]

There is this really cool game called “The Long Dark”, where you have to survive in the northern Canadian wilderness after a geomagnetic storm sapped your plane’s battery. It’s a really fun game but since the geomagnetic storm would be a worldwide event it could be considered a post apocalyptic game. But unlike a lot of post apocalyptic games you get to SEE The apocalypse.

[@malagutix]

Kurzgesagt is always like "Don't ever forget that you are less than nothing in a universe of wonder and you could die in any second. Anyway, we love you, hope you have a nice day ♥️"

[@humanbean9370]

Yeah

[@jhony4474]

So true, i don't know how to feel, if happy or depressed

[@bestdadoftheyear7181]

Jhony I feel purple

[@someoneinparticular]

Jhony why not both at the same time

[@jhony4474]

@@someoneinparticular yeah why not?

[@wilson9263]

2:29 "When these monsters hit us... nothing happens on Earth." They had us in the first half, not gonna lie

[@copperguardian8922]

2020: *Now this seems like a Marvelous idea*

[@rathernotsay8157]

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[@neres5795]

Well frick

[@Radzig.Kobyla]

I won't be amazed if this actually happens this year, or maybe war with China who knows.

[@Bluepizza1684]

@@Radzig.Kobyla infiltrate a nuclear silo base and take over the contorls to launch at any nation to cause political turmoil

[@tengokupdf7195]

F

[@mariasofialuengassalazar]

I love how most videos make a reference to how fragile humanity is, can't deny that its true, we really are fragile pieces of glass that could break any second. Yet, I love how it always ends with a positive note, either its something that's not in our hands anymore or other human beings are well aware of these events, so that they can be prevented. In the end, the entire universe will one day go into eternal sleep, yet before that I hope we can get to a certain type of civilization and make more discoveries about our beautiful universe before we all part.

[@МихаилЧиж-и1у]

The author of the video is extremely naive. Watch the movie "Don't Look Up". Until the US Congress makes a decision, the United States will be stuck in the Stone Age.

[@BeardedBooper]

Me: "I'm tired of crisis after crisis! I want to see a little peace for once!" *Kurzgesagt uploads a doomsday scenario.* "Alright. But just one more!"

[@biktor6951]

Lol

[@gamerdweebentertainment1616]

IKR... he's like you thought Covid-19 was bad, wait until solar hurricane hits us :)

[@magkairobbo1622]

XD

[@antlantis1234]

Kurgesagt is in a mission to tell us that literally everything can end our existence

[@TheAdaptiveNet]

Because it can. Welcome to science!

[@urge-avatar6022]

Kurgesagt is either a doomsday cult or the afterlife's PR department

[@sheeniebeanie2597]

I love it!!!

[@dylantaylor3139]

The next video: The Year 2020

[@reyariass]

urge-avatar Where do I sign up?! Wait, not today Satan!

[@alexander1989x]

Literally everyone in 2020: The July trailer looks sick, man.

[@aflaxnews5264]

These so called "2020 iS tHe wOrSt yEaR" is so fu*king Overused and looks so dumb please stop that shi*

[@friendlyneighbor8538]

Aflax News why did u censor shit?

[@kaypge]

I am sorry @Alex but this is just a teaser, the trailer is scheduled for later days. Yk 🙃

[@soumikdaswin]

Ded

[@hierarchyofroyalty6695]

@@aflaxnews5264 On their own, maybe these events are relatively minor but the combination is extraordinary in my opinion.

[@tristan_sparks]

Bro the easter eggs are great. So much respect for these animators- 5:16 Alolan Executor (Pokémon) 7:20 Potatus et Molassus (Over the Garden Wall/ Blasting Company)

[@_mandela]

3:07 Ice Climbers

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6:52 ponyo

[@vroman]

house from Up

[@soda1636]

This guy is the only person who can tell us how fragile humanity is and still be optimistic.

[@NotKameron]

@@Somewhat_Gamer stop trying to market yourself

[@zaidalvi8774]

Yes

[@finthebinn2959]

agreed @somewhat gamer don't do that it ruins it a bit :(

[@callofgruty371]

and plus hes made me smarter

[@jordanayala1617]

@Aurelia I think you forgot about the black death that killed a 1/3 of Europe because of rats and fleas.also it doesn’t take much effort to ruined humanity it just that there are more people who wants peace than violent which is why most countries aren’t at war at each other.

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*"This videos is sponsored by you"* Awww, that's a way to make people watching this feel special in this hard time xD

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dude, you're everywhere. out of the vtuber hell already?

[@iberis361]

Good seeing you here! Out of the deep rabbit hole that is VTubers xD

[@raihan5958]

Finally we got out of the vtuber swamps

[@Duck-vy2ex]

@@bananawieldingorenji guy without mustache: *Are you challenging me*

[@bananawieldingorenji]

@@Duck-vy2ex this guy is one of the reasons why i fell into vtuber hellhole. before that, he's part of the reason why I'm searching obscure seiyuu videos in god knows where.

[@mr.coffee6242]

At 4:25 The neon sign spelled out : DIE cool thanks

[@XMYeks]

Beautiful bo2 reference

[@chilleroftheknight]

@@XMYeks I know right. I like it. It might be eerie to those who never played it tho.

[@nutsandbolts1264]

At 2:51 the UP reference

[@philipauken5391]

Eggxecutor to the right at 5:15

[@TheChickenRiceBowl]

@@XMYeks bo2?

[@andrewmcg3492]

Cannot overstate the deep level of quality this channel delivers with. One big question: how prepared do we need to be?

[@theObsessiveBi]

There is like a %12 chance of a big solar flare happening in the next years. And astronomers think it is most likely to happen in 2025 summer. Scientist will have a day or two after they notice the exact time. The best preparation possible is to shut down the main electricity, if you don't want your devices fried shut down all the house electricity and use tin foil to protect devices with batteries like phones, tablets, laptops... if enough people get prepared and gov shuts down the main thing in time we will probably survive it with no worst scenario... Unlike those pessimistic idiots in comments believing no matter what we do we die, with these done we are not doomed...

[@LerxyFiestero29]

@@theObsessiveBi porfin alguien que entiende

[@jamier65551]

What they mean by prepared is by continued monitoring, and more importantly to have the energy grid given the upgrades mentioned in the video. Right now our grid does not have such protection, and while it won't send us back 100 years, if said protections are added then we could probably just go one day even and then back to normal

[@LerxyFiestero29]

@@jamier65551 What do you mean by going back one day? I mean, if one comes, we'll die and then we can fix it or something else?

[@LerxyFiestero29]

And a solar storm could physically hurt us to the point of death?

[@gorlomi979]

Kurzgesagt: “Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization?” 2020: “Why not”

[@MightyWeiner]

2020: "Oooh that good, write that down!"

[@roodey75_hun69]

No dude... don't do it!

[@psalm1197]

He didn't mention what happens to the moon during these various major solar events....anyone know?

[@auugh43546]

500 likes lets go

[@auugh43546]

@@psalm1197 probably not much

[@XSilohX]

Kurgesagt: "one of those storms almost hit us in 2012" Me: "I KNEW IT!"

[@Lucan47]

Wasn't that even part of the plot of Assassin's Creed at some point?

[@caiawlodarski5339]

Imagine if it happened, the conspiaracists would freak out.

[@nz391]

Caiã Wlodarski Field day for the conspiracy theories.

[@Elliandr]

There was also an event that year that almost happened that would have caused a mega tsunami event. An asteroid broke apart and was slated to hit a fault line in the sea that was predicted to cause a certain volcanic island to erupt in turn causing a piece of its land mass to fall into the sea in turn causing a larger displacement wave in turn devastating much of the world's economy. Thankfully, the rotation of the earth is actually not fixed. Earthquakes can cause slight changes to the length of a day, extremely slight, but enough to throw off calculations like this such that the fault line wasn't impacted as predicted and the mega tsunami never happened. That being said, volcano is passed due for another eruption. The last time it erupted a Chasm formed oh, but the islands didn't fall into the sea. Next time it erupts it might fall into the sea. Or it might not. We don't really know exactly when that will happen. still, imagine if we got hit with a solar storm this year while all this other stuff is going on and then while people are dealing with a shut down power grid and are unable to receive Communications a mega tsunami wave hits destroying the entire east coast of the United States and the entire west coast of Europe. not saying that's likely, in fact it's extremely unlikely, but it would be a very bad day.

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no, you didn't.

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can we all just appreciate how we're getting this kind of incredible content for free Edit: Thanks for all the likes!

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I very much appreciate much so sir

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Fax

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Yes

[@swedsquad]

oh i do

[@H-var]

It's not free - I have to pay for internet, and electricity bills to watch it. Nothing good is free.

[@alexlubbers1589]

We just had two large solar storms on March and April 23rd. Auroras visible as far south as Texas and Arizona! I photographed a beautiful red/magenta glow just 30min north of Las Vegas. Thankfully, impacts to the grid were minimal.

[@d00gz_]

Kurzgesagt: “Babe, it’s 4 pm! Time for your existential crisis!” Me: yes honey....

[@bryaneberly3588]

@@whiteoe Yeah. *looks at current state of U.S. government* Relaxing.

[@figsenjoyer]

@@bryaneberly3588 so true

[@reallifechronicles1707]

@@bryaneberly3588 the US government is a lot worse now.

[@MataNataM]

So many pop culture references on this one! Imma attempt to list them all 02:42 The Snail from Adventure Time 02:46 , 09:30 The house from Disney Pixar’s UP 03:06 Ice Climbers (Nintendo) 03:22 , 06:05 Pokéball + Ash Ketchum's hat at the top left (Pokémon) 05:00 Magnemites floating at bottom left (Pokémon), Rick and Morty "oh man it’s a Scenario 4!" 05:15 Alolan Exeggutor (Pokémon) 06:45 Possible reference to Castle in the sky 07:20 Over the garden wall: "Potatus et molassus" song, Greg’s rock (it’s a rock fact!) 07:26 Nintendo switch: super smash? (Bowser vs Megaman) , Triforce 07:32 Ponyo on the top left display Let me know if I missed anything

[@stillwatersrundeep001]

I thought i was pretty in-tune with pop culture, but you are hardcore

[@amalpavithran2159]

U r a legend 😮😮

[@darriusdias]

3:25 - "Oh my god, they killed Kenny!"

[@madsmadsoleh8642]

6:52 Ponyo

[@diamondcreeper0982]

the nick cage's movie

[@ParabellumHistory]

"It's hard to overstate how much we depend on electr...." And that was the moment my internet connection decided to stop working for a while

[@planefan082]

My power cut off too

[@unlucky_111]

A wise man once said "the sun is a deadly laser"

[@Kalleskaviarriddare]

not anymore, there's a blanket~~

[@starlii10]

​@@Kalleskaviarriddare that blanket is probably not gonna be enough to survive a CME

[@davidbalog6709]

@@Kalleskaviarriddare Not to mention the magnetosphere is continuing to weaken as the poles are getting ready to flip. It's already weakened 10% or more since the Carrington Event and some scientists are saying that as we approach the flip a CME could potentially unlock the Earth's crust causing significantly rapid continental drift and giant tsunamis. While what they are spraying above us, CaCO3 or better nano-particle aluminum oxide, will absorb electromagnetic energy, it's just buying us time. Mother nature is right on time with her 12,000 year cycle. While I don't think humanity will go extinct, I doubt there will be 8 billion people on the planet after this. Finally, if governments around the world knew there was a 90% chance that this would happen in the next two decades do you really think they would tell us? I hope to God none of us ever lives to witness a mass extinction event but sadly they have happened. Be safe. Peace.

[@MiniMackeroni]

Kurzgesagt: "The sun: Smooth and round and peaceful." The description of a thing that is basically a gigantic, many billion year-old, continual explosion in space.

[@unitedfools3493]

An explosion that occasionally randomly throws magnetic explosions about.

[@archdruidbookwalter951]

The sun is just a constant nuclear explosion kept from exploding outward by it's own massive gravity.

[@lonestarr1490]

The wonders of scale and distance. What appears as nuclear warfare if you zoom in close enough might not be more than a purulent pimple in "normal" scales. Imaging the unbearable, cataclysmic horror of an aphid colony getting hit by a water droplet. Now tell me: what is this gigantic, many billion year-old, continual explosion in space that we call "sun" compared to Laniakea, if not a single dot of insignificance? Everything is enormous and tiny at the same time. There is no absolute meaning to these notions.

[@Matheus_Braz]

You make the sun seem an eldritch creature

[@TRak598]

Technically fusion is more close to a implosion that generates ridiculous amounts of energy. So much energy that a thermonuclear bomb, for example, heats the air of the impact area so much it violently expands and effectively explodes, but the bomb itself doesn't. Explosions are most common in chemical reactions, and although stars DO eject mass as well, that happens on the event of a Supernova, or, like the video shows, a Solar Wind (however, the brute of the mass ejected in Solar Winds don't reach us).

[@Ava-ns5bk]

"Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization?" Me: "Honestly, at this point I'm up for anything."

[@pianotimer1733]

Is that twinkle

[@3rm1n91]

2020:Write that down Write that down

[@ultragrass936]

2020 is the new 2012 the world willl enddd

[@Willy_Tepes]

"Bring it on" -Prepper

[@Jumptohistory]

It's just gonna hibernate civilization for a decade or two and reverse the climate change.

[@hungariankid2112]

2012: Prepare for trouble 2020: And make it double

[@missseaweed2462]

Now all we have to wait on is Meowth.

[@iicynicy9473]

Miss Seaweed 2028 :0 because that was a 8 year difference between 2012 and 2020

[@diodine4735]

Ok, you're clever😂

[@doctorvladandhisbluejaysd2802]

Legit the only good 2020 comment I’ve ever seen. Good job!

[@mortache]

Maybe Mayans did the math wrong and the world ends 8 years after they predicted

[@luketabing3680]

Watching this during aurora rn looks rly nice

[@N0S0L]

"We haven't had an event like this in decades" Earth 2020- "Hold my beer"

[@jayoctopus8832]

2020: WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@workingjoe5599]

GENIUS

[@exoplanets]

Oh

[@jazbe4028]

Charles the French

[@lightyt4220]

@@jazbe4028 yeahhh

[@salmarazaqi99]

Oof No lolllll😂

[@MoonDystopia]

Kurzgesagt: could solar storms destroy civilization? 2020: Write that down, write that down!

[@randomthot125]

Bruh, no more

[@misterp1355]

Me behind 2020 bout to erase it:no you dont

[@hifromtokyo3804]

125likes in 7mins. I'll give you one

[@Clixeezy]

haha

[@dogwithswag]

Stop giving the writers of 2020 ideas for new episodes.

[@LaCoalicion.]

I didnt expected to live one.... like ever.... And I got Auroras boreales here in México yesterday

[@DeaconBlues97]

Mantengamonos unidos, no perdamos la esperanza

[@bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

2020: *runs out of ideas* Kurzgesagt: Coronal Mass Ejection Me: noooooooOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@nicorico4707]

The sun is a real deadly lazer, even with that blanket.

[@psydell1c]

This should have more likes 😔

[@immortalanimations2955]

Underrated :(

[@SetrosBiggestGlazer]

True

[@lixel_5]

Lmao why am I still laughing

[@mataeusdixonsteele3831]

Bill wurtz is laughing, somewhere

[@dryjoints454]

“We won’t know for sure until a big solar hurricane occurs.” 2020: Write that down. *Write that down!*

[@doctorvladandhisbluejaysd2802]

Well, 2020 is also the year of unfunny overused comments about how bad 2020 is.

[@MAR_abisal]

@@doctorvladandhisbluejaysd2802 Don’t get salty

[@AYouTubeChannelwithNoName]

CKQsquid; ZSCwoomy But they’re right!

[@doctorvladandhisbluejaysd2802]

CKQsquid; ZSCwoomy No I’m not, sorry that I’m getting tired of people using the same joke over and over again

[@carscombustrcup4765]

@@doctorvladandhisbluejaysd2802 your not alone I am to

[@husseinshebbani7905]

I love the fact how the animation gives a super friendly vibe and then you see a bird get crushed and all of his blood is splattered on the floor and then remember, "yeah, this isn't a children's channel"

[@Renatus_Eruditus]

Nah my kid loved this channel since he was 5😂

[@skslsl7021]

5:14 just imagine how beautiful polar lights over a carribbean sea must have looked like..

[@underscoredfrisk]

Too bad cameras were very expensive, inaccurate, and takes a long take to take a photo, and printing them out also takes a very long time, requires a lot of resources, and needs to be controlled by skilled workers called "artists"

[@Robo-xk4jm]

@Aputsiaq Lennert i think his point was that those icy greenland hills are nothing compared to a carribean beach

[@skslsl7021]

GameLex Gaming yes, this is what i meant

[@evibenarti9828]

_THE SUN IS A DEADLY LAZER_ Earth: 🎵Not anymore there's a blanket!🎵

[@nirmalarobert6480]

a good dose of bill wurtz never hurts

[@TetyLike3]

_THE SUN IS NOW A DANGEROUS DEADLY LAZER, ADAPTED TO GO THROUGH OUR BLANKET_

[@AE_AnarchistAlexcianEmpire69Bi]

@PG Guy Adventures Lol.

[@taissanv]

LOL I READ THIS SINGING

[@luiserb7008]

Thank you for that little bit of serotonin and dopamine.

[@Unisim_]

Intro: We might die Middle: Maybe not End: Nvm we will only suffer slightly from large ones.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*reason enough to never taunt the sun openly or waggle your finger at it for being naughty*

[@AlexanderBukh]

wahahahah

[@EnaiSiaion]

Solar storms are easily manageable with a small extra investment into solar weatherproofing the power grid, which the utilities would be expected to pay for. In other words...

[@groundbird4904]

@@EnaiSiaion so we only get those after these happen, right?

[@mimironshead4107]

@@groundbird4904 maybe not even then. You see what happened in Texas?

[@angrycaldo]

Well boys, get ready this week

[@elliotsmythe9098]

The world: *is about to end* Engineers: “Have you tried turning it off and back on again?”

[@stephanieedwards4089]

Good one 😂🤣

[@Hartono25277]

Very much not wrong in this context 🤣🤣

[@Unicorn-ti1rk]

Lol

[@saleemshady1308]

iPhone users: have you tried rice?

[@SportNut1]

I literally repeat that 100x a day when I was the admin at my school's computer lab lol

[@ourochroma]

2012 solar flare: misses The Mayan Calendar: *ahhh dammit*

[@randomations11]

Ahahaha, exactly what I thought! 😆

[@AwfulnewsFM]

Off by 8 years

[@yuno1707]

Noice

[@asdffdsa8648]

technically it is the year 2012 rigth now acording to the mayan chalender.

[@alexalbrecht5768]

They forgot to carry the 6 or some shit

[@herculean616]

"That let's you have an existential dread in style." That's why I love this Chanel so much.

[@chief4615]

Yes, this Chanel has great fashion also.

[@Bas_Lightyear]

Chanel N°9, Chanel N°5, well you got 'em both

[@theultimatejeffry6917]

@@chief4615 I also love this Chanel. I hate this channel tho.

[@dotdyboii5023]

Just noticed at 2:46 you used Mr. Fredrickson’s house and i love that so much

[@kiko3063]

2020: Solar Sto- Me: *Don't even think about it*

[@metabee6539]

I've come to the comment session to look for this comment.

[@SDfighter1]

Watch 2021 be like noobs, you think 2020 was bad?

[@masterofsomethingtm3048]

@@SDfighter1 So you guys survived that thing... Hello can somebody talk to me... 5045

[@F22onblockland]

we still got 6 months left that's plenty of time.

[@arnoldmoreno9753]

God :mine

[@timtemm]

So it’s basically a natural EMP... June’s disaster here we come!

[@DarkSalt-66]

June will be sunshine and rainbows

[@marthamartin7478]

ME : ah that's another one for apocolipes bigo

[@spub8295]

Ethonos KJED u ain’t in the US we took a side quest on racism

[@usernotfound-jw7xs]

na it will be saved for September, let us get distracted first!

[@ushikiii]

@31 03 Fiiiiinnnn.

[@LorenzKlein]

'Our engineers know how to deal with these storms' is such a badass thing to be able to say

[@quitlife9279]

Just like how our healthcare system knows how to deal with a pandemic.

[@mercow1242]

Unplugging engineers

[@toreadum8ass]

​@Sinochu I personally think it's difficult to truly compare the pandemic to any solar storm situation, because for the pandemic, dealing with it is very much in all our hands, not solely and specifically in the hands of the healthcare workers. Everyone needs to put on a mask, everyone needs to get vaccinated, everyone needs to practice good hygiene. With the solar storms, only the engineers and power technicians, who are experts and professionals in their fields, will be involved in the whole process, while we as common folk would only be able to sit and wait. Of course people will complain and get riled up over having their power taken away for a significant period of time, but to be frank, if I was in the kind of position to determine what's to be done, I'd mandate that all power companies in my country pull their collective plugs regardless of citizen complaints, and deal with the consequences of a disgruntled populace later. It's for their own good, after all, to prevent a much more dire fate that would no doubt lead to societal collapse.

[@verynormalcactus]

@@quitlife9279 I wish we could just unplug the virus like the electricity

[@lucasatwell6846]

@@verynormalcactus I mean, we could, it would just involve isolating everyone with the virus and waiting. Like a fire without fuel, it would die out. However, this would be a pretty deadly choice and you would need cooperation with everyone which isn't going to happen.

[@minecraftredstoneinspiration]

Me watching this 3 years later when a mass coronal ejection is hitting Australia, where I live.

[@DreamOfFlying]

Lmfao it’s not “hitting Australia”

[@BarberIDV]

2020: “Prepare for trouble!” The sun: “and make it double!”

[@alexthebruh]

Supercreeperking101 nice

[@imaginativeskydadytm1389]

Go team rockets

[@ampoulgon8716]

Corona could be meowth.

[@zenkichihitoyoshi9513]

To protect the Earth from radiation!

[@alanraiakartiko3847]

nice lol

[@dr.piggyhoneybear7952]

I’m honestly so happy and fulfilled that Kurtzgesagt have come so far, I remember watching their videos when they first came out and week after week waited for their new videos to come out (still do). Thanks for being awesome and putting so much time and effort into your shows as I’m sure many others are by my side thinking the same thing! ... still can’t spell your name without looking at it though ahaha 😆😆

[@rocky-zx6kq]

its hard to spell his name because he's german

[@althealligator1467]

You still misspelled it lol

[@mitsuku_i1583]

I can't spell it or pronounce it lol

[@mobzillamurphy9110]

A little help for the name: Kurz - short and gesagt - said. Just combine the two words and you get "shortly said" and a correct way to say their name. Hope it helps.

[@Mapple-ub1dt]

I’ve got to admit though, learning from Kurzgesagt is literally fun just by its animation and drawing style. Keep it up!

[@Andy17385]

👇 Who else came back to this video after hearing about the huge solar storm hitting us now? 🌞🌍

[@deadonarrival909]

Me! 😁

[@TheFedoraGirl]

I came here because of the G5 alert

[@musicisthefoodofthesoul]

Me toooo✋🏻 Idk how serious is it but i looked up NOAA Geomagnetic Storm Scale and from least to most severe it's g1,g2,g3,g4 and g5. The highest one?! And I read that it came 8 hours ago but it'll persist until at least sunday. "this storm poses a risk for high-voltage transmission lines for power grids, but not the electrical lines typically found in residential homes." Good

[@awardofsky9908]

2020 script writers: Hmm, I dunno if we can do this one...Maybe in November, somewhere between the meteor storm and the floodings, I mean the meteors don't take that much time anyways...

[@rickliao7259]

Yeah, I think they can. Locusts are happening right now and a massive hurricane season has already been confirmed.

[@Corusame]

You forgot about the mutating virus resulting in a zombie apocalypse

[@RonBest]

As if NNN wasnt bad enough already D':

[@awardofsky9908]

@@Corusame Everyone knows the zombie apocalypse is in December, gotta end with a bang, cmon now...

[@AdamMb312]

Remember they still gotta fit in world war 3

[@PorridgeJohnny]

Scientists: "we're going to lose all power for years" Engineer's solutions: "turn it off and on again"

[@crimsonstar108]

Politician solution: How about we just ignore the problem and pretend like everything is fine?

[@denyraw]

Underrated

[@denyraw]

What, I was looking away for a few seconds and it jumped from 6👍 to 14👍

[@glockmat]

As a engineer in formation I can say, definitely

[@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588]

crimsonstar108 how about we call it a hoax and question the legitimacy of the scientists who proposed such a thing in the first place, then call anyone else who talks about it “fake news”.

[@TipsAndBricks]

2:44 I like how kurzgesagt put Up (Up the movie) in the video thinking we wont notice 😂😂😂

[@hyperx72]

"peaceful" is not a term I would ever use to describe the sun...

[@forkrolls]

gay

[@lenayrolle7427]

I thought the sun was peaceful

[@hyperx72]

@@zoyka2126 Because protestors are literally dozens of nukes going off every second with blinding, hot light that warms objects a huge distance away...

[@hexcss9153]

This is humanity’s final boss we will fight in December.

[@lukel.5815]

Don’t jinx it!

[@UrbanLegend131]

You know they're probably right. 😅

[@ahard-daysnight6659]

Adolf Vlack Jokes aside, I really doubt 2020 is the end of the world.

[@MrRJPE]

Is it bad that I'm rooting for the Sun?

[@bigchimbus6309]

fuck no that's our summer

[@modelvp2405]

You REALLY outdid yourselves with the animation on this one. Those flowing plasma dynamos and the movement of energy along magnetic fields was so smooth. Just beautiful work all around for this vid

[@inesmargaridalopes1352]

R Speckles yes! I was totally hypnotized, it made me even more interested in it

[@blankblank5409]

Classic Kursgesgat

[@craZbobcontact]

My brain immediately connected to this vid when I found out about the solar storms 🧠

[@TheFedoraGirl]

Saaaaame. I knew they covered it.

[@projise12]

Kurzgesagt - The "Existential crisis at 3 in the morning"-starter pack

[@ludovicmennel4166]

The worst being the gammay ray burst event. Frightening

[@polygondwanaland8390]

tbh in 2020 I don't need kurzgesagt for that

[@projise12]

@@ludovicmennel4166 Yeah don't watch that false vaccuum video in the middle of the night if you still wanna get some sleep

[@Forflies]

This is exactly what I would imagine 2020 has in store for us.

[@fandomguy8025]

Hey its more likely than a tropical cyclone hitting the great lakes but that is literally what is happening. Cristobal.

[@hermit3955]

Shhhhhh. Don’t give it any more ideas

[@dogking44]

Probably the topper planned for December after World War 3 started in October.

[@KikisCheetos1310]

Thankfully we’re at solar minimum now but 2024 is when it’ll get dicey again

[@hexaanon1284]

DON’T. GODDAMN JINX IT

[@lwammm976]

This just makes me want to build a farm and prepare myself for the inevitable off-grid lifestyle

[@mrkitloin]

Well chaz definitely couldnt lmao

[@florianledl5003]

Minecraft style

[@ahtheuncertainty2125]

There’s that primate brain at work. Of course, not that I blame you. I have the same primate brain 😂.

[@اوتاكوزيرو]

اني محمد من الحلة حبيبتي

[@dohanyzoe]

7:19 Over The Garden Wall reference (the stone and the graffiti on the wall) its not much, but i hope im the first one who spotted that :D I mean its a few seconds but for me who's childhood was that short series and the atmosphere of those good old cartoons is priceless.

[@simulping4371]

Kurzgesagt : "Coronal Mass Ejection" Everyone : **Sweats nervously**

[@mayamoo115]

are we gonna die?!

[@Soliy87]

well with the way 2020 has been going...

[@NemesisAnother]

Covid-20(20)

[@alanraiakartiko3847]

:V

[@exoplanets]

hehe

[@socallmekarl4014]

Earth: This sucks, but this year can't get any worse. The Sun: *BEHOLD MY DEATH WAVES*

[@lazice]

Hee Hoo! You Thought! You little miserable clumps of protein. You thought of something bright and hopeful, Hah! You thought! But NO! Things are bad and you shall not be the third person now. *Perspective changed to _First Person mode_ .

[@bananamanthe1st869]

The sun is a deadly lazer

[@iiro1368]

scp 001

[@socallmekarl4014]

@@iiro1368 *BEHOLD MY MUTANT WAVES*

[@ceoofchonk]

BananaManThe 1st not anymore theres a blanket

[@dust133]

2020 when it hears about super solar flares: “Ye I’ll have one of those.”

[@doctorvladandhisbluejaysd2802]

2020 when it hears about unfunny overused comments about 2020: “yep, I’ll have that too”

[@sirtitan3338]

Nah its probably more like 2020: *I'll take your entire stock*

[@elviapinononly8226]

Delet e you tube

[@cjgmz781]

@@doctorvladandhisbluejaysd2802 WUT

[@jaxsonhedberg7515]

I bought the Space Explorers notebook and some stickers for it, I gotta say, its really cool!

[@a-vcables]

At 4:59 Kurzesagt makes a Rick and Morty reference when the bird sasy: "Oh man, it's a scenario 4." I absolutely love the little details and easter eggs.

[@DrMessed]

I didnt catch that nice

[@jenniekim-5155]

2020: *hmm I've ran out of ideas man* kurzgesagt: *_dont worry man i got you covered_* humanity: ......

[@nuggetx4086]

They are spy aliens

[@BossuJmek2k18]

Kurzgesagt: I gotchu fam

[@filip9587]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@falkerwyscray9067]

👁️👄👁️

[@dikchoco2881]

theyre god's spies

[@kimjojo240]

Bill Wurtz: The sun is a deadly laser Sun: YES

[@orience2225]

You can make a religion out of this

[@ooffoo8393]

Kurzgesagt: well yes but actually no

[@ooffoo8393]

@@orience2225 *no*

[@orience2225]

@@ooffoo8393 how bout I do anyway

[@aeqevbminem8037]

but it flings like c

[@brickitect420]

Let's see if we survive the event this coming Friday/weekend. (5/10+?/2024)

[@mqb3gofjzkko7nzx38]

Wait what happened.

[@dougiethompson2822]

"A solar hurricane narrowly missed earth in 2012" Ancient Mayans: Oh come on, we were so close

[@Nebula_o7]

In fact there was a calendar change where we accidentally zoomed back 8 years, meaning that it was actually supposed to happen in 2020, which probably would have been the end of the world back then.

[@N0Xa880iUL]

@@Nebula_o7 Yes one missed us in 2020 as well

[@holysandwich4075]

Mayans made a mistake writing 2012 when they're supposed to write 2021.

[@Hqrwey]

@@holysandwich4075 oh shit

[@Mach30_SS]

@@holysandwich4075 and the year is almost at December 😑

[@JLWarren]

Come for the end of the world, learn why Auroras exist. I love this channel.

[@Mini_2069]

a solar flare is coming today mate

[@noice4139]

@@Mini_2069 lmao its gonna be sick

[@SkyRed69]

@@Mini_2069 well it didn't

[@cleetus_]

@@SkyRed69 ur face didn’t

[@SkyRed69]

@@cleetus_ mad ?

[@jasonroberts5670]

Sun: "Sneezes in 2012 and nearly sent us to rock bottom" 2020: *do it again* Thank all of you for 1k likes. Sorry if plug is annoying but check out my KZbin channel @Itz_PenGuin

[@poseidonguy3940]

Imagine if sun farted

[@copter7013]

Lee Ruan you watch bill wurts?

[@fandomguy8025]

Imagine if it did and all the maya calandar 2012 conspiracy people lose their shit

[@xptaco2298]

@Itz_ PenGuin 👎

[@juliasimon219]

it really is like “don’t be shy, put some more”

[@SemiHypercube]

I still can't unhear the Radiance fight music playing at 8:21 because of that meme

[@connorsturgeon8863]

2020: *This is where the fun begins*

[@angrygreek1985]

I wish the universe would just get it over with already and put us out of our misery

[@augustoalvarez6766]

@@angrygreek1985 your* misery.

[@assley5650]

Timetraveler: boy if you thought 2020 was wack...

[@quandaleinstitute5623]

@Master USN 2022: *You are nothing but a foetus compared to me*

[@Dakarai_Knight]

They're really tryna give 2020 more ideas

[@spacellamamk1]

"Oh my god a massive solar flare is heading towards Earth what are we gonna do?!" "Have you tried turning Earth off and on again?"

[@mureithikivuti]

Well, you are technically right

[@pluebaw3364]

@@mureithikivuti the best kind of correctness

[@mureithikivuti]

@@pluebaw3364 IKR

[@komoriaimi]

No, but you can spin around it like Superman and turn time backwards.

[@fortuna19]

This could actually work, if you turn everything off and briefly disconnect the grid, or rapidly install fuses everywhere.

[@MrJoemarV]

2:51 the house from “UP” nice touch.

[@rexxe001]

YUP

[@IrishRepoMan]

And here we are today facing a 5% chance of this happening with a sunspot pointed directly at us.

[@LeBaldo]

It means a solar flare not a coronal mass ejection

[@IrishRepoMan]

@@LeBaldo I assume by 'it', you're referring to that news. The 5% was for an X-class event like Carrington, which increasing percentages for smaller events.

[@Monkforilla]

@@IrishRepoManyou are not very smart on this subject are you

[@mwbgaming28]

Hopefully it hits California and sends them (and only them) back to the stone age

[@Goldenhawk583]

@@LeBaldo It could be both.

[@mrsato7508]

Video: smooth, round and peaceful Me: Wait, is it really Kurzgesagt? Video: *except* Me: Yes, it is

[@moon-pw1bi]

yes.

[@thedarkermoon7914]

Yas.

[@user-xf6ox6zx4w]

No'nt.

[@yurichan6557]

i will remember that

[@thedarkermoon7914]

This shall become a yes/yas factory xD

[@guymandude9054]

One wise man said: “The Sun Is A Deadly Laser” (Edit): holy crap, how did this get so popular in just one day?

[@user-vp8ep4bo1t]

@J7W Shinden me too kid, me too

[@saemhashmi799]

Not anymore theres a blanket

[@sanashine1868]

Throwback 😔😔

[@sarantis1995]

Respect

[@kidd282]

Bill Wurtz... That video was funny

[@alternetic3833]

2012: *almost had a Solar Storm 2020: No no no, let me try

[@insightfultoaster2965]

2020 already proved to be closer to what people thought 2012 will be like

[@frasierniels6823]

We did have one in 2012, it just missed us.

[@Milk-ew4pf]

oh god no

[@syrialak101]

copied

[@THE_UNENDING]

June no!

[@8bit-ld2mk]

I got to say this video hits very differently with the massive 11 year event,solar storm. That’s going on.

[@DreamOfFlying]

“Massive 11 year event,solar storm”??? Lmfao

[@8bit-ld2mk]

@@DreamOfFlying yeah apparently the sun goes through an 11 year cycle where it produces massive solar storms Granted, looking back at my post. I worded that poorly lol

[@grumpydixie1645]

"Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization?" Nature: write that down!!! write that down!!!

[@24flexo57]

LMFAOOO

[@danielsrje]

@@24flexo57 Hahahaha Seriously though, I don't think nature needs help

[@jeffery1harris941]

LOL too good

[@blacksisko]

Memento

[@AllPileup]

2020: Oh, our queue for July is currently vacant! So......why not

[@MayZen141]

2020: That's another one for apocalypse bingo!

[@nepunepu5894]

"Don't worry, the engineers are prepared for it. Either by turn down the system temporarily or adding more grid to contain the extra energy" Me : "Nice..." Me remember about coronavirus making people work from home Me : "Oh no..."

[@mihael64]

0/-1 meme

[@Valacosa]

"Repeat of geomagnetic storm of 1859" has been on my "make 2020 worse" Bingo card for a while! ...the Kurzgesagt video feels like it's tempting fate.

[@_drnova1064]

Rule number one: don't win genocide bingo.

[@MayZen141]

Wow, am I dreaming? 580 likes!! I am happy😀😀

[@SisuBjörk]

"Finally bought a strong gaming pc with all my money!" *Solar hurricane* "I'm boutta end this man's whole career"

[@isaacjacobharris]

just unplug it

[@desu38]

He bought?

[@lordscorcher]

*gaming

[@xlyao3113]

👌🏼

[@TheChemicalWorkshop]

I saved up and planned for 1.5 years for a big trip...well corona said nope :(

[@joelt2002]

Congress released a report 5 or so years ago on the effects of a EMP attack on the US, which would be similar to the super flare event. In that report they indicated they thought 90% of Americans would die. The video briefly bring up "food on store shelves", but it's much more serious than that. Our entire logistic planning, organization, and distribution is based on electronics. Food and supplies locally are only sufficient to sustain a population for a matter of days. The trucks that transport goods and services would not work. The computer systems that tracked what goods need to go where will not work.

[@franciscoserejosoaresbranc8651]

Hello Kurzgesagt! I have never thought that a channel would be so good that I would want to support it, but you guys are something else. Today morning, I didn't even know solar storms were an issue. Now I know a lot more, thanks to the way you pack information in a truly entertaining way! I had no choice but to go myself beyond what is normal of me and support you through your shop. And I get a duck beanie and an egg poster. Amazing! Love your work, keep it up. Love from Portugal.

[@charlemagnetheFranks]

All I can do is put this on Twitter. I hope at least 300 more people see.

[@franciscoserejosoaresbranc8651]

The simple fact that you are the first major channel to ever like a comment I made on one of their videos says it all! Respect, hope to see more soon.

[@danward1070]

People in 2012: what luck! The solar flare missed us! 2020: let me introduce myself.

[@ChocolateMilkCultLeader]

Lmao just thinking this

[@funiman6783]

When second wave of coronavirus hits: *cod zombies round starting*

[@funiman6783]

****

[@funiman6783]

**t**

[@shaayaellis1436]

lol

[@Pastanheira]

He’s giving 2020 ideas and I don’t like that

[@taferzz]

Next thing you know breaking news a mega super flare is heading to earth

[@cioarasorin5137]

You seriosi?😲

[@mb-hb7nw]

I heard a there's a meteor prediction

[@katana_on_a_keychain]

it's the 2020 half-time show

[@merakisoul5358]

Underrated

[@D0NCH33T0]

I had absolutely no idea how gorgeous Northern lights were made until this video, and now my mind is even more blown with for real knowing 💕✨🎄

[@ervinm.5065]

2020: "Now I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move"

[@declannewton2556]

Can't see 2020 out doing that.

[@dabootybandit6441]

i wish i laughed at this joke

[@jaack278]

Oh no. Pls no... 🥺👉👈

[@Sabor180]

Hahaha, that was my 1st thought too

[@bananas1055]

Yeah at this point I don't even care anymore

[@Janiel14362]

7:22 "Potatus et Molasus" I never expected an Over The Garden Wall reference.

[@dan123891]

The rock facts rock is there as well!

[@danielbozarth7232]

haha I was thinking the same thing!

[@SacchieILU]

THIS MADE ME SO HAPPY

[@jdjwosniqbphil1672]

2019 was just us giving 2020 ideas.. now we have to pay for it

[@lightsaber1024]

That thumb though!!!!!!! Huge

[@Xlr8t]

Yaass biatch

[@toddboyce3599]

3:02 We see this all the time. Espically (I can't spell it right) in Canada's territories. (In case you wanted to ask me the question, yes it is winter year round in Canada.) In Canada, you either never catch a break from the sun, or you never see the sun in your life.