Melting wetlands - How can nature slow down climate change? | DW Documentary

Bogs and swamps contain more carbon than all other ground vegetation. As the permafrost melts, greenhouse gases are released, which in turn accelerate global warming.
Peatlands and wetlands play an important role in global warming because they influence the greenhouse gas cycle. But not all bogs are the same. Some bind carbon, while others release it into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide and methane emissions.
The film follows the work of two research teams investigating the influence of moors and swamps on the climate. Greenhouse gases escape when permafrost moors melt. But swamp and mire areas that have been thrown out of balance, for example by plantation farming for the production of palm oil, can actually accelerate climate change.
The documentary explains what happens when carbon escapes from swamp and moorland areas into the atmosphere and how nature's potential can be used to slow down climate change. "European peatlands contain five times more carbon than European forests. It is therefore very important that the carbon remains in the peatland,” says Dr. Minna Väliranta from the Environmental Research Centre at the University of Helsinki.
The researcher and her team are conducting field research to collect data on the effects of global warming on Arctic permafrost peatlands. Until now, there has been little data from the far north of Europe; many research findings from other regions have simply been generalized.
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[@jungleking9]

We live in a world where some multi billionaires are destroying the world and the media is getting paid to show that the common people are doing it 😂😂

[@armyvet8279]

Exactly

[@coraltown1]

both are doing it

[@Pistolita221]

@@coraltown1 We consumers don't get to choose how our electricity is generated or how our cars are powered or how are goods are manufactured, and you'll be homeless without access to those resources in the modern economy. Those are decisions that are made at the top of the command chain, so no, I am not responsible for the fact that 90% of cars are ICE powered. And if you want to get into the history of it, it was mostly market manipulation that caused these changes, big oil, the auto lobby and others all colluded to stop biodiesel, electric vehicles, mass transit and ethanol compatible engines, and FORCED the market to adopt fossil ICE. I had no hand in that, and neither did anyone else reading this thread. Stop blaming the overtaxed, overworked, under appreciated masses and put the blame where it belongs: with the grand planners, decision makers, politicians and captains of industry.

[@coleorum]

​@@Pistolita221People lived quite successfully before we started using fossil fuel so we can do it again if we are forced to though it requires huge sacrifices that very few are currently prepared to make. Blaming others achieves nothing. There is no easy way out.

[@soakupthesunman]

You are being led around by climate mythologists designed to make you trust and depend on government. Get smart.

[@gerryhouska2859]

Best of luck to Finland. Unfortunately here, in Australia, our governments listen to donors, not scientists.

[@PavlovsDog-yf1wu]

You misspelled America.

[@ingridakerblom7577]

@gerryhouska2859 in Finland after ww2, our politicians were acting with common sense. Believe it or not! The government looked at what other countries did & what had actually worked. And we did things that others had been successful with & developed from there.. We are not afraid to child a moment & think about things. So we can do it the right way from the start. Everyone is going for the same goal. What is best for our small country. Not Whats best for your carrier. In finland your income & status don't matter as much. Private schools are not allowed, the wellfare we have esp for parents, makes out society more equal not only between sexes. But we are not as classist as others.. Corroption is almost non-existent.. so Yeah, our biggest worries are the climate & the neighbour we don't want in the east..

[@tinfoilpapercut3547]

What would Finland do to stop China and India? The west could cease all fossil fuel emissions today and it wouldn't matter one bit.

[@peterbathum2775]

Global oligarchy is imposing the same wealth disparity that was the root cause of the French Revolution, worldwide. They buy “elected” representatives to pass laws to cement their profit ahead of the human right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Soak up the sun, while it’s still free.

[@bonysminiatures3123]

sorry to break it but climate science is pretty weak for a scientific field

[@aivaraslabokas7172]

Living 10 years not far away from Kilpisjärvi - didn't know there's permafrost. Everyday we learn something new. Thank you DW.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!

[@bonysminiatures3123]

cos there is not ))

[@kiikaala]

There is no permafrost in Finland. I will never again trust any DW documentaries, now that I know how Scheiße they are.

[@justskip4595]

@@kiikaala I am bit of a nerd and still had to check on this to make sure. We do indeed have a little bit of permafrost but it is very little. I clicked on this video just because of my memory telling me that we got minuscule insignificant amount and got curious how wrong this was going to be. I remembered seeing other DW videos that were also wrong and it seems like this is just more to the bunch.

[@jiajiaoioi]

because we don't

[@aschneider70]

Here in Brazil the Pantanal wetlands, probably the largest in the world, are burning and leave only 10% of original water.

[@ViscosAtlantic]

Very informative of you too!

[@ingridakerblom7577]

In siberia, the land that before was permafrost now has so called zombie fires. Fire underground that newer stop, they can burn for years. The methane relised from the soil when it thaws feed the fires..

[@davidbrown4271]

End times , humans are going bye bye so the earth 🌍 can regenerate.

[@chriscoyne8034]

@@ingridakerblom7577 We have the same fires burning in the Canadian north.

[@furrystep]

Thank all of you guys, if it weren't for you (and DW and Yt) I would know dicksquat here in central Europe.

[@Olpiny_5]

What a great Finnish take on it! Been to Finland many times, what a fascinating country and pragmatic people. And thank you DW for this film. Best wishes from Poland to you all!

[@ingridakerblom7577]

@@Olpiny_5 Finland & poland share a few things in history.. like always having to worry if the russians will stay on THEIR side or not...

[@Olpiny_5]

@@ingridakerblom7577 true that

[@piconano]

We turned a haven on Earth, into a toxic wasteland. Shame.

[@bonysminiatures3123]

except we can't

[@kenseitakesi4521]

This is first time i hear they study this in finland. And i life in finland. Wtf

[@ingridakerblom7577]

The swedes to the same. It's bcs when these wetlands dries, they release much methane, that's even worse for the green house effect than Co2.. It't not been known for too long how much methane & Co2 they actually release.. So that's why they are starting to restore & preserve. The issue is the mosquitoes.. nobody wants a wetland to close to them, bcs off the mosquitos that follows.. On top off the nusense we now have mosquito carried disease in Finland, that we haven't had before. I live on Åland, the landscape is not the same as the mainland. We don't have the same wetlands at all, or lakes & springs everywhere like on the mainland..

[@thevindictive6145]

Its live not life.

[@kenseitakesi4521]

@@thevindictive6145 it is?

[@ungh8365]

Who knew bogs could be this interesting! Thanks DW!

[@ingridakerblom7577]

Work to preserve & restore any such wetlands are ongoing in most nordic countries. Due to the risk they pose towards the green house effect.. Methane is way worse than Co2..

[@larsstougaard7097]

Love the bogs ❤

[@antonychipman3088]

If you care about global warming due to greenhouse hydrocarbons, first look to the fossil fuel and global arms rackets.

[@nottenvironmental6208]

Exactly, no amount of action will save humanity without stopping fossil fuel use

[@mattipiirainen7440]

As a finn I'm pretty sceptical there are any noyeworthy permafrosts here. Thumbnail sure isn't.

[@arield4000]

Too many people are consuming too much stuff.

[@alopiaspelagicus1628]

Really good documentaries, I'm glad more people can learn about the importance of wetlands

[@peterp5099]

If the world were one country, reducing inequality would, up to a certain point, reduce production and therefore emissions without reducing living quality. Doesn’t work though if multiple countries are economically competing with each other and none can afford to significantly reduce its production in the name of saving the climate. Saving the climate is a lost cause in a capitalist world.

[@trickytiky7329]

Prolly not

[@cdineaglecollapsecenter4672]

Anthrax can last a very long time even in ordinary soils. Scary to think of what's in the permafrost.

[@arbaz79]

How long can Anthrax survive in nature?

[@allangibson8494]

@@arbaz79Decades in temperate environments. Gruinard Island was actively contaminated for forty years following 1942 biological weapons tests until decontaminated in 1986 by formaldehyde spraying which destroyed all life on the island.

[@rekocastren923]

Poetic justice in the form of a plague on humans?

[@littleresearch6664]

In India, many natural wetlands were converted into fish breeding fields, resulting in the loss of its natural ecosystem, which was previously rich with lotus plants and birds 😢.

[@antonychipman3088]

Perhaps commence a campaign against atmospheric hydrocarbon with the fossil fuel corporations and the trail of destruction they have wrought and are wreaking?

[@fabianochela3552]

Thank you for the great doccie as always

[@brianwheeldon4643]

An extremely well presented climate - ecosystem documentary; super educational and informative. Thank you DW for an important video. In New Zealand where I live the following is true "Since the mid-19th century, New Zealand has lost about 90% of its wetland areas due to draining for dairy farming. Many remaining wetlands are also degraded due to pollution, grazing, drainage and presence of invasive plants" (Wikipedia). Unfortunately, contrary to European perception, New Zealand is not so much a actively managing its environment being more concerned with agricultural exports , originally developed to feed the British as part of its empire. In the1980s in particular with the full implentation neoliberal economic principles embedded in a strongly capitalist system, dairy, beef, and lamb exporting together with other forms of 'industrial agriculture' have decimated the flora and fauna of the landscape and biome. Similarly with the oceans within the country's EEZ. A sad state of affairs which looks set to continue apace.

[@soumendasgupta9191]

Thanks for sharing! This is such an imp. feedback about the situation in your country!

[@PavlovsDog-yf1wu]

DW's shadow ban bot has the thinnest skin on all of KZbin.

[@Lee-m]

Thanks DW well informative need more channels like yours

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching! We're glad you like our content. :)

[@denniscrane9753]

@@DWDocumentarygreat content and top notch propaganda!

[@bonysminiatures3123]

@@DWDocumentary propaganda

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was a great scientific research document about wetlands in Finland 🇫🇮 . Important of wetlands ecosystems to absorption of C02 and CH4 ....thank you ( DW ) documentary channel from sharing

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching!

[@AwakenProtocol]

The counterplot of land is to grow vegetation and store carbon. Human beings are more focused on trading between one another than letting the forest and fields be.

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

Climate change will be an ecological opportunity for several species of animals, birds, fish and insects, perhaps even producing new species, accelerating the natural evolution of some of them. But none of this is true for our species. We are sedentary, we depend on ecological stability to produce food on a large scale and our societies are very fragile and cannot withstand the intense tensions produced by widespread hunger.

[@PavlovsDog-yf1wu]

Stop using your brain so much. Some of us here don't like that

[@Jc-ms5vv]

Highly unlikely any species adapts to the rapid changes we’re about to experience

[@Pistolita221]

We also have too few young and our generations take FAR too long. It's true though, after the Permian Extinction, animals doubled in maximum size within 20 million years, and they doubled their maximum land speed, too from ~25mph to ~45mph, and then after the dinosaurs, mammals are generally significantly more intelligent, faster, more agile and have greater endurance (generally). While yes, this likely the end of mammalian dominance on earth, Lizards and birds are pretty MF cool.

[@Pistolita221]

@@Jc-ms5vv it always happens, we're nothing special, this is the 6th named mass extinction, and probably not even the 10th of all mass extinctions. Earth and the biosphere will keep chugging, just not with us.

[@Jc-ms5vv]

@@Pistolita221 just this time we caused our own extinction

[@annchurchill2638]

The Earth has times of freezing ( ice age) and times of melting. This has been going on for thousands of years' and we cannot control it. We are in a melting stage right now, but in the future we will have a freezing period and we cannot fix that either.

[@Glen-uy4jt]

What you say is correct, but you fail to say what caused those changes and over what time period. You also said nothing about what causes large spikes in temperature changes within a short time period.

[@charlottereed7603]

Wetlands, my beloved

[@LesLess]

This is really good. Well edited with a deliberate pace and quite informative. DW Documentaries are some of the best.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for your comment!

[@ReesCatOphuls]

40:55 "the message from science is clear: it's not too late". The message from economists is equally clear: grow, grow, grow! The global co2, ch4, n20 concentrations keep going up year after year.

[@jonemery8324]

Change is what life is about . Authoritarian change makes them money. Blaming you makes them money. Pretending they will change it makes them money. It is all a scam to make money and control your thinking.

[@karhunkulma]

I'm a Finn and in school they never told that there are permafrost in Finland at all. I googled this and yes - in Finland there are hardly any permafrost at all. Already in 2003 in one news article is said (in Finnish) that you can hardly find any permafrost in Finland and it's really rare. Even the climate 20 years ago didn't support permafrost in Finland. So sorry. I'm not watching your documentary.

[@edrickwalker8798]

How did you achieve that smooth camera movement in this video?

[@martinlatvian5538]

Areal drone with camera

[@mariopagliarini1]

They should already be planting trees to capture this carbon and take advantage of the rising temperature.

[@Eris-sp6yt]

If there is a possibility to encounter with dangerous viruses like anthrax why they are touching the soil samples with bare hands? Wouldn't we need some precautions here like masks and gloves?

[@patrickdegenaar9495]

I think we need to be clearer about temporary and permanent carbon sinks. Insert a forest into a desert, and carbon will be captured. But once in place, it is carbon neutral. Peat bogs, on the other hand, continue to extract more and more carbon as they get deeper.. Similarly, methane is a one-off accelerant for around 200 years, after which it converts to CO2 in the atmosphere.

[@martiansoon9092]

Waterlogged wetlands produces methane and CO2. (2C + 2H2O = CH4 + CO2), but if drained it produces CO2 (C+O2 = CO2). In some wetlands this is a yearly cycle that creates lots of ghg's. But in other areas it is too dry for large methane emissions. This means if you raise watertable in dried wetlands you get lots of methane emissions (some estimates says more than they will absorb in 1000 years). So you have to be careful where to raise watertable. You may see Finlands methane emissions from the drained swamps from the satellite measurements. Near Vaasa this becomes visible from space and it is one of the worst areas in the world. These wetland and even forest emissions are why Finland is currently struggling with limiting emissions. Previously forests were counted as carbon sinks, but they have become a carbon source. Similar things can be seen globally. Our forests are turning to a carbon source.

[@peterp4037]

All of the paid comments thanking DW. we need an ice age.

[@pranabpal1489]

informative article...............thank you all

[@peto22]

"Finland's permafrost" You should check your sources.

[@VictorFursov]

Very important topic. Thank you to DW. Best entomology and zoology greetings from Ukraine.❤😮❤🦋🐛🐞🦋

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment! Best wishes. :)

[@marakara7540]

Thank you for bringing this topic up. As a Fin I've heard so much about drying the swamp areas. It's been like the method for growing wood and to get more farmland and excavating peat for energy and potting soil. We just can't handle it like it used to be in yr.1300. Bit more people on planet. Don't buy peat for soil and see who in your political arena demands rights to drain the swamp.

[@jhaduvala]

Forget carbon. If the permafrost melts, we lose a major part of the global heatsink.

[@larsstougaard7097]

Ive seen some climate scientist said that Northern Europe could end up with a mini iceage if gulf stream stops , so much would be frozen in the north of the planet

[@jhaduvala]

@@larsstougaard7097 Only long-term. First we fry. We're now hitting over 50ºC. When it gets to 60ºC maybe people will understand. It is at a planetary scale...NOT at the human scale. Once you lose the heatsink, it's like a car without a radiator. You blow up the engine.

[@larsstougaard7097]

@@jhaduvala agree there is and will be extreme heat in a belt across the earth. Watching how people and the world leaders behave like children Im not confident much will be done to prevent it. We just have to accept this path, earth will be fine its just another era ending .

[@jhaduvala]

@@larsstougaard7097 Sure earth will be fine. We won't. It's already global. It's not in a belt.

[@larsstougaard7097]

@jhaduvala well I guess it depends on where you live, Im 51 and live in Denmark. Weather hasn't changed that must the last 30 years, yes maybe milder winters and a few hotter summer days. Right now its raining and 18 degrees. I read Denmark will get some degrees warmer weather and more rainstorms. In future we will get the weather of some parts of Germany. I feel sad for those in extreme heat right now

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Mind blowing documentary 👌 🙌 👏

[@trivalentclan]

Planetary astrometry tells us what average temperature a planet will have once we know the gases in the atmosphere. Carl Sagan explained this to the US Congress in 1985. That increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will increase the average temperature of a planet was known in the 1800’s. The Navies of the world are already dealing with ocean level rise because of the location of their bases. Go argue with your country’s admirals and see how far you get. Climate scientists are very conservative in their projections, things are much worse. Already saw a winter tourist destination deal with a snowless February, rip the snowmobile dealers and ski slopes, no record of anything like that before in an area that is used to February daily temperatures ranging from -20 to 25 F. Minimum of 15 degrees higher then normal. Including temperatures since 1990 is a biased normal.

[@wmpx34]

No! Don’t you understand! The climate has ALWAYS changed!! Humans couldn’t possibly have any effect on a planetary scale!!!!11

[@christinearmington]

@@wmpx34 Tiny bacteria changed the composition of the atmosphere. Humans are certainly capable.

[@methos1024]

The Scientists tugging on the pipe getting it up out of the ground and on the end one of then has a hurt back :D . They should have studied archimedes :D archimedes would have told the to use leverage and making them their live so much easier. even just a plate on the ground, so that it doesnt sink in, a weldec metal rod on it straight up and on top maybe just a horzontal bar welded on for theyr pliers to sit on and get them leverage should be enough 🙂you could totaly get fancyer with an adjustable height, but it also really must be still lightweight i think.

[@ArnaldoNonol-xt4jn]

Im going to pursue the environmental science course 😃

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

Since the 1980s, a decrease in air pollution has led to a partial reversal of the dimming trend, sometimes referred to as global brightening. This global brightening had contributed to the acceleration of global warming, which began in the 1990s. In 1990, the IPCC First Assessment Report acknowledged that "Human-made aerosols, from sulphur emitted largely in fossil fuel combustion can modify clouds and this may act to lower temperatures", while "a decrease in emissions of sulphur might be expected to increase global temperatures". In 2020, COVID-19 lockdowns provided a notable "natural experiment", as there had been a marked decline in sulfate and black carbon emissions caused by the curtailed road traffic and industrial output. That decline did have a detectable warming impact: it was estimated to have increased global temperatures by 0.01-0.02 °C (0.018-0.036 °F) initially and up to 0.03 °C (0.054 °F) by 2023, before disappearing. Regionally, the lockdowns were estimated to increase temperatures by 0.05-0.15 °C (0.090-0.270 °F) in eastern China over January-March, and then by 0.04-0.07 °C (0.072-0.126 °F) over Europe, eastern United States, and South Asia in March-May, with the peak impact of 0.3 °C (0.54 °F) in some regions of the United States and Russia.

[@billandrews]

It is 250 degrees above the atmosphere, only 76 degrees on the surface. 174 degrees of solar heat gone, blocked out by the CO2 and other “greenhouse gases”. Yes, they keep some heat in, about 20 degrees, but they block out 194 degrees for a net temperature of 174. Gilbert Plass is the father of CO2 warming. His paper in 1955 THE CARBON DIOXIDE THEORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE started all this idiocy. The first sentence of the Abstract for his papers states: “The most recent calculations of the infra-red flux in the region of the 15 micron CO2, band show that the average surface temperature of the earth increases 3.6” C if the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is doubled and decreases 3.8’ C if the CO2 amount is halved, provided that no other factors change which influence the radiation balance.” You get warming ONLY if added CO2 does not change the radiation balance, meaning the heat entering does not fall with added CO2. Before satellites, all scientists worked from the assumption that the sun mostly produced visible light and little heat. That visible light warmed the earth as the levels of CO2 and water vapor blocked out all the sun’s heat. Adding CO2 will not block out more incoming Sun heat as the was so little coming in to to begin with. But this is wrong. Heat is the majority of the sun’s radiation. 30% of the sun’s heat makes it past the atmosphere, so adding more CO2 does change the radiation balance. Added CO2 blocks out more sun heat cooling the earth and reversing the greenhouse effect! Which is what Plass’s paper said. Plass assumed that added CO2 did not change the radiation balance, so added CO2 created a warmer earth, but he was wrong, added CO2 created a cooler earth. 250 above, only 76 degrees below. Cooler earth hotter atmosphere. The Troposphere is getting warmer with added CO2, not the surface. The CO2 in the troposphere is absorbing more incoming sun heat and getting warmer. We are getting warmer, but that is because the Little Ice Age (LIA), ended in 1850. The Earth has been warming up since then. Snow has been melting and the oceans have been warming up. With less and less cold left over from the LIA the warming is accelerating. We are going back to the Earth that existed in the last Inter-Glacial Period when Iceland was baren of ice and the seas were 26 feet higher than today. 20,000 years ago the seas were 110 feet lower than today. This is how it goes on the Earth, warm to cold, low seas to high seas. This is just the first time mankind has had the education and intelligence to understand what is happening. Neanderthals lived through the last Ice Age but they didn’t know there was an ice age, it was just the way it was. Earlier hominids had no idea that they were in an inter-glacial age. All they knew was it was it was warm. Plass’s work is on the internet just google and read it for yourself, you only need to read the first sentence in the abstract.

[@Olaf_Schwandt]

very interesting documentation, thanks

[@karihamalainen9622]

Finland has no permafrost. Some places can have 10 to 50 years frost inside vetlands areas. They eventually smelt. Palsa-suo is one example.

[@scottekoontz]

Finland has permafrost.

[@karihamalainen9622]

Where? sOMETEN YEARS frost is not permafrost.

[@JimBob1937]

@@karihamalainen9622 , Finland has palsas that meet the definition of permafrost. The area you mentioned has ages up to 2,000 years old. All permafrost has "something years" frost, as even "perma" frost has a beginning. The oldest palsa in Finland is around 10,000 years I believe.

[@karihamalainen9622]

Palsas grows height and once it is high enough wind and rain eats insulation layer away and it smelts. These are not permafrosts but ongoing process. There are few places in Finland can be said honests permafrosts. These are holow structures in groundrock. We lost one permafros place couple of years ago.

[@RickardH.-gu6ws]

We actually have colder winters in northern europe now due to el niño, last 2 vinters been great for skiing with plenty of snow and terrible cold wether. At wasa loppet for example, so why complain about lack of perma frost, just now. Enjoy the cold weather you who like it, for me i prefer shorter winter, longer varmer summers here. You in the warmer countries please visit Sweden in summertime wheater is "perfecto" for a Spanish citizen. And we travel to spain in the winter, best of two worlds. Use plane price is less due to its more economic, that means it uses less energy, energy is money, you dont have to be Einstein to figure out what makes less impact on the environment. Stop fooling yourself.

[@DavidLockett-x4b]

The climate has been warming since the end of the last ice age, which is possibly a good thing. When the dinosaurs were around 65 million years ago, the world was warmer, wetter, and greener, which sounds good to me.

[@thisissmynature]

Neither you or I or a human being will be around to see it. Earth may become uninhabitable except for a few unlucky souls before anything you say will come to pass

[@anthonymorris5084]

@@thisissmynature There isn't a scientist on the face of the Earth that is claiming humans will no longer be around. It's hyperbolic nonsense.

[@donniemoder1466]

They always say it's not too late. But we're in overshoot.

[@LLee0]

Oh great! All the methene gas trapped underneath will be released into the atmosphere... 😮 The world is getting destroyed and we're still fighting each others relentlessly..... 😂😂😂

[@maritesquigley5569]

It’s the earth ,we need all the countries big or small, people , rich or poor to participate with this climate changes. It’s not too late to plant trees all over the world. Billionaires need to participate too, besides this is the only planet that they can reside along with their offsprings.

[@volkerengels5298]

"How 'nature' can speed up Climate Change" ..they made a little mistake in the headline. Humans... you know

[@KS777-h1w]

yes because its the impact from human activity which is accelerating natural processes like the thawing of the permafrost.

[@coraltown1]

a swing and a miss !

[@bonysminiatures3123]

@@KS777-h1w no humans can not

[@WhyWorldWet]

such a great documentary, thanks. Learned so much

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching! We’re glad you liked the documentary. 😊

[@rekocastren923]

Informative and beautiful! DW delivers again! And huge props to these scientists working on solutions for Earth. Finland has lots of talent in the eco-field, still sadly the trend here has long been one of capital vs. conservation... We cold do much better and export these methods and ideas globally, co-operation between nations to solve the climate puzzle? Take my taxes!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment! 😊

[@AndTecks]

That's us, humans that seize an opportunity to do good.

[@warrenpeece1726]

Nature slow down climate change?!? What are you, a carbon tax denier?!?

[@WackoMac]

Good

[@vidiad]

Is a frozen land a wetland ? It is what it is ?Wouldn't a better title be Melting Permafrost.

[@lubricustheslippery5028]

The surface is normally melting and get wet in the summer, and ice only remains further down in the peat. So the surface and vegetation is similar to non frozen bogs

[@vidiad]

@@lubricustheslippery5028 precise was.

[@gerryboudreaultboudreault2608]

We have much arctic wetlands here in Canada as well. (Trivia: methane is pronounced here as 'meth', not as 'meeth')

[@gerryhouska2859]

It is "meeth" in Australia, but then you speak Yank.

[@theslicefactor4590]

The climate is changing and there's not a single thing we can do about. But that won't stop the governments from increasing taxes and forcing EVs on everyone.

[@tristanbaxter4131]

First off, there is plenty we can do about it. But you're right that For sure, the rich are to blame, but people keep voting for those who will hold up the status quo, unfortunately.

[@bonysminiatures3123]

its natural , not man made that is impossible

[@kennethnystrom593]

Just ask them where all the copper for the EV and green energy will come from. (There simply isnt nearly enough copper production to do it) And copper is the "easy" to get metal...

[@fredengels8188]

not pemafrost anymore..... it's now simply frost.

[@CIS101]

It's complicated, but it's good to know this is being studied.

[@WFPBFORLIFE]

We are watching the final years of our extinction which will hopefull reset the biosphere for the next species.

[@angelsplace]

Depleted Uranium is forever Fukushima and war. Maybe earth will come back to life after 5 billion years as mars.

[@therealmaweed]

I wish to do a documentary about this

[@3D-Operator]

32:29 There is already a study to this topic from AGU, 03 April 2024 "The Net GHG Balance and Budget of the Permafrost Region (2000-2020) From Ecosystem Flux Upscaling", that says, northern permafrost is a net greenhouse gas emitter. Since Finland is part of the northern permafrost region and has similar ecosystem dynamics as the studied areas, it is likely that Finnish permafrost will also become a source of greenhouse gases.

[@Hession0Drasha]

Silver linning, more wetlands could lead to more commercially navigable rivers, in an area that might not go bellow 0⁰c in winter, and not much above 20⁰c in summer, by that time. Aka, perfect climate for human habitation.

[@sarcasmo57]

We are doomed.

[@maroonmaroonmaroon2985]

By something that doesn’t exist?

[@bonysminiatures3123]

nope the video is for the weak minded who believe in bad science like climate science

[@rikghosh5700]

First thing strikes after noticing the word "permafrost" is web series The Last Ship😬😷

[@mikehussain3871]

Thanks for the efforts DW team.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching!

[@maksymkyiv1111]

Very interesting.

[@keefsmiff]

Cheer up ..the birds will love it

[@bernob9770]

Beautiful!

[@Derpster2493]

There is no permafrost in Finland.

[@jollyjokress3852]

It is so horrific, my worst nightmares are coming reality

[@Rick-xp5sy]

Grow more trees and less vehicle emissions is a start!

[@sallymclain1600]

Thank you DW.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching. :)

[@AukeSlotegraaf]

Beautiful visuals

[@martiansoon9092]

"Old methane"... Well, methane freezes at -182C, so nope, it is not frozen inside permafrost. More likely the permafrost has created lids, bubbles and other chambers that has taken methane in them. Similar things have been seen in nature, specially when water penetrates the lid and methane begins to bubble through. Some most potent methane levels have been found at lake shores where the lid punctures have happened. These lids may contain methane from very large areas.

[@thevindictive6145]

I don't think its methane, but organic matter that produces methane, and when organic matter thaws, it begins to rot and release methane. Its anaerobic bacteris that causes methane production. Climate change means more rotting means more methane production. The burst is when the bacteria colony has accumulated enough methane. So nothing to do with freezing point of methane. These are microbes that munch on the organic matter and farts, like cows but more abundant.

[@martiansoon9092]

@@thevindictive6145 Methane is created by bacteria, ofc. But then methane is captured inside permafrost in bubbles... "Rot" is most often caused by bacteria. Also the "rapid" release can be instant or just buildup during days in warmer conditions than when sample was taken. In this case I'd call it more instant release, so bubbles are likely main cause of it. And they are that in nature too as explained.

[@thevindictive6145]

@@martiansoon9092 sorry, I am not very good at sarcasm. Me being too simple minded.

[@martiansoon9092]

@@thevindictive6145 Np. I often get rough answers and I charge often too harsly after them. Most often with knowlegde. And you are not simple minded, just less informed in this field of knowledge. After few well written science papers and dozens of science based articles and more updates, news flashes, even watching science gatherings, ... you might get there too... But only if you want to spend weeks and months reading and trying to understand them... And there are plenty of similar things under climate themes. (Well I have not found issue that is not somehow climate related...)

[@thevindictive6145]

@@martiansoon9092 I rather diversify in knowledge, but I do know a little about climate change and the politics behind the reluctance of people to do anything, instead to speed forward to an impending doom. Climate change in the end in my perspective is not about CO2 and such, but more about the mass delusional state society is in and the mass brainwashing our mainstream media has convinced the masses that we still have a lot of time. I have given up altogether and believe we have years left. Maybe not more then 2030. So I don't think I have the time to specialize in this field, but there is so little time to learn so much. All the best to you and good luck.

[@mirashathussein]

Great pronunciation ❤

[@TinoNyabowa]

Don't accidentally close your eyes @6:22...

[@Manoel_do_Rego_Roxo]

Thank you Suomi !

[@marktheshark1974]

#savesoil #ecosia

[@bingbangboom1239]

Global vegetation cover increased by 30% in the last 50 years. Increased CO2 also reduced plants water requirements significantly causing hot and cold deserts to shrink. NASA reported the following: "The greening over the past 33 years reported in this study is equivalent to adding a green continent about two-times the size of mainland USA 18 million km2". Another Harvard University study reported: "contrary to the prevailing view that forest area has declined globally - tree cover has increased by 2.24 million km2 (+7.1% relative to the 1982 level). This overall net gain is the result of a net loss in the tropics being outweighed by a net gain in the extratropics. Global bare ground cover has decreased by 1.16 million km2 (−3.1%), most notably in agricultural regions in Asia." As you can see climate crisis has far more positive effects than negative, not just for humans, but for the entire biosphere.

[@RaniVeluNachar-kx4lu]

Mercury sounds Ok Right? Mercury poisoning is a type of metal poisoning due to exposure to mercury. Symptoms depend upon the type, dose, method, and duration of exposure. They may include muscle weakness, poor coordination, numbness in the hands and feet, skin rashes, anxiety, memory problems, trouble speaking, trouble hearing, or trouble seeing. High-level exposure to methylmercury is known as Minamata disease. Methylmercury exposure in children may result in acrodynia (pink disease) in which the skin becomes pink and peels. Long-term complications may include kidney problems and decreased intelligence. The effects of long-term low-dose exposure to methylmercury are unclear. Maybe not?

[@RaniVeluNachar-kx4lu]

Anthrax sounds OK, Right? Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Infection typically occurs by contact with the skin, inhalation, or intestinal absorption. Symptom onset occurs between one day and more than two months after the infection is contracted. The skin form presents with a small blister with surrounding swelling that often turns into a painless ulcer with a black center. The inhalation form presents with fever, chest pain, and shortness of breath. The intestinal form presents with diarrhea (which may contain blood), abdominal pains, nausea, and vomiting. Maybe not?

[@DelusionalDoug]

So from the soil samples in the northern wetlands, it was warmer and more humid prior to the Little Ice Age. Then it became permafrost and now it’s humid again so moss can grow. Sounds like the climate changed way before the 1850s.

[@coraltown1]

and monkeys live in trees !

[@Pistolita221]

Yeah, the earths climate has changed a lot, we went from an ice age to a hot house around 250 million years ago, and humans exist today so it must have been fine. Look up the Permian Triassic Boundary, that's when it occurred. They even claim CO2 caused it!

[@sanniepstein4835]

If the far north warms up, we'll burn less fuel for heating, and be forced into cars slightly less. The cold plains of Russia and Canada will support more life, both wild and agricultural. Have you noticed where most life prefers to exist? Especially human. It's not the Arctic.

[@RaniVeluNachar-kx4lu]

I can imagine a day where there will be surfing in St. Louis as the great inland sea stretching from the expansion of the Gulf of Mexico inland to as far north as Missouri and into parts of Texas and of course Mexico. We will probably not need to build the Border Wall between the US and Mexico after all.

[@flinch622]

Things thaw out a bit in Siberia too, come summer. And these are good times: wetlands are crucibles of life, teeming with all sorts of small things that help support larger ecosystems. Birds need food when migrating, etc.

[@ingridakerblom7577]

A bit? I'm guessing you never heard off zombie fires?

[@flinch622]

@@ingridakerblom7577 Oh yes - lots of methane. just a little static electricity is all thats needed to set it off.

[@anthonymorris5084]

Why would you want to slow "climate change"? Life flourishes under warming. The greatest diversity of life on this planet resides in the tropics, not Greenland.

[@kevinkatzke9845]

What about the Florida Everglades and the marshes of the rainforest ,or the wetlands in Africa . I'm only about halfway through the video, but I can tell that this is extremely important research.

[@granadakimj]

To reduce emisions, we must first stop making more emissions. Aka, we must first STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS!!!

[@ariadgaia5932]

Yes, carbon is what's driving climate change... but isn't it more clear to say that human activities are the cause of such an unnatural increase in carbon? Saying carbon is causing climate change negates the human element.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

1/3 of the country is swamps/wetland. When i was in the army, so often when we were walking the ground just squished in and was full of water, almost like a half swamp. im glad i was one of the few who used rubber boots instead if military boots.

[@Tunderb]

The new business.

[@lucasdelraso3977]

Carbon? I think you meant methane

[@scottekoontz]

Methane is a hydrocarbon.

[@AdvocatusDiaboliFin]

Both, actually.

[@Seawithinyou]

We in New Zealand are rejuvenating our wetlands too as sea levels are slowly rising 🕊🌊🌏😇

[@rossellschmidt9373]

had to thaw out sometime.....was unfrozen before....its dirt.....and will freeze again....grow up!