This Tiny Beetle Is Devastating Forests in the Worst Outbreak Ever | Short Film Showcase

[@SpuroftheMountain]

Interesting short film, crazy how something as small as a beetle can have such a large impact on an ecosystem.

[@alventuradelacruz522]

just like humans, but in our case it's the entire planet haha

[@charlieretro]

We had them here 20 years ago and it took every pine tree out but one in my yard and it was in the middle of it all.

[@somerled3787]

Fire suppression has also contributed to the pine beetle epidemic. Natures way of controlling the beetles overpopulation is extended winter cold snaps and wildfires.

[@kathryncastanares525]

Exactly. So the blame truly does belong to human intervention. And not in the way most think. Its always the "good intentions" of those who don't think of the domino effect that leads to unintended consequences. They do the most harm, most of the time. Makes me think back to when i was learning about p

[@manjeetsinghmann3592]

Fantastic job by you and your team, me too a Science graduate in Botany , was moved by your research work and then send a message to the whole world that all is not well with it. Your efforts are truly laudable and appreciated, thanks for your uploads.

[@elliswoodall407]

Very informative thanks

[@AzlianaLyana]

So even the slight change of duration and level in temperature has let the beetles' to thrive even longer. Additionally, if these are wild pine trees, it may have been there for a few hundred years? That's some great loss there. Thanks National Geographic for sharing.

[@影山平ら]

Azliana Lyana poor tress :(

[@mathewgennigan181]

Azliana Lyana it's crazy to think trees give us oxygen as we give them c02 and these beetles threaten that

[@Dom-fx4kt]

Just like all the past pine beetle outbreaks, it had died down and isn't a problem anymore. Same thing happened in the 20s and 30s.

[@wendaltvedt4673]

@@Dom-fx4kt Is it really not a problem anymore? I'm wondering because I plan on moving to Colorado but for me lots of trees are essential, I'd hate to relocate to a state with few healthy trees standing.

[@rileymurphy8329]

@@Dom-fx4kt i don’t think it has been this big though. In the San Juan mountains for example, most of of the high elevation trees are dead.

[@ratatataraxia]

I love hearing about people with more means than I who also love trees and keep them sacred and try to protect them. Keep it up!

[@DavidMashil]

I love this "we need to take the blame of the insects, human activity is where the blame rests"

[@DJCroft]

What a beautiful soul Diana Six! We need more people like her on Earth

[@concerned1313]

How about 150 years of wildfire suppression? You did not mention that as a possible contributing factor. Also the stress of the competition of trees due to the lack of natural selection from fires? A healthy forest can come from wildfires and logging in place of fires. I mean selective logging to define my argument.

[@justplanebob105]

I'm really glad to hear new signs for hope. Our last summer to live in Colorado, we visited Grand Lake. I'd been familiar with the Mountain Pine Beetle damage in Cameron Pass for many years as I fished there often. We visited Grand Lake in 2012. Gazing up at whole mountain sides of dead trees I was so fearful that it would burn one day. We were heart broken because we loved the area so. It took until 2020. Our friends cottage was spared and now we hear it is re-generating. We can't wait to visit again.

[@geozeff79]

Hope to see the next short film on The Return of Pine

[@AllenGoodman]

I loathe these beetles and the destruction they have caused.

[@sibusky7554]

I want you too know i saw one took a picture and let it live

[@rileymurphy8329]

@@sibusky7554 search up San Juan national forest beetle kill and you’ll see why we hate them

[@wendaltvedt4673]

@@rileymurphy8329 I heard the pine beetle epidemic has been on the decline though

[@suides4810]

@@wendaltvedt4673 yea because no trees are left lmao

[@msmicheal2321]

Unfortunately, we are dealing with them in the Great Smoky Mtns as well. We have taken measures like not allowing people to bring their own firewood in. .. I hope we can get this under control before it's too late! 🌲✌

[@msmicheal2321]

Shoulders of Giants -Yes, thank you! We have done more damage than any other living thing on this planet! Unfortunately, without trees we die! 🌲✌♥🌍

[@DWW-tz1nv]

well, that's the unfortunate truth about invasive species, someone brings them in on wood or some other host device and they cause havoc, that's why as a community we need to be more vigilant about these types of things, especially in nature. no one thinks they are a problem until they are.

[@vardaansinghmann3708]

We humans are not visionary in our approach towards Mother Nature and development is coming at a great cost . Nice video , good to know 👍🏻

[@jesicare8161]

THANK YOU!

[@jacobsladdertreetech2829]

Loved the statement that we need to put a face to the trees! I have trimmed thousands of trees over the years and I never forget a tree. They are so reflective of our health and culture.

[@san7511]

Why they don't focus on increasing the numbers of bugs eating birds👍👍

[@user-chardonneret]

Her life is very simple but peaceful

[@ScienceByMike]

I’m glad you don’t blame the organism and you blame the root cause, us.

[@kalenisbell6205]

Need more videos like this. Increased length is beneficial

[@jachal8080]

Excellent photography

[@oisantos]

Stunning forest. Love this place. Where is it located😊

[@sandmanjono1239]

As ever a truly stunning informative NatGeo video - incredible how nature works & once again how we abuse our beautiful world

[@walterwhite1]

THIS LADY IS DEFINITELY AN INSANE LIBERAL 😂

[@hoangkimviet8545]

Her life is very simple but peaceful. I love that :0

[@adrian_zombturtle148]

U dont know

[@hoangkimviet8545]

Adrian_ Zombturtle What don't I know? :0

[@frankblangeard8865]

Yes, just a simple professor of Forest Entomology/Pathology with a Ph,D from University of California. Google 'Diana Six' to learn more about her.

[@adrian_zombturtle148]

U du nat no da wey

[@Catstache]

I think I get where you are coming from. She does something she loves because of her passion for it not because it's lavish work. Follow your dreams and it will always feel more peaceful than chasing fame and fortune.

[@TheSchyguy]

I wonder if the red queen would give the upper hand to the beetles against the evolved resilient trees, because of the rate at which beetles multiply...

[@Edandpuppy]

maybe the Earth is trying to heal itself from people

[@cbryce9243]

Encouraging entomophagy may be helpful. Some countries pay people to pick bugs off plants instead of using chemicals, the family can save and eat the bugs as a bonus.

[@realDys.]

But remember, it's all nature. In nature, you have a balance. Nothing is good or bad. It's how nature works. Equilibrium. If humans wouldn't have an impact on nature, this wouldn't be a problem at all. Something is wrong then.

[@cacetao53]

ItAlwaysTakeMeHours ToCreateNameOrNick Stop spreading nonsense, a small difference in climate, polution or even the smallest change can destroy this balance, milions of species went extinct because of that, and they still dying now in a faster pace than before

[@Tex1947]

Nice try at a witty remark that show your true ignorance. How often are you going to use it?

[@realDys.]

Rick McKee ?

[@Tex1947]

Sorry the comment was meant for "Shoulders of Giants" not you. He has used that comment over and over in different comment sections. I apologize for not placing my comment correctly.

[@nixrate]

i thought the bulk of this was from the lack of fires meaning the forest had become over grown resulting in them being much weaker.coupled then with even more intense fires because of all the ladder fuel was real disaster.

[@lisahughesnowwilhelmi2465]

Be aware to clean the tools used to cut the trees down and clean up afterwards to reduce the spread of tiny eggs and/or attract more beetles to the dead wood. Spread the Word not the Herd:)

[@sammyafe4197]

I agree on human intervention, but not just climate change. But what I REALLY appreciate is the open comment section.

[@RobertWF42]

I wonder if the beetle infestation and prolonged drought in the Rocky Mts is signaling a shift to a whole new biome with more desert scrub rather than trees?

[@surge1899]

We need to be shepherd's of the forest. Mother nature would settle the beetle problem by burning the forest much longer, we intervene too much.

[@jeffcouncilor6621]

We are not,and have never been in control of the climate...Global warming is a good thing that is causing a greening affect on the world.

[@abam2338]

Are you stupid or something?

[@brandonsmith3060]

How do the bugs handle being buried in soil and inoculated with mushroom spores?...Woody beds and Hügalculture idea perhaps to fight the bugs and rehab the mountains and forest🤔

[@astronomy7911]

Hmmm....Looks like humans aren't the only ones doing damage.

[@Danart00]

This video have a sad direct message that we shouldn't kill the forest, and indeed, that is a bad thing. But, mother nature will be here long after we are gone. Saving the forest is not saving the forest, it is saving our selves. Mother nature does not care how human live their lives, we should not have pity on it, we should only have pity on our selves. These type of videos should not foresee the demise of nature, but the demise of human kind. The planet will flourish again once we are gone, it doesn't care.

[@zennyfieldster4220]

Richard look at mars. It's still going but it doesn't care if it had life on it or not. I had this thought too. Earth doesn't Care if all life dies or lives. But yeah. Preserving mother nature helps our species in a way too.

[@ShifuCareaga]

Nature will take her course.

[@Tiago117]

Great short film but I've noticed all of your recent short films have terrible audio. As if it comes from a too much compressed .mp3 file. Why is that?

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

A minha admiração pelo seu trabalho!!! Uma missão ajudar a enterder-nos a importância das árvores no planeta e consequentemente mudar... O desassossego de uns é o remanso de outros?? um trabalho notável em prol da exaltação da natureza!!

[@JuanLopez-tp7hj]

What if you could cross specific pine trees with others for example say you crossed a ponderosa pine with trees being affected by certain problems one pine has certain abilities to survive as opposed to others but what if we crossed pines to survive certain situations like drought heat and pests ?.

[@kathryncastanares525]

Well, all those tree that were doing fine, are now susceptible to the infection of diseases and/or infestation of the beetles. Puting any type of stress on the tree leaves it wide open for intruders. Any damage done leaves it wide open. Drilling holes and taking the core samples did more harm than good.

[@donaldstorm4959]

Good subject did not know about this one. It's a shame they can't spray we have a problem here on the East Coast Delaware Valley area all those green shiny beetles are killing all the ash trees. My friends one neighbor lost all their trees in their entire backyard now there's dead ones out front and her next door neighbor got one cut down cuz it died. I have one in back of my house it's still alive at least it was in the fall. Whoever knew that climate change would have such an effect in these crazy insects!!!

[@andrewc.usarmyretired8304]

Clone the surviving trees 🌲

[@trevorwalkerjr.9375]

This makes sense, and it exists. My father does this for a living. He takes disease resistant, straight growing, and fast growing pines trees and breeds them in attempt to make an altogether better tree. We should pollinate the beetle resistant trees with the faster growing trees.

[@fatherpetey2866]

@@trevorwalkerjr.9375 fast growing trees and plantation trees are week. Let nature take its course. Evolution

[@ruppedogg]

Superb. Let's all make an effort to drive renewable tech. prices ever downward! Gotta turn this ship around.

[@KarenUntz]

Georgia Forestry controls them biologically with Lady Bugs.

[@vishalkhadse7612]

Woooooo so cool 😎😎❄

[@ElectricityTaster]

Too short.

[@DBT1007]

*DECREASE/REDUCE THE GLOBAL HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH RATE AND ALSO THE GLOBAL HUMAN POPULATION*

[@aurora.the.explorer]

Zero answers?! Seriously?! Many of us watched this hoping to learn, you know!

[@user-tb8fh3wl6i]

We need come up with a way to Sterilize the Beetles. 🪲

[@efilwv1635]

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[@villagerboyvillagerlife]

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[@kelmen02]

is this tiny little thing a true nature critter? or a mutated one? or a run off experiment from unknown dna lab? nature generally has its own equilibrium system. where are it's predator?

[@MrAllmotorB]

So… she blamed the beetles on human activity lol

[@rdyjur]

Yes, because they've always been there. Shorter, milder winters & hot dry summers have enabled them to thrive more than ever.

[@matthewreed5658]

Perfect paradox ∆

[@Bluebirdray]

The killed all my pines in my yard.

[@ram5ramen582]

I guess this shows why biodiversity is a good thing

[@Kobe2408]

Science will kill these Beetles. Science you scary.

[@guywithoutmustache4956]

how about they introduced woodpecker in that area since they eat those pine beetles 2x

[@мадигаббасовичь]

Just use genetic weapon to stop that invasios of beetles.

[@LordZevv]

Oxygen! Coming to a store near you!

[@bosakthicc3263]

Two words : Agent Orange

[@TheyCallMeNewb]

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[@Dahny]

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[@USmensnationalteam]

you lost me @ "I became interested in nature before I could walk."

[@sibusky7554]

I swear these tree huggers are getting crazier by the year

[@rdyjur]

not really that crazy of a statement and it's probably true for many people growing up rurally.

[@Edandpuppy]

nature always wins , it's balanced

[@trinisun]

Everything is going to be okay. There's no need for worry :-)

[@ReallyNo.01]

So… this is tree hugging? Cool.

[@RynaxAlien]

Go vegan

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[@samename6479]

Stop killing the earth w chem trails. It goes into the soil.

[@samename6479]

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[@TheBandit7613]

Here we go with the climate change B.S. again. It was warmer than this is the past. It's not the temperatures. A healthy pine forest burns on a regular basis. It's why fire opens up pine cones and allows the seeds to germinate. Lodgepole pines are fire-dependent. Fire is necessary to maintain healthy populations of diverse aged trees. The only way we are involved is fire suppression. A healthy pine tree can fight off pine beetles. But since we put out fires, the stands of trees are too dense and usually the same age.

[@rdyjur]

" It was warmer than this is the past." Correct, but it's never warmed up this rapidly in the past nor has CO2 ever risen as fast.

[@TheBandit7613]

@@rdyjur Yes, it has. Nothing is unprecedented.

[@rdyjur]

​@@TheBandit7613 wrong. co2 has never rose this fast for millions of years, and never due to any animal.

[@TheBandit7613]

@@rdyjur Yes, it has. What do you think happens when a supervolcano erupts? Oxygen is a pollutant. It's caused by living creatures. It's not natural to the environment. There have been MUCH worse fires in the west. The GREAT FIRES OF 1871. The Great Fire of 1922. The Great Fire of 1910. It burned 4700 square MILES and killed a hundred firefighters. Tree ring data tells all. It's been hotter. It's been drier. C02 has been higher. Normal for the Earth is MUCH warmer than now. Normal is NO ICE, even at the poles. For 80% of earths history, there is no ice anywhere, not even on the poles. No glaciers, no snow, no ice. People with an agenda are lying to you. WAKE THE FU** UP!