Has Earth Already Crossed MAJOR Tipping Points? | Full Episode | Weathered: Earth’s Extremes

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The Weathered crew traveled all over the US and abroad to answer pressing questions about our changing climate in our new series, Weathered, Earth's Extremes. Maiya and the team worked so hard on this show -- we can't wait for you to watch it!
Maiya May is on a mission to understand the impacts of climate change and how to stop it. She brings viewers along to learn where we are and where we’re going as greenhouse gasses reach record levels. Have we crossed major climate tipping points? And are there positive tipping points that will help slow global warming faster than expected?
Can coral survive record ocean temperatures? Will thawing permafrost trigger runaway warming? How do we cool our cities and replenish groundwater? Watch to find out!
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Thanks for watching! Weathered: Earth's Extremes is everything you love about Weathered but bigger and better. Across 6 incredible episodes, Maiya and the Weathered crew travel around the world to tell the definitive story about our changing weather and climate, and how a better future is within reach. This is only the first episode -- to support Maiya and the team (and help us make more of this show), you can watch the rest for free RIGHT NOW on the PBS App on your smart TV, phone, tablet or streaming device: to.pbs.org/PBSAppWeathered And if you're outside of the US and want to watch the show, you can check it out on PBS.org here: www.pbs.org/show/weathered/ Maiya and the team worked so hard on this special show -- we can't wait for you to watch it! -Team Terra

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

try looking into the research of Natalia Shakhova on the world's largest ocean shelf in East Siberian arctic Shelf (ESAS) - that has 1200 gigatons of pressurized methane hydrates. It's already accelerating into the atmosphere. The arctic ice volume is already 80% gone and so in five years it should be 100% gone in September, thereby doubling the atmospheric temperature from the ESAS methane released.

[@kozad86]

Thank you for making this series, I’ll need to watch the rest!

[@GrymmsPlace]

Carl Sagan sat in front of Congress in the late 1980's and explained that Global Climate change had likely already moved past a 'tipping point' and how to try reversing that trend. This was not, and likely not able to be reversed. Even if 4/5 of all humans disappeared right now, this planet we're on will take quite a while geologically to level out, rebalance, or get to the new norm. The Cretaceous was warmer globally, so this increase has been experienced before. It certainly would not have been very nice for human's, but forested Arctic and Antarctic certainly were enjoyed by life that lived there. We, collectively, are in for a bumpy ride, no doubting that. The coasts will shrink much further than they have in the last 12,000 years, but more land will become available as cold areas become warmer. Many living creatures will not thrive, but the ones able to adapt, will. Humans have only been messing about for 3-million years or so - a mere blip on Life's geological scale. 😁

[@RulgertGhostalker]

most people only write, and don't read .....so it's almost pointless saying anything on you tube. even texting, I know no one actually reads anything.....the reason I know that is because I read what other people write. but could you imagine two people like that believing they were communicating ?????

[@mikeharrington5593]

Thanks Maya.

[@TheDraiden]

I had a professor over 10 years ago say to us in class after being asked how much time do we have to stop global warming. He said, "We can't. It's to late to stop it. We have already crossed the red line. The only thing left to do now, is to slow it down and adapt."

[@user-bi7nq4nj7q]

Your professor is right. We can only slow the inevitable. In this case, we would be decelerating what which we (last 200 years) have exasperated. The real sad truth is that this should not have happened for centuries. so, really, slowing it down at this point would require us to not only capture and remove at a rate many times the rate we added to it, but we have to remove them at comparatively low concentrations within this mixture. In chemistry, we call this diminishing returns. The entropy involved with removal is many times too high, so TRYING to remove it would exasperate it further. The only option is to prepare for the inevitable as we adapt to survive until the terminal event. "Adapt" in this case mean simply to survive and prepare. There will be much death. only the few prepared to withstand first, elevated heat, then bitter cold. At the same time, the bitter cold to follow will last many thousands of years.

[@volkerengels5298]

@@user-bi7nq4nj7q We have nukes....

[@ceeemm1901]

I knew an agricultural scientist in her 60's 20 years ago who travelled the world as an NGO implementing sustainable/permaculture Ag programs in developing countries who categorically told me the same thing back then. She said that now it's all about adaptation and lots are going to suffer.

[@justmenotyou3151]

There will be no adaption to this. Best we can do is keep the wheels on the cart a bit longer before society flys apart. The food stocks we rely on, can not keep up with the rate of change. Society, Will not change. We are at the opening stage of a new world war. Fossil fuel companies own goverments. That is not going to change. Slow this down is the best we can hope for.

[@VolcanixAquatix]

Humans are far more capable of making inventions to slow and even stop this. We just have to fund the right research and development.

[@jayleeper1512]

As a 75 yo that has lived in the same locale my entire life, I can tell you that this year, we definitely crossed a tipping point. Every heat record was broken at least once this year and most of these records broken were set within the last ten years. We had a cold spring with a killing frost on the summer solstice, apparently because the jet stream has become so unstable that it was sucking arctic air down to our latitude. It went from that to the hottest year on record and it is now October and we finally got a killing frost, something that usually happened around the first of September. Daytime temps are still running 20F above normal. There has been no appreciable rain since June other than a couple of violent thunder storms that dumped some rain quickly then immediately dried out after they were over. The climate change since I was a kid has been catastrophic. Most people seem to be either in denial or oblivious

[@bobleclair5665]

Do you think HAARP has any effect on the jet stream ?

[@jayleeper1512]

@@bobleclair5665 no, it is from increased heat in the atmosphere. Any weather control attempts, such as spreading reflective chaff or sulfur compounds, seem to be aimed at reducing heat or increasing precipitation in a small, localized area.

[@roxieearly9484]

Im with u on all that , im 70 and havd been aware of all the changes thru out my life in all realms and the stage of extreme change is truly upon us. I have experienced the worst of life and the best of life. Where humanity is now is scarier than weather disasters😳 i live alone , my grown childrrn are few hours north or south of me and ive always been a survivor but not sure I look forward to our future. Major concern for all that wont get to grow up with a sense of safety or peace😫Thanks for space to get this off my mind, take care and God bless us all that love peace🥰

[@samnelson2343]

I'm 49, live in London (and Oxfordshire). I have vivid memories of winters in London as a child where snow dropped and lay on the ground for a weeks or sometimes weeks at a time. Children would go to green spaces and sled and ski, often for long times. Nowadays it is rare to even get snow at all let alone have conditions right to allow it to settle and stay. Snow and seasons have been replaced with cold rain and a (kind of) binary seasonal change; we now have shorter summers which have periods (brief) of intense heat and mildly above average warmth. That countered with lo get winters where snow is unlikely, but excess amounts of rainfall is common. Hearing people deny any perceptible change in weather patterns is bizzare. Regardless of whether one attributes these changes to human input or cyclical weather patterns in a greater motif (little ice ages etc) it seems inconceivable to me that we still have pushback regarding these obvious alterations. Globalism can be a force for good. Short-term thinking not so much.

[@williamschlosser]

@@samnelson2343 You are right that winters are getting milder. My experience and my research confirm this. However, summers are not getting hotter overall. We haven't had a 100 degree day where I live since 2012, according to research. In 1936, there were 24 100 degree days here.

[@deadskinconsumption]

May Earth recover, with or without us.

[@ExtraOrdinaryEarth_]

This is the main concern. But it would be nice if our species could survive also. Hopefully we'll pull through. It'll be a struggle but I hope we can do it.

[@capt.rezzec300]

If we survive, odds on we repeat the same mistakes. Save what exists Earth deserves better

[@MarissaOfUnderground]

“The planet isn’t going anywhere. We are!” - George Carlin

[@lindagillespie6418]

Earth will be fine. Life itself doesn't end, it's just we don't get to keep it.

[@ExtraOrdinaryEarth_]

@@lindagillespie6418 Life will move on, yes but so will humanity, most likely. We would lose our technological progress as we lose the vast majority of our population but we as a species should persist. I strongly believe its a cyclical occurance and we've been through it before.

[@tyraikaika]

I live in Michigan and we still haven’t received snow where I live. Back in the day we used to get SEVERAL feet of snow back in OCTOBER. Truly sad that so many old people didn’t notice the changes,wtaf💔💔💔💔💔

[@Helieos45]

Forbes, fires are down 25% worldwide thanks to the more co2 in the atmosphere, making trees hold more moisture. Co2 is the lowest it has been in 600 million years. Just google 600 million year co2 chart. Our magnetosphere is 25% weaker and weakening 5% every 10 years until it reverses polarity. The weaker our atmosphere gets, the less our ocean can absorb CO2. The planet has been mostly ice-free for the past 600 million years. It is rare for the earth to have ice caps. The climate has always been changing, not a big deal its just water. With our magnetosphere getting weaker, the weaker will be more unpredictable as it tries to balance out.

[@thanosdoomjuggernaut2846]

I don’t know where you live in Michigan, but I grew up in Detroit and we never had snow in October like that.

[@beth8775]

I struggle to maintain hope of meaningful change. The differences between 30 years ago and today are blinding, and yet many still deny or downplay.

[@MrZoomah]

Should hear my grandad talk. Saddest story is when ever he sees a Black Cockatoo. There are less than 10,000 left. As a kid he played a game with his brother. They would lay on their back and look at the sky. First person who saw the sky, won. The black cockatoos were so numerous that when a flock went over you couldn't see the sky for 10 minutes or more. Of course, his mum wasn't happy that they had bird crap on them.

[@horyzengaming3935]

Population growth equals pollution, pollution equals climate change. It seems us humans cannot stop breading so it is impossible to stop the climate changing at a faster rate. The world is doomed, so we just have to adjust for it. we can try and slow it down but its inevitable. Humans are like a plague unless we are controlled and culled. After all, we cull other species when they get out of control. We are totally out of control.

[@topherdean1024]

@@MrZoomah It was like that all over the planet. Birds used to be the principle method of fertilizing the plant kingdom. Migrating ducks and geese blocked the sun for hours on end, schools of fish so huge, the ocean, rivers and lakes were roiling. 2/3 of the entire base load of animals has been wiped out just since 1975. The Book Of Revelations says the apocalypse will wipe out 1/3 of all animals. Humanity is literally twice as bad as the Biblical apocalypse. Now, 60% of all mammals are livestock, most of which are packed into death camps, for humans to eat.

[@josiejodoran7130]

Look at Suspicious Observers.... be safe

[@aidenfreedom]

You have drunk the cool aid. 🤣😂😂🤣

[@cinemaipswich4636]

I'm 70 years old, and have seen these things happen since the 1960's, when the first warnings were given. Along the way the glaciers have retreated, another warning. Now we have weather events that are less common, but much more intense. Just look at how insurance companies levy very expensive contracts in Florida. When the actuaries at big insurance companies know what is happening, then you know it is true.

[@DaVe-iSnOtHoMe.MaN.LemmingsWeB]

The Insurance companies in forest fire prone areas won't even sell or renew some homeowner's insurance coverage regardless of how much the deductible is or history as a very long time customer. THAT single public fact says ENOUGH.

[@Goldtoysrock]

Scientists need to answer this question. How does the increase in mantle and magma temperature affect the earths weather?? The weakened magnetic field and increased output on the Sun are creating conditions that will make life challenging for all life on the planet. Pushing this man made carbon bs is fraud. Science of Idiots....

[@HuFlungDung2]

Years of dry matter buildup in forested areas or heavy grassed areas means that sooner or later, you're going to see that the piper gets paid. Fires are a natural cycle to keep things fresh. The only shocker is that people think this won't happen.

[@brandonallison3236]

Global warming / climate change was a thing in the 60's? I know there have been multiple gasoline/oil "scares", but I thought the climate change rhetoric started in the 90's

[@melisavierra7812]

Your comment needs to go viral. MPV: This explanation and example will be able to reach a large segment of people who don’t understand climate change. By highlighting the financial cost to individuals we may be able to break through that barrier. Do I have your permission to use your comment on other channels, platforms, etc…? Thank you!

[@Khyberization]

I own a small company that plows snow and cuts grass in Ontario, Canada. We used to quote for 18 snow clearing (2" and up), and 32 saltings (total times snow falls that doesn't melt in 4 to 6hrs) some 10 years ago as we work by contract and have to work with averages. Everyone now is quoting 12 snow clearing, and 24 saltings per season. That is almost 1/3 less snow days per year. Last winter was crazy. I think we plowed twice and salted 8 times, and we are cutting grass well into November when October would be the last cuts.

[@allwheeldrive]

A similar story in most parts of Michigan. Mild winters - higher temps, less snow - for the past four years straight.

[@Larrymh07]

Thank you for the affirmation. I actually look forward to winter weather, as I'm a skier (both Alpine and Nordic). I haven't been Alpine skiing in over 5 years and Nordic skiing is very spotty at best.

[@edwardcarberry1095]

Yes the Geoengineering Weather Modification going on to Connnn and Thus To Controlllll Ewe Ou into Submission.

[@TheHonestPeanut]

I'm in Massachusetts and plow when we get 3" or more. I used to make around 6k a winter after overhead. The last few years have been pretty thin but last year I had one full list storm. ONE. It COST me over $2000 to work last winter after overhead. That was it for me. I dropped most of my snow accounts this year. Just 12 in town driveways and a few on calls. No parking lots, no out if town, no sanding. I might not plow at all next year. One or two thin year is no big deal. 5, every one worse than the last, is a trend.

[@TheHonestPeanut]

​@@edwardcarberry1095enjoy your celery juice.

[@TabbyQ.9563]

I am a climate refugee. I moved north, away from Las Vegas 8 years ago. I don't understand how other people can live there. I didn't leave my house much between May and October. Those days of 120 degrees weather were deadly.

[@c0athanger]

I lived in east Vegas for almost 3 years, 2017-2020, right before covid. I remember a full week of 120°+... It was like walking into a pre-heated oven. Flights were grounded cuz the tires were melting on the runway. Crazy stuff!

[@mb-py4wh]

It's insane that people refuse to believe that pollution is affecting the weather but have no issue believing that the government is manipulating the weather...

[@elinope4745]

California publicly releases how much it spends on aluminum for cloud seeding.

[@NicholasLatipi]

because there is a real evidence that government manipulates the weather. We already have the technology, it's called cloud seeding and governments around the world are actively doing it to induce rain.

[@kevdenn]

@mb-py4wh Weather manipulation / geoengineering is real. It has been in existence for decades. Geoengineering (using patented technology) is being used globally to manipulate weather patterns, often for nefarious reasons. Geoengineering is a tool to bolster the climate change agenda that the govts and media keep throwing at you.

[@Weiner-Worm]

Good point. I'll bring that up next time someone is doubting climate change

[@mb-py4wh]

@@Weiner-Worm i mean.. explain that logic... right?

[@pasitaf]

I’m saddened to see that we might be getting numb. Couldn’t help but notice there is no mention of climate change in the current US election and nobody seems to notice.

[@Anyguy4321]

The Inflation Reduction Act was a huge climate change bill. More action will come but it will not happen if Trump becomes president and too many voters don’t care about the issue and want easy oil and gas jobs.

[@jayk9068]

I thought that was intentional. Because the right doesn't believe in climate change so there's no point bringing it up unless you just want to alienate those voters. Better to be quiet about it and then restrict projects and impose taxes after the fact IMO... If that actually happens, but definitely won't by talking about it during an election since then it becomes a polarizing issue I would think?

[@BSGSV]

Fortunately, they covered it in the VP debate on Oct 2nd 2024. Trump is still a denier, so Vance tried to gloss over it and divert attention to something else.

[@TheFabledSCP7000]

It was also deliberate because Kamala has to fulfill those oil quotas she got

[@AncientWildTV]

@@jayk9068 Do you think there are any way to bring up climate initiatives that might resonate more with skeptics or those who are indifferent?

[@_maxgray]

I really hope you'll consider posting the rest of these episodes on KZbin as well. This topic needs to reach as many people as possible. Well done, Maiya and team - I hope you'll get a chance to make even more.

[@aidenfreedom]

Elite Propaganda not true facts, wake up people please before the trap is closed!!!

[@Natty183]

I'm saddened to see that we have major climatic pattern changes but none of the experts ever factor in the 100s and 100s of geoengineering programs run from private companies, airports, universities, to practically every nation on the planet. Think it just doesn't matter? I've had experts say it's local phenomena.... Not when it's all over the globe. People are too stupid, especially the experts lol

[@KareemDaKing]

Yeah Hurry up, can this not be real time decline. It's scary how you're going to be posting as the effects are felt. Woah.

[@dustyflats3832]

Problem is many are non believers.

[@TheNipSnipper]

money will always be more important.

[@DouglasSoaresVicente]

Seeing the permafrost underground was astonishing! We finally saw what we only hear about! Same for coral bleaching

[@TungB]

Wow! That coral restoration specialist, while a drop in the bucket, makes my heart sing! That is really inspiring.

[@michaelcunningham2165]

Optimistic to the point of delusion but stay happy!

[@mastpg]

"Suddenly sneaks up on us" isn't how exponential change works. It will suddenly overwhelm us.

[@bettysue8671]

Yep.... People don't realize what 'exponential' details....

[@ghost9-9ghost]

Aren't we already overwhelmed by the internet? I don't think anyone will.notice....

[@mastpg]

@@bettysue8671 ...typically use implies there.

[@mastpg]

@@ghost9-9ghost Do you understand how power outages work?

[@mastpg]

@@ghost9-9ghost You mean how someone might not think about how a totally discretionary personal interaction isn't the same as every last person on the planet having industrialized negative externalities huff and puff and blow their house down? Yeah...there is one of us who isn't much of a thinker. It is true.

[@erents1]

You hear people complaining about the daily cost of fuel, food, housing, today’s crime rate… hardships our children will look back on as the good ole days.

[@amandah4412]

Eerily enough, I keep thinking this myself lately. Trying to enjoy what is still available.

[@nychris2258]

ARE YOU CRAZY HAVING KIDS???

[@romchompa6858]

Its not that bad. just move somewhere nicer.

[@corey3788]

Wait until climate change affects our food sources. It's just started happening, and inflation is nothing to feeding yourself.

[@chrispychicken9614]

The crime rate is actually really low compared to most of human history.

[@bruja_cat]

As a millennial who grew up watching Captain Planet & all the activism about the rainforest, marine wildlife & Steve Irwin talk about conservation, the obvious signs of climate change and global warming is heart breaking because it’s completely out of the control of everyday people who tried to recycle and do their part.

[@Saphyu]

if you really think the every day person recycles....thats a joke. I went to stay in JAPAN for 2 weeks....THEY definitely recycle. The way we recycle is a complete joke.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

​@@Saphyuyou should see Germany

[@BreakingGaia]

Despite recycling, Japan is having just as much climate disasters as anywhere else. Almost like recycling is pointless when the wealthy cause all the problems. Japan is the only place I've seen a tornado on fire.

[@Magda_L]

And here in Brazil, we didn't have winter! It was the warmest winter I've ever seen!

[@kmoses582]

When its hot its climate change, when its cold its weather

[@PingSharp]

​​​@@kmoses582when it's *hotter* than ever before it's climate change. When it's *colder* than ever before, it's climate change. Grow up

[@kmoses582]

@@PingSharp Did I hit a sore spot?

[@markgohl2660]

@@PingSharp google "change" :)

[@MrZoomah]

@@PingSharp For context, I'm Australian. I'm an aussie red neck. Rural property, rifles, 4WDs ... But... I know that climate change is happening. Even without scientists I would know because we have the records. We are spending money adapting because we are seeing it on the ground. I listen to my grandad who's 98. He's lived on our property for 90 years. He has diaries since he was 10. He has temperature and rain recordings since he bought the farm in 1947 . He has the water levels of his tank every month and the pump rate from his bore every year. There were multiple years where he never went above 42 celcius. Not once in his recording did he have more than 3 days of 42 celcius in a row. Now we are getting above 42 routinely with 6 days in a row for the last two years. We even hit 45 last year. In 1952 his windmill pumped 82L per minute. We had to buy a smaller pump to make up for the low levels of water. We now pump 12L per minute... from our best bore. Rainfall was routine throughout the year which allowed him to rely on it to keep his water tanks topped up. He had one 200,000L water tank which allowed him to have water for him and his homestead throughout the year. We are up to 600,000L so we can catch the massive down pours to offset the longer times without water. Last year we had 6 months of no rain. In his records that didn't happen once. There was at least some rain over summer. The worst year he got down to 50,000L despite having horses sucking up the water. We had to spend over $7500 trucking water in last summer and we don't even have horses. In 1996 the local water reservoir overflowed. Our city now desalinates sea water to pump to that reservoir to pump to regional towns. Yes... population increased. But more importantly, rain went down. I'm a volunteer firefighter. When I started firefighting 20 years ago we started ramping up training in October for a November start with January/February being the danger season. It was finished by March. We now start training in September for an October start with December - March now the danger season with a finish in late April. It's got to the point people can't afford to volunteer because the season is so long, with so many fires that they miss out on so much work. Government workers have 5 days a year they can get paid to fight fires. This used to be enough 20 year sago. No longer.

[@stephsoltesz6731]

As someone living deep in the Canadian Arboreal Forest, I can say that we not "Entering" into Change, we are in te Midst of it already. More sink holes & thaw lates are opening up and plant growth has changed drastically. The "Smell" of thawing permafrost all across the arctic is that "Barnyard Smell" which is likely the closest common scent that people can appreciate. A point of interest regarding Decomp of Organic Materials. Organics that have been frozen & thawerd decompose faster and emit more, quicker than organics that have never been frozen. Think of the frozen fruit/veg in your freezer, take it out and let it thaw and it goes soft & mushy in no time... same effect.

[@bettysue8671]

Some of Alaska's rivers have turnt orange from the release of heavy metals and toxins trapt in melting ice!!! The orange can be seen from OUTTER SPACE.... 😮

[@stephsoltesz6731]

@@bettysue8671 Lead, Mercury and oh so much more than has been released into the air is all coming back. A point never mentioned as it is geological, is the weight distribution changing pressures & stresses on the tectonic plates. As trillions of tons of land based ice turns into water & vapour and ultimately hits the rivers & seas, the effects are hitting us as well, yet gets little to no attention.

[@maryjeanjones7569]

​@stephsoltesz6731 Much methane is being released into the atmosphere from thawing permafrost. This is also causing oceans to heat up because oceans absorb carbon.

[@HealingLifeKwikly]

@yuw777 "Dinosaur age...ice age...dinosaur age....ice age. Natural cycle." Sorry pal, but we live in the Holocene, so there are no natural cycles causing any significant temperature change. Until we started burning fossil fuels in earnest, average global temps had been very stable for the last 6,000 years and were supposed to be very stable for the next 50,000. But we ruined that period of stability with our CO2 emissions: Thousands of research studies and 40+ years of quite accurate climate models prove that our emissions caused ~98% of all warming since 1900, and we are currently warming the planet ~20 times faster than it usually warms when coming out of an ice age--which is lethally-fast warming for the ecosystems our lives depend on. Take care.

[@paulsmith1981]

The earth has been warming for the last ten thousand years, The climate is always changing. We had the medieval warm period followed by the little ice age. Two large fluctuation within a few centuries of each other. What we are witnessing today is a normal. fluctuation in the earths climate.

[@cosmicllama6910]

They said it would take several years to cleanup from the damage of Helene, but there's going to be storms like Helene every year now so the states around Florida are just going to be in a losing battle against these storms.

[@vWaLLBangz]

@yuw777yep. all of that land is alreadg built on! Lol. I’m about 1.5mi from the nearest shore line.

[@josiejodoran7130]

Yep....the earth is going thru a magnetic pole shift...the elctro magnetic shield around is weakening, the north magnetic pole has moved 25`0 miles in 15`0 years...the poles are switching, the planet does this e@evry 6`000 years, go & look at ancient civilizations data...it's all there. So no this is not going to get any better. Look at Suspicious Observers as to what you can do for yourselves & your family. Good luck. Be safe

[@Ravenhrt_59]

Another storm is forming in the “ WESTERN” side of the gulf of Mexico called “MILTON!”😮 A hurricane forming in the western Caribbean is very rare and the last one that happened was in the early 1900’s. Milton is expected to make landfall on Wednesday around Tampa, Florida as a cat 3, possibly a 4.

[@Ominousheat]

@@josiejodoran7130 It's not the magnetic poles you idiot! Stop plying that flat-earther style bs. Even if and when the magnetosphere does its flip the extra particle radiation, though increasing genetic injury, will likely encourage more reflective cloud cover. Read a proper book on climatology and not the pseudoscientific rubbish that is written for cash cow mugs like you.

[@ruthmacdonald5507]

@@Ravenhrt_59 There are so many signs of a changing climate pattern. From the shows that I have watched and the things that I have read: Civilization was able to get started due to a stable climate, .Maybe if we changed the name from global warming to a period of unstable climate, maybe more folks would believe.

[@PhatPhoodie]

it’s gotten much warmer in northern New York the last 30 yrs. we went from 10’ snow banks to inches of snow in winter. The Adirondack mountains are probably warmer as well but I don’t have experience with that. I live closer to sea level.

[@jennkusler9296]

Maiya does such a great job conveying information about the climate in a digestible and compelling way. Keep up the good work, team!

[@jr9232k]

Thank you so much, Maiya, the team, and the PBS donors! You all embody the spirit of Jane Goodall by inspiring hope-hope that drives action. I binged the entire series in one sitting, and as a result, my whole household is making changes to create a positive impact. Thank you again! Never lose hope!

[@johngage5391]

There is no real hope without carbon pricing. Please explore En-ROADS to see why, learn about Carbon Fee and Dividend with a CBAM to know how, and join Citizens Climate Lobby to learn how you can help create the political will necessary to enable Congress to pass effective and fair climate legislation. Thanks!

[@arthurfoyt6727]

And yet, she chose to travel the globe in jet aircraft, use gasoline powered boats and cars, stay in natural gas heated hotels, and even oil produced insulated clothing and false eyelashes. I watched in terror as she actually stepped off the boat in the opening sequences and just started walking ON the so-called endangered reef.

[@falsificationism]

You beat me to it. Really enjoying these detailed pieces. And Maiya is absolutely phenomenal as a personality and communicator.

[@MrTurbodry]

I remember reading a book in 1995 about back then “ Global Warming “ it was very scientific but I could understand quite a bit of it, it was fascinating but extremely worrying for me. In fact it was terrifying, and I was an activist for a long time in my youth only to discover that nothing was going to change and nothing major has… I’ll end with quoting Sir David Attenborough in 1995 on The Life of Plants 🌱 “ It’s time for humanity to treasure our green inheritance… For without it we will surely perish “

[@whochecksthis]

I operate an HVAC contracting company in Charlotte NC. we schedule fall maintenance from September to November… it has been too hot to inspect furnaces still so far. Temps need to be below 60F in the daytime to run the heating equipment and that has not happened yet… this week October 3, the LOW overnight temps are still above 60.

[@goarmysleepinthemud.]

Wow! It’s amazing how climate change is impacting all of us. Crazy days ahead.

[@mj-ls7qr8xp3n]

Willamette valley Oregon were getting our 40 something nights. Heart aches for NC

[@2012coan]

My mother said this about GA too. She says it's always hot.😮

[@MrRazz523]

I'm in NJ and we are having days in 60's and nights in 40's to 30's 🤷‍♂ Also I just looked up Charlotte's weather. Lows of 50's and 40's this week and next lol

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

As someone who grew up in and lives in the Pacific Northwest (USA) and my lifetime "ocean swim/dive" experience involves wearing wetsuits because the average *SUMMER* water temperature is in the 50s; seeing ocean temperatures equal to what I set my *HOT TUB* to, even in Florida, is frightening.

[@zeitgeistx5239]

Get used to climate change because our species is simply too stupid and barbaric to do anything about it. Last year a buoy in the Gulf measured 100F.

[@Gazr965]

So why don't you use the sea as your hot tub, saves energy heating yours😆

[@redbarchetta8782]

The heat wave we had a few years ago killed millions and millions of ocean life up and down the coasts of the US and Canada. And every year for the last 7 or 8 years we've had smoke filled summers.

[@Goldtoysrock]

Scientists need to answer this question. How does the increase in mantle and magma temperature affect the earths weather?? The weakened magnetic field and increased output on the Sun are creating conditions that will make life challenging for all life on the planet. Pushing this man made carbon bs is fraud. Science of Idiots....

[@tibolcb6446]

people having hot tubs and things like that is a big part of the problem don't you think?

[@DanielleBarnham]

Really appreciate you posting this on YT, not often I like docos from America. This is perfect - From Australia.

[@superdopehiphop]

The fact climate change and doing what’s best for the earth and our future isn’t universally agreed upon, but instead is politicized is insane to me. It should be the one issue that 99+% of ppl can agree on!

[@elizabethcohen1035]

This was so well done! Actually SEEING the live coral vs. bleached coral vs dead coral, what the yedoma permafrost looks like (still green!) and reacting to the smell gives us viewers a tangible experience of what is happening out there. It's not just charts and graphs anymore.

[@JimmyD806]

Unfortunately, it's a few little snippets of truth mixed in with some HUGE lies. For instance, the climate HAS NOT been stable over the last 10,000 years.

[@craigswanson8026]

The Earth will be just fine … after we’re gone.

[@hooperbloop7625]

The earth will be just fine even while we're here.

[@woodypigeon]

@@hooperbloop7625 I got a beachfront property in Florida going cheap, interested?

[@beezusHrist]

Tell that to the species we kill

[@oceanbreeze1440]

The hundreds of abandoned nuclear power plants that will melt down without human interview will irradiate the earth killing all life, even microscope.

[@daddee-zh2oy]

@@hooperbloop7625 Are you blind? It's clearly already very sick.

[@ColinoDeani]

It used to STORM snow in NYC in the 80's.. from dec-early march we'd have lots of snow... not.. once a winter we get small flurries.. mostly just rain now.. its sobering realizing my kids do not have the winters we used to =(

[@arthurfoyt6727]

Like all of NY used to be under a glacier. I, for one, like it warmer than what it used to be.

[@xBINARYGODx]

The last two-ish years were El Nino, so that is why you had weak winters here in NY - get reading for very likely the opposite because of La Nina (this winter, closer to the middle, to the following winter, and including the summer, will be more cold/hot that usual). La Nina gives down state NY it's stereotypic weather (cold winters, hot summers) but on steroids, just as El Nino gives the opposite - warm winters and 'cold' summers. So, dont worry, you will get your typical winters and summers back, but also, be prepared for them be much worse than normal - that said, this winter may or may not show this, depending on when the affect gets here - it might be just late enough you still get mostly a warm winter (or maybe a typical but not strong cold winter). We shall see the specifics.

[@c87kim]

It’s called cloud seeding

[@codymoon7552]

Thats crazy talk and you should feel ashamed ​@c87kim

[@OoMASEoO]

I'm in Colorado where it's 60° in December and someone gaslighting me about how snowy it used to be "you're remembering wrong... our snowiest month is March" NO I'M NOT MISREMEMBERING I KNOW HOW SNOWY IT USED TO BE!

[@LeoDomitrix]

We passed the tipping point years ago. Nobody wanted to say it. I did, but then, I didn't have any doubts. We've seen the climate effects already, from plant and animal habitat shifts, to wild weather events. This is what we warned you about for decades. If nobody wanted to pay 5 bucks more in 1985 to avoid a dying ocean now? Hey, we were TOLD. We KNEW.

[@davidmayhew8083]

103' in Sacramento today. 100's for rest of week. Should be in the 60s. Surreal and weird.

[@ananda_miaoyin]

Sucks. Tinder box up 50....I already got burned out in the Caldor Fire.

[@Michaelcj-m2d]

Trumpistas thats just summer.

[@johnchedsey1306]

Arizona is experiencing an unprecedented heat wave with June/July temps happening in October. I love the desert but this concerns me greatly.

[@davidmayhew8083]

@@johnchedsey1306 the West Coast is turning into a desert. very bad.

[@Starry_Night_Sky7455]

You posted this 5 days ago. Ugh, it's October. Yeah, should be in the 60s.

[@joehopfield]

Beautifully presented and shot, someone get this woman a graphics budget.

[@hoon_sol]

@@AureoleWebweaver: What part about it is nonsense?

[@mannbill1]

The last year has been freaking me out. I feel we are much closer than most think.

[@tunneloflight]

Objects in the mirror of our perception are much closer than they appear.

[@ladyeowyn42]

I left climate work in 2012 already despaired.

[@Dr.Armchair]

​@@ladyeowyn42where did you work?

[@Koolarado]

Keep voting for Democrats and climate change will be the least of the problem

[@Kat-tr2ig]

I hate to agree with you, but... I think it's already too late. We had our chance to change 30, 40 years ago and didn't. Now we've crossed the point of no return.

[@n1ckf00c]

We had like 2 inches of snow in Minneapolis, MN last year. I believe it was the lowest snowfall ever recorded. Its clear to me that the local weather in my area is not what it was when i was a kid in the 90s. We are screwed

[@Redmongoose-rdm]

Back in 1996, I had a nightmare about the earth's climate, and it was horrible. I was worried for months about the future, and now that fear sits in the back of my mind. I'm not sure I should watch this because I don't believe we will take any meaning full actions.

[@BracaPhoto]

You seem to have alot of internal tension Friend. Those types of "worries" affect your relationships more than you realize. GOD can give you peace - pick one you like and start to have a conversation with your future self. God bless

[@zombiedearth]

I use to have a reoccurring dream as a child, that the earth was destroyed. I would wake up in a panic every time. It was like a flash across the earth.

[@williamschlosser]

You don't have to live that way. The skeptics have good reasons, as you will see if you read Steven Koonin's "Unsettled". It is very sad to see young people even afraid to have children because of climate hysteria.

[@violetphase]

Person above me doesn't follow the actual science and just likes to be a contrarian

[@BracaPhoto]

Those fears become a part of you... You project them onto your friends and family in ways you don't realize... You will wake up one day and say to yourself: "Life is Unfair..." That statement will KILL YOU - people "check out" themselves over that thought ... Being angry at Reality is the definition off depression.

[@spacesplaces]

I have sadly grown pessimistic about humanity's (and more specifically America's) capacity to properly tackle the issue of climate change. I am resigned to the idea that people won't take it seriously until the consequences of our inaction play out right before their eyes.

[@fray6258]

It doesn't matter whether we've reached one...or a number of tipping points in climate change because we are no where NEAR the tipping point in public opinion. Until that changes, nothing else matters.

[@tunneloflight]

@yuw777Wrong. This is entirely human caused. Escapism is worthless. Trying to evade blame and guilt is worthless. Only action has any possibility of meaning. Evading blame and guilt only paralyzes action further exacerbating the problem.

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

by then, it may be to late 😢

[@MrZoomah]

Public opinion means nothing. Political opinion matters. In Australia 70% of people believe we need to do something about climate change. Our government does nothing while pretending to do things. Out of the OECD countries, Australia will be one of the most effected and it will cost more than the fossil fuel industry will ever give us. We were told we cannot approve any more gas projects if we were to have any hope of meeting targets. My state government approved one of the biggest that will do more damage than the entire Australian economy. The leader of that government quit due to 'stress' and straight away had a job worth 3x his government wage in the company that he approved. Share holders of one of the gas companies voted down a board for not doing something about climate change. They are still not doing anything about it.

[@Toastcat890]

That won't change till we run out of resources for the things they like but by then it will be too late.

[@Ryanscoolness]

It’s about me and my big truck, any “environmentalists” that says otherwise is just selfish.

[@RobertCurtin-hi2cm]

Easily could see and understand these issues in my early teens since the early 1980s. The main reason I never had children.

[@BIGBULBOUSBEEF]

Completely understand. As a teen now, the future seems scary and uncertain and I do not want to bring anyone into an even worse world.

[@RobertCurtin-hi2cm]

@@BIGBULBOUSBEEF 😔

[@paxwallace8324]

"We are under the gross misconception that we are a good species going somewhere important and that at the last minute we will correct our errors and God will smile on us. It is Delusion." Farley Mowat

[@XenoDrake]

I thought that name sounded familiar and I went to look it up and sure enough that's the same guy that did Never Cry Wolf. We read that book and watched the movie in high school. Loved it.

[@Koolarado]

No we're nothing but a specie's living on a tiny planet other than that we have no clue why we're here where we came from or where we're going or if we are truly even relevant to anything or anyone

[@Koolarado]

We have no clue what we came from or if we are truly even what we think we are live in this reality we have and quit worrying about things we have no clue

[@td1068]

Definitely far from good haha, we really could be considered a virus

[@paxwallace8324]

@@Koolarado not too bright eh?

[@homfes]

Meanwhile ... "Drill baby, drill!"

[@Crowfist]

if they dont drill we will have to eat our neighbors. A horrid machine we've built, really.

[@disposabull]

@@Crowfist That is the real nub of the problem, either we keep using fossil fuels or we go back to having a medieval wood fuelled world. All our fertilisers come from fossil fuels and we have 7 billion too many mouths to feed to give them up.

[@josiejodoran7130]

Look at Suspicious Observers. Be safe

[@newolde1]

​@@disposabull it's not that we have too many mouths to feed, it's how we feed them.

[@Jed-y1c]

As to how to solve the problem--i can't give you an answer, but I'll say this--we can't just stop using fossil fuels overnight, it has to still be able to support a lot of people for some, a conundrum indeed.

[@inthecompanyofnone3597]

This should be shown and taught to all children starting in grade 1. It is very interesting yet sorrowful to watch. 100 degrees is almost hot tub water. Thank you for opening our eyes.

[@atropabelladonna]

this is extinction level shit... and most people still aren't taking it seriously

[@LordToxygene]

Sadly, politicians are literally denying this is happening and, therefore, denying that it be taught to children. They'd rather ban books.

[@ExtraOrdinaryEarth_]

​@@atropabelladonnaWhich is more frightening than the situation at hand

[@brgarcia312]

Yes, but are 1st graders going to be able to do anything? There is about 50% of our population right now that deny science. Let's focus on educating the people who can do something about it NOW. We need to be examples for those 1st graders not just scare them about a climate crisis that by the time they are adults may be too late.

[@Moonflight021]

Don't worry, six year olds are fully aware this existential threat. I grew up being told that it's my job to save the world from destruction. Adults would tell me this while doing nothing to stop it. You can't just take refuge in your outrage while staying complacent and offloading the burden of change onto the next generation. I am the same age as Greta Thunberg. Do you know what it's like to inherit a doomed Earth? It fucking sucks. By God I will deliver a bright future to my eventual kids, but it's the inaction of people like you that has gotten us to this point.

[@TaMarAaQ]

This stuff never fails to make me cry. It's so hopeless

[@Livingthedreamornightmare]

We've known for years and did nothing, and now I think it's too late, we are the problem. The stupidity is disgusting.

[@JustAGirl-y1p]

I feel the same - humanity makes me so sad and angry

[@Spacemonkeymojo]

I'm not the problem. I've actively worked to reduce my own personal carbon footprint as much as I can by sacrificing things like eating red meat and travelling overseas annually. The people who have done nothing in their personal lives, continued on BAU and constantly complained about governments doing nothing are the problem. And the rich who fly everywhere like that idiot Taylor Swift flying halfway across the planet to see her dumb jock boyfriend play a football game then back to play a concert are morons too.

[@sixvee5147]

Enjoy what you can, while you still can. Pity the generations to come.

[@TungB]

Our stupidity isn't new, and it isn't going away, don't worry about that, it has its purpose, and you can use this to your advantage. It is not too late. It is just change. And we have and are doing plenty to adapt. Remember how vast and uninhabited the northern latitudes still are? We will change and adapt. You will see. If you're young, and want wealth, in a decade or so marry a Canadian and move north, so your progeny survive. North America can and will support another 1.5 billion people without coming close to overtaxing the system. Remember to think long term and be sure to continue supporting proxy wars on other continents as we have, regardless of your political affiliation, until the population stabilizes enough in those other regions to not be a threat to our continent. Need cash? Invest in Mexico and US now, India in the early 30s, and Canada in the late 30's-early 40's. Future Canadians will be incredibly wealthy no matter how you look at, even if the United States absorbs them. If North America is lost, then this whole equation changes, as Siberia will take a bit longer to develop, so make sure you protect it. When approaching this problem from a global perspective, try to start thinking more like a North American and less like a global citizen. While we are ideally positioned to survive this, the only problem I see is that everyone else on the planet knows this. Let's hope that stupidity you talked about sticks around a bit longer, for all our sakes anyway.

[@riftur7636]

Agreed, we past the tipping point already. That does not mean we shouldnt try and fix what we messed up.

[@wallflowerdan]

Yes, and we are about 50 years too late to do anything about it. Now all we can do is lessen the impact it will have, but hell is here and here to stay.

[@sedonars1]

💯. And this Charlatan is getting HOPE out of what she's seeing? Pathetic. But then again, FF industry is the biggest sponsor of PBS so...............on with the Greenwashing!

[@arthurfoyt6727]

And yet, the atmosphere has NOT warmed first or faster than the Earths surface. If you are wanting to "do something" then at least find out what the cause actually is (or what you do is as pointless as human sacrifice to the gods).

[@chanvalentine8283]

I was told by an oceanography major getting his doctorate in the 90s that the oceans were already dead in the 70s. I believe him. We're pretty much toast. Though, we still need to save our asses. Because we're human. It's what we do.

[@ghost9-9ghost]

You say it as though "saving our asses" is like replacing light bulbs.

[@nsbd90now]

Yeah... but now we know it is even faster than they expected way back then.

[@KareemDaKing]

Yeah 20 years ago In my environmental studies classes it was clear we were already cooked. It's been a count down since.

[@ghost9-9ghost]

@chanvalentine8283 yep...anyone that doesn't believe our climate and ecosystems are being obliterated is truly clueless....when I was a kid in the 1980s we had crazy levels of insects...even up until 8 years ago, the amount of summer bugs was so much and so annoying... Recent years it's like the earth has gone through rapid sterilization.....virtually no insects of any kind.....

[@Earthisdivine]

The point of a tipping point is that it is irreversible. Thank you for this precision in explaining the issue. It is painful but something we all must wake to as we are only beginning to witness what we must endure. But, the tipping point in itself means it is a feedback loop we cannot stop. It is the snowball going downhill. We cannot roll it back up the hill. What we have done a century ago is already baked into the present. The combined tipping points make it exponential. No projections can accurately determine what it will look like.

[@captaingordon]

2050 is too late. The biggest tragedy is that people still deny it’s Climate Change and dismiss it as weather.

[@woodypigeon]

Let them all move to Florida, see if I care.

[@Saltfly]

Climate changes regardless of the existence of humans or not.

[@Cerceify4645]

@@woodypigeon Unfortunately Death Santis keeps letting the rich take over our beaches and waterways.

[@SneakySnorunt]

They'll keep moving the goalpost by decades anyway. I remember when "we'll do it by 2050" was "we'll do it by 2030".

[@DouglasFrancis-iy2om]

What deny natural recorded cycles thousands of them… or buy into man bad tripe from special interest groups

[@warpdrivefueledbyinsomnia8165]

This is absolutely frightening.

[@parttimehuman]

@yuw777 confidently incorrect.

[@shoego]

This has been by far the hottest winter I have experienced here in Brazil. And since we entered spring, it's been a constant heat wave after heat wave. Going above 40°C is now a daily occurrence. Getting to 40° was a rare phenomenon when I was a kid. I am afraid South America might become unhabitable soon.

[@ScootieXP]

How about stop cutting the Amazon forests.

[@thenellierose]

@@ScootieXP Yeah, I'm sure this random person commenting on youtube has the power to do just that.

[@FindYourFree]

i moved back to brazil from the caribbean in july and the weather is great in São Paulo compared to where I was. I am avoiding the tropics now

[@shoego]

@@ScootieXP You are right, let me take a 1500 mile trip to the amazon region to ask illegal loggers to stop cutting trees and shipping them to Europe. Help me and and protect the forests on your country to, if it has any left.

[@petersimmons3654]

@@ScootieXP What, like Europe did centuries ago, and America did a short time later?

[@Team.WorldTour]

"We Are Now In The 'Rearrainging Deck Chairs On The Titanic' Stage Of Humanity!"

[@janthonyht93]

Damn that’s scary

[@unoriginalname4321]

Iceberg! Right ahead! never mind, it melted

[@Knibal999]

I play guitar, but know no sad songs. Does anyone have a cello? 😅

[@Think-dont-believe]

@@janthonyht93or it’s a movie. The real thing happened b4 u were born. It had nothing to do w u n u cldnt have done anything BUT throw your popcorn n soda away n straighten up so it stays nice..

[@LynxStarAuto]

Best thing that can happen to earth is that we get wiped out. Has happened to all dominant species in history. Playing with science to extend the inevitable is also wrong. These ppl are trying to manipulate evolution and develop some super reefs. 🤦‍♂️how selfish can we be?

[@fael7316]

I really appreciate what PBS is doing on all those science channels. But as a foreigner (i.e. not US), I would really appreciate it if you could put captions with converted units, because °F for example has little meaning to most of the world, and I do hope your content can reach more people.

[@DaVe-iSnOtHoMe.MaN.LemmingsWeB]

100°f is 30 °ish Celcius 115°f is 40°c

[@beverleybarnes5656]

​​@@DaVe-iSnOtHoMe.MaN.LemmingsWeB Dave, only Liberia, some Carribean islands and the U.S. use Fahrenheit.

[@TV-xm4ps]

Plus Fahrenheit - the ancient German scale - is not used in SCIENCE, which this is about...

[@sedonars1]

the content is completely overboard on optimism and omission! PBS has become a shill to their sponsors, the FF INdustry.

[@JasbirSingh-zj1fg]

°C = 5( °F - 32 ) / 9 ...You're welcome.

[@RippieFarmer]

Yes. We have. We passed those tipping points at least 5 years ago.

[@psyolytesaille]

More than that. At least for the natural resources that replenish. Earlier and earlier with each passing year.

[@bettysue8671]

@@psyolytesaille passed through threshold of no return

[@bettysue8671]

@@RippieFarmer 5 years ago aligns perfectly with the mass extinction event announcement. I remember it clear as day bc it was on major news networks that day and they even say EXTINCTION which... they always dance around having to say THAT... but that day, they SAID IT. It was late 2019. Those extreme wildfires in Australia started 2020 then covid. Those wildfires were so extreme that the glow from the fire could be seen ACROSS the ocean... does anyone remember that???

[@willm5814]

Whether you believe in climate change or not; doing the things to address climate change should still be a critical urgent priority - moving to clean sustainable energy sources like solar, wind and closed-loop geothermal, will have a dramatic impact on improving human health outcomes, health costs, sickness/suffering and premature death.

[@HeirOfNothingInParticular]

🎯🎯🎯

[@Djbrink]

i always knew this day would come, was 114 in pheonix today, the cactus outside my front porch just died and so did a friend of mines aswell recently, as they said, 2050 would break the 40 celcius record in france, it already happend, and it happend in 2023.

[@DaVe-iSnOtHoMe.MaN.LemmingsWeB]

Ha yup ain't no stopping no SLOWING it at alll

[@rhoff523]

Consider how special and privileged you are! Think of the billions of humans who lived before and did not get to witness a mass extinction, one that will almost certainly remove the source of the problem as well. Plus, 114? That's not really a hot day for Phoenix, and it will very quickly get hotter. Remember when the end of September and early May were still enjoyably warm, and nights were cool? i didn't use my AC until some time in May. Formerly of your neighborhood, Stanfield to be exact. Now in Madeira, which the locals are overbuilding right now. Hope you are well, I do miss the desert, except from May through October!

[@MR-is3cb]

What did you expect while living in a hot desert?

[@Gabor-jn9zc]

114? In the desert? Where they build a city? Really.

[@zorro5651]

@@Gabor-jn9zc what about Los Angeles where they build in a desert too. If not for "stolen" water it'd still be just a desert where they make silly movies.

[@Hunting4knowledge]

We must sacrifice more billionaires to the ocean. Get another titan sub

[@woodypigeon]

He will rise and his kingdom shall cover the earth.

[@dook868]

Some are trynna fix it most arent lol

[@franklulatowskijr.6974]

Billionaires aren’t the problem. We all are the problem.

[@Rs-bm1gy]

Ma Nature will even things out...

[@user-op9mv5lq1u]

Funny

[@MrMountainchris]

I think I will up my Zoloft prescription, thank you very much.

[@Starry_Night_Sky7455]

😅 lol

[@liiammiller7881]

Watching this after Florida was hit with two hurricanes in two weeks one of which destroyed towns in the Appalachian mountains.

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

The focus on tech advancement is such a distraction from societal changes we could make. (Like stop killing people with homelessness if they refuse to work for horrible employers)

[@PhailRaptor]

We will need both things. We will need more efficient ways to generate electricity that create less pollution and waste, but we also need to scale back on production of things we don't need.

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

@@PhailRaptor this video talked like tech was our only hope

[@Yoraeryu]

we should stop focusing so much on "work" as a culture, as well. work has become this living beast that we all need to feed in order to survive- why? our ancestors didn't do this shit. we did what needed to be done for survival and then fkin rested. didn't have to put in hours to justify existing another month. it's wild that if the machine of work and money and extraction stopped being fed, climate change would slow down, wars would stop escalating, wealth would stop being generated for the handful of other human beings that pretend they own the planet

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

@@Yoraeryu "earn a living" is such a gross disguise of "earn the right to live"

[@dennismitchell5276]

@@Yoraeryu I once read that 20 cents would buy 2000 calories of wheat, roughly a pound. We could live on wages of 20 cents a day. Everything else is voluntary complexity, or social engineering. My hero is a musician I know who lives on less than $10,000.00 a year. He built his own home mortgage free. No credit card or car payment. He does all his shopping at thrift stores and garage sales. He vacations all over the Western US twice a year. Lives cheap and does what he loves.

[@ricksmall5240]

Something that is always omitted about permafrost thaw and that is that organic decomposition releases HEAT as well as CO2/methane, this heat also contributes to the thaw rate and a warming planet Commercial compost heaps generate 1156kj/kg and temperatures can reach 70c, the permafrost system is a mega compost heap

[@tealkerberus748]

It's a high-speed compost heap too, because freezing ruptures cell walls, so all that compost is basically frozen soup just waiting to melt.

[@Jake-rs9nq]

The discourse surrounding Hurricane Helene is stunning. We are seeing storms intensify in a manner that wouldn't have been possible just 20 years ago, and everyone online is spouting random conspiracies, and trying to refute climate change. Now it appears Hurricane Milton will repeat this phenomenon, going from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in hours as it transits over the broiling Gulf of Mexico.

[@BarnyWaterg8]

In my lifetime, hurricane season has gone from ending at the end of October, to ending in mid to late November. To rephrase it, the ocean is so hot, it’s a hurricane factory until November. What the fuck

[@hasanabiclips2428]

Yes, that is the case. The video presents an optimistic view of potential technological solutions while downplaying the harsh reality that many climate tipping points have already been crossed and that worsening conditions are largely inevitable without significant systemic changes. It gives a sense of hope, but this optimism may not fully account for the depth and scale of the challenges ahead, which makes it feel like it’s not confronting the unavoidably worsening situation in its entirety.

[@Jondiceful]

It's difficult for me to me optimistic about humanity's odds of surviving climate change while simultaneously eulogizing the coral reefs. I always wanted to see them in person but could never afford it. Soon we may all discover that nature documentaries are our only way to experience the reefs. It's heartbreaking

[@kmoses582]

I get my science from CNN

[@dennismitchell5276]

Optimism is an excuse to remain inactive.

[@automatic5]

​@@dennismitchell5276 so is pessimism. however there are coral reef farms that are actively looking for volunteers to help plant coral reefs

[@dennismitchell5276]

@@automatic5 exactly

[@WaterKirby1994]

What we need is to actively fight Big Oil directly!

[@blue_tree_meadow]

So well presented, absolutely fantastic. I knew a fair bit about tipping points,but this is a series I'm seriously looking forward to. Thanks ❤️

[@freeheeler09]

It appears that our Western North American forests have already crossed tipping points for drought, heat, fire and disease. As an example, 1/4 of California’s giant sequoias have died from drought, disease and fire in the last seven years.

[@NickBrowning-lk1oj]

Similar in BC Canada. 10% of Cedars have died, Pine beatle is leaving more and more pine dead every year that burns like matchsticks. We have other new viruses and bugs killing flora and Fauna.

[@linda9778]

Government is so corrupt they don’t value whats really important. Our earth is dying. This should be news!!!

[@HeirOfNothingInParticular]

@@rhene1548 Yes it should!

[@WandaDeeBackroads]

I went scuba diving in the coral reef off of Key Largo in 1980. I don't think I have ever seen such colors, the corals, the fish. And to see it all dying is a tragedy.

[@BJ-kn2te]

Another thing not many people consider is the environmental impact of machines of war and war itself.

[@KareemDaKing]

This is definitely the factor most don't understand. Energy. What we are feeding our Ether is only bouncing right back to us all. What goes around comes around. People need to wake up, and it's going to happen one way or the hard way. Sucks that so many let a few drag us all into this.

[@saoirsecameron]

Those clean energy tipping points only matter if they are replacing fossil fuel energy, which so far hasn’t been the case. Rather, increased energy production just leads to increased energy usage.

[@pedrolopes3542]

You are wrong, many countries have reduced (in volume) the amount of natural gas and coal they consume because they adopted renewable energy. Portugal, the UK and a few other European countries have completely shut down coal power plats and they no longer use diesel for electricity production. And even the gas power plants are being shut down. So, no, you are wrong, renewables are replacing fossil, it is a slow process, but it is moving, unfortunately India as well as a handful of other countries in the "global South" keep increasing fossil fuels usage.

[@volkerengels5298]

@@pedrolopes3542 Someone from Global South read your post. "Colonizer"

[@svenweihusen57]

@@pedrolopes3542the simple truth is that it’s not enough to substitute fossil fuels with renewables. We need to totally redesign the energy grid. And we are just beginning to see a solution for the long term storage problem. Storage isn’t a real problem at all for fossil fuels but it’s the most challenging problem for renewables. Simple production costs for renewables are in the price range or below fossil fuels but if you add the needed storage they are higher. And that’s exactly what the global south can’t afford. The west has to go first going CO2 neutral because we emitted most of the CO2 already in the atmosphere.

[@acard1985]

That's why the Global North should provide the Global South with the means to achieve sustainable development. Renewables are already cheaper than fossil fuel, and can be provided to developing countries with an effort that will be lower than the one required to fix all the disasters climate change will bring. Shifting the vision from "local" to "global" may lead us all to a better future.

[@e.k.4508]

Just to be clear: are you talking worldwide or just about the USA? I can see your point, people and companies tend to use more from something that is easy available and cheap. So governments have to steer, to counteract unwanted results and promote wanted results. But is it true that the national government of the US doesn't really steer into the benefits for the environment?

[@xiongpaolee]

It's already way worse than we had thought, and people are actually caring less and less, bc of misinformation and deniers.

[@starsiegeRoks]

Yup, were at the denial stage. Its going to have to get worse before we move on from denial.

[@Toastcat890]

They'll only care when we run out of resources to make the things they like by then it will be far too late

[@Ultralightaman]

You can also blame people exaggerating and environmental changes that's just shuffling how the earth is poisoned. There is also a denial that some or majority of climate shifting could be a pattern we don't know or understand. There is a certain inflexibility in modern science. Alternative theories to politically charged science is not really considered. If humanity is the cause then wholesale changes in lifestyle beyond just driving electric vehicles.

[@eonyxharvey3051]

Have you ever read the book sapiens by yuval noah harari?...i recommend

[@eonyxharvey3051]

Miss information is very dangerous....human behavior is tricky with large groups of people....we most listen to each other.....when we listen, we connect...when we connect, we grow....we have problems to solve...a lot at once....yes...me must care for each other and our precious home that we call earth...if your a god person, really practice warships gods gifts to you, alot of us are spoiled and alot of us have nothing...if you are not a god person, life is a trip! we must do the right thing with this life, support the scientists and teachers and artists, and community members who care and have drive...appreciate the hardships people go through to just get by or to make a positive difference....the science world is amazing...so many brilliant minds....the world is so diverse and weve got to be thinking [[sustainability]] we need to do the right thing because its the right thing to do.... everything is connected...

[@CarrieLovesLife.]

I have been a scuba diver for over 20 years, and have seen first hand the shrinking numbers of fish and healthy coral reefs.

[@briewhit1312]

Watching this after Hurricane Helene, the repercussions of decades of (in)action stares me in the face now and I cant do anything about it

[@WaningGibbous]

Yet people still don't believe it.

[@t.k3025]

Hound your politicians.

[@FelixTheAnimator]

Here comes Milton.

[@Koolarado]

Hurricanes are nothing new and no matter what everything ends this we do know we're not here to save the world,we can't even save ourselves from each other, people are homeless,hungry and can't quit killing each other until these problems are fixed what's the point in anything else

[@JoeSmith-cy9wj]

I don't need to finish the first in the series to know we are truely screwed.

[@KareemDaKing]

Yeah but I want them to walk us through it. Its refreshing to know that someone knows the truth and is not politican us along.

[@waltermason33]

Our priorities concerning what is most important in life are (by design) under constant attack. Your programming helps us to keep a sharper focus on the effects that we've caused on this planet. Thank you!

[@Goldtoysrock]

Scientists need to answer this question. How does the increase in mantle and magma temperature affect the earths weather?? The weakened magnetic field and increased output on the Sun are creating conditions that will make life challenging for all life on the planet. Pushing this man made carbon bs is fraud. Science of Idiots....

[@arthurfoyt6727]

Since the natural state of Florida over millions of years was being covered entirely by oceans, I would not call it an "attack" if the oceans once again cover it.

[@ts4062]

I work in conservation biology and most of my colleagues are doing research that is geared at adapting to the changing climate. We can’t stop it from changing it already is and has. But we are working to understand what this change means and how it affects ecosystems.

[@shyft09]

denying climate change ought to be treated like denying the Holocaust. At this point it's just unacceptable to be that stupid or dishonest

[@PhailRaptor]

Meanwhile, Israel enacting a new Holocaust all over again...

[@WaterKirby1994]

Sadly there are people doing both these days & they overlap with their denialism.

[@ChristopherMcGrath-p1f]

The medi evil warming Period was recorded as being nearly 6c Hotter Then today's climate but with no industrial revolution taken place,My Question is how are humans responsible for todays warmer temps??

[@Sherkhan1962]

@@shyft09 This is exactly what I wrote to our French Prime Minister last years.

[@ryanc9241]

idiotic activist. Explain why the models are so poor not one prediction has come true? And while youre there explain away "climategate", ya know, where the UN got caught out admiting this entire thing was a sham to increase its power

[@Zednor9]

I understand the desire to include aspects with positive spin. The solar and wind power increases are not actually good news overall, as while those have indeed increased rapidly, the other dirtier sources like coal have also still been increasing, with the total consumption continuing with highly unsustainable acceleration. We need to also be majorly reducing other dirtier energy sources, not just growing the total from all sources even faster by tacking cleaner sources on top of still increasing dirty sources. This is a common flaw in studying this topic, where it's the entire global view that really matters. Looking too narrowly at particular gains in efficiency or reductions in emissions for one aspect can misinform people about the state of things overall. We must reduce overall energy utilization and severely lower population, as in moving to a much lower than replacement rate of population (AKA "degrowth").

[@woodypigeon]

Consume consume consume!

[@CeruleanSky1111]

The take away is...we humans can't do whatever the hell we want to the earth and not expect to have hell on earth. We reap what we sew.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Stuff like this should be shown in schools, kids will take it seriously, and not stupid they know they will have to deal with our and our forefathers mess. So kids go nag your parents about climate change.

[@dougsinthailand7176]

Excellent science communicator on a crucial topic.

[@Goldtoysrock]

Scientists need to answer this question. How does the increase in mantle and magma temperature affect the earths weather?? The weakened magnetic field and increased output on the Sun are creating conditions that will make life challenging for all life on the planet. Pushing this man made carbon bs is fraud. Science of Idiots....

[@duB420Grass]

How many tipping points need to be crossed before we cross a tipping point? I think our overuse of tipping points has caused the term to lose meaning.

[@MissFoxification]

Australia has already exceeded a 1.6c rise. Now we are aiming to stay below 2.0c and are set to fail so far. All we can look forward to now is the methane dissipating, it lasts 7-12 years in the atmosphere. We failed.

[@jeremiahmiller6431]

We deserve everything we are about to get. Nature has decided to put an end to us - and it *should.*

[@robertfindley921]

Does it really matter if we've crossed these tipping points if we aren't going to do anything about it?

[@SysadminJohn]

Thank you for this wonderful series.

[@erinl4111]

I think it's been "too late" for the climate for at least 20 years. The changes I've observed myself in my few decades of life have been startling, and of course that's barely even the tip of the (rapidly melting) iceberg.

[@KareemDaKing]

Exactly, you got it. 20 years ago was already too late. They had 20 years and did little. They knew. But most didn't care.

[@h82fail]

Yup. Global warming was one of the most talked about things in my grade school during the 90s and it had already been well established and proven science. Fast forward 20 years and we get a president that thinks its a conspiracy and is talking about getting rid of the EPA. O_O Never bet on humans.

[@llarmstrong783]

​@@KareemDaKingit must take a very long time then 😊

[@lostnfound4471]

Maiya is so gorgeous. Her curiosity and passion about what she does just fills me with joy.

[@josephdonais4778]

GL to our future as a species. I think we are going to need it. A positive attitude is hardly a garentee. The signs we see are more likely to increase exponentially. We do not have it in us to give up our comfort zone. Instead, it will be taken from us.

[@josephdonais4778]

@yuw777 w/e man

[@XenoDrake]

​@yuw777 And there it is, folks. The real reason we will never fix this problem. Our species would rather indulge in fantasy than reality.

[@josephdonais4778]

@@XenoDrake It is the thing that has taken down empires, complacency, nothing new.

[@ExtraOrdinaryEarth_]

​@@josephdonais4778Well yeah but there's nothing at all wrong with people's beliefs. It only becomes a problem when leaders push a religion on citizens against their will. A random man and his beliefs doesnt affect any of us.

[@josephdonais4778]

@@ExtraOrdinaryEarth_ Believing what you will does not make a thing true. It is rather evident in current events. Mayhap in a thousand years Tolkien's writings will be someone's Bible too.

[@seamusc3]

Great video! Thank you for spreading awareness of the dangerous conditions our coral reefs are facing!

[@HuFlungDung2]

The great coral reef is coming back online. There was never a panic but in the mind of the uninformed.

[@anthonytimpson4975]

@@HuFlungDung2 funny just saw an article about how the whole thing is suffering more bleaching than it can handle and is rapidly dying.

[@macavitythemysterycat]

yedoma permafrost - an organic-rich (about 2% carbon by mass) Pleistocene-age permafrost with ice content of 50-90% by volume. The Yedoma region currently occupies an area of more than one million square kilometers from northeast Siberia to Alaska and Canada, and in many regions is tens of meters thick.

[@DaVe-iSnOtHoMe.MaN.LemmingsWeB]

Pure COMPRESSED SOLID METHANE GAS . An in most of the northern landmass is in PLACES OVER A HUNDRED METERS THICK ... (Sinkholes in the arctic )global ...

[@e.k.4508]

Thank you! Very helpful information, I was wondering what was meant by Yedoma

[@randymorgan8375]

I'm 60 live in Arkansas, I've never felt our lakes this Hot !! It feels like a hot tub water. YES our lakes are heating up too..

[@RazbaqueDirge]

Helps alleviate some of the mounting dread. Thank you all for this series.

[@swordiebored4769]

A hurricane killed like 30 people in the mountains in the United States because of rising sea temperatures. Not even a week ago. Your fears and dread should not be alleviated in the least bit.

[@brandenvs]

Net 0 by 2050? More like 2030.

[@Jc-ms5vv]

Little seem to understand

[@gekkobear1650]

Is it still net zero if global industrialism collapses under the weight of its own pollution and exploitation?

[@welhungyongmancitywok8189]

this problem has a simple solution the same as the pandemic, the solution won't work for the same reasons the lockdown failed though. It boils down to people not being able to control their urges and maintaining hegemony by controlling the majority voters consisting of the average family that has the hardest of time controlling their urges because they are spoiled.

[@Eugene-j8w]

Keep up all your Good works Ms may 😅😅😅😅

[@thiemokellner1893]

25:09 I don't know what about tipping points Tim Lenton did not understand. There is NO battle of tipping points. If we have passed a tipping point, done and dusted. That is the definition of tipping point in that context. It reinforces its way until it finds a new stable equilibrium. So when he says, the tipping point of Corals dying has passed, they won't come back, no matter how little or even negative greenhouse gas we emit.

[@Solarkatana252]

That’s was cope so they don’t seem like doomers

[@PG-wz7by]

How can she and these scientists do they job and not cry almost every night? I've managed to push the grief away most days. But I'm just a homemaker. What will be left for my child?

[@arthurfoyt6727]

How can she want to ban plastics and reduce carbon emissions when she's jetting a film crew around the world wearing plastic eyelashes? Yea, she SHOULD have a hard time falling asleep being such a hypocrite.

[@ScarCaskt]

I find it ironic that while watching this program, I got two ads, Starbucks & McDonald's. These two corporations are probably the top contributors to global warming. Or I should say, rather their consumers are top contributors to global warming. The most impactful step that an individual can take to combat global warming is resolving to vegan✌️

[@johnsteel5347]

Get an ad blocker

[@ScarCaskt]

@@johnsteel5347 go vegan✌️

[@johnsteel5347]

@@ScarCaskt ad block is better for your health

[@AchillesCanine]

TRUTH! Animal agriculture produces more gas emissions than ALL of transportation combined. Cars, trucks, trains, busses, ships, planes, etc. Not to mention uses the most land, fresh water, and food grown. I don't know why these climate change videos never mention that the easiest and best thing people can do is GO VEGAN. It's the best thing for the PLANET, HEALTH, OTHER PEOPLE, and ANIMALS.

[@AchillesCanine]

@@johnsteel5347 Going VEGAN is the best thing anyone can do for their health. As well as, the planets health.

[@tr7b410]

Welcome to the ANNIHILATION GENERATION.

[@susannbasta2972]

Absolutely , we are past the point of return.