How Whales Change Climate

Think whales are just ocean giants? Dive deeper and discover their astonishing role in reshaping our climate. Unveiling a hidden ocean mystery where each whale is not just a majestic animal, but a key architect in the health of our planet. How do these leviathans hold a secret to keeping the climate in balance? Embark on a journey beneath the waves to unravel the untold story of the ocean's mightiest guardians.
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[@Prodahh]

ah, online school has brought us together. who also has seen the wolves video?

[@ironically-rs9kz]

knew i would find a comment with this lmao

[@stargirlnat5388]

lmao i'm watching this video to procrastinate writing my short essay based off of the wolves video

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Me

[@pepsi6557]

yes

[@ferdinkim1598]

The river one right?

[@julianfontaine4062]

Every living species on this planet has a role in keeping it alive. Humans don't control nature, we're not gods. We are part of nature. And should respect it as it respects us. Or else perish because of us.

[@adamrussellmusic]

Well said!

[@halehsh8694]

If nature perish, we'll go down with it

[@carnifex250]

agree, but i bet there would be a better world without the human species =)

[@TheMrSpam]

we are gods, we have that responsibility, to take care for the world.

[@skellymom]

Stefan Ski We are predators and animals, too. We need to work with the ecosystem, as some of our better actions help spread seeds, help animal populations and so forth. We need to reduce the wastefulness, pollution and consumption. That in itself would be a good start.

[@KnightBiologist]

I like what Sustainable Human is doing here in promoting understanding and appreciation of nature in an entertaining manner. As a environmental sciences teacher (17 years now) that has been keenly aware of the vast ecological crisis we are causing and a part of, I just want to say thank you and encourage more!

[@SustainableHuman]

John Jorgensen Thank you so much John. I will continue making them!

[@bimmjim]

John Jorgensen . . I am a retired Engineer studying Climate Science. What do you think of humans adding Iron to the Ocean to increase phytoplankton?

[@KnightBiologist]

I've heard of the research and the test trials look promising. As with anything when we try to engineer ecological systems, it may cause other unforeseen problems. Still, we're in a desperate zone. I'm all for more research and expanding that effort but the whales do it better. Thanks.

[@berniventer1343]

Stupid Stupid Stupid humans!!! Get the whales protected and back doing what they are supposed to be doing!

[@gabem5635]

Was poppin Kevin

[@NecDraws]

this is the type of videos that our teachers show us in class

[@nathancaldwell5443]

I wish my teacher showed me this.

[@livingskills]

when do people finally realize that everything is interconnected!?!

[@PHATB0Y20]

Explain mosquitoes then

[@fongqr8809]

@@PHATB0Y20 mosquito kills off more "pests" in the world more then any animal XD

[@swamlurk]

​@@PHATB0Y20 Mosquito larvae are a source of food for fish, and fish are a source of food for me :) I've looked into it, thinking the exact same thing as you haha

[@silvervirio3642]

When it got enough publication or views

[@michellegarthe4697]

I teach ocean ecology to third grade academically talented students and I will use this video. I also use How Wolves Change Rivers. Both excellent. Thank you!

[@JackGroveable]

Exceptional, educational and inspiring ... please share some of the feedback from your third graders

[@the_bruja_is_mad1517]

Michelle Garthe nobody asked

[@waterbottle8692]

I wish I had that class in third grade

[@IM-yu8tw]

everyone is academically talented there was no reason to share that bit

[@michellegarthe4697]

@@IM-yu8tw All children are special and important but saying everyone is academically talented is just silly.

[@naheemwatson1569]

1:57 the whales' farts really be saving the ecosystem😭

[@w-james9277]

And Japan, Norway and Iceland still hunt whales even though theres no need. Its cruel, inhumane and bad for the ecosystem. Not to mention that whales are incredibly intelligent and have human emotions.

[@joshwatkins4310]

I don't think its fair to say that emotions are "human." After all, they were here first. This is just one example of how humans try to think they are separate from the animal kingdom. We are not special, we are animals just like whales, the fish, the plankton, the krill, and any other animal you can think of. However, I do agree with your point about whales being intelligent and your criticism of Japan and Norway.

[@Jon-hd8ie]

how is it inhumane if humans do it?

[@ozgur5006]

Nuke 'em problem solved

[@hawksmut]

No whales are hunted in Iceland this season and last season. Hopefully it remains like that.

[@w-james9277]

@@hawksmut "For the second year in a row, Iceland, one of three remaining whaling nations, will not hunt any whales." Hopefully they stop it altogether. Whales are worth more alive than dead.

[@KingTravis25]

The person narrating deserves every award a narrator can possibly attain.

[@ActionEcology]

George Monbiot. Famous author and journalist - just google him. :)

[@pigstonwidget]

Beautiful and profound. Us humans look at life in such a linear way. The web of life is far more intricate than we could ever imagine.

[@CarolinaBreeze]

thank you so much for educating people on the importance of these creatures. they are not here to serve our petty lives but to be a part of a greater system that keeps this earth alive. thank you

[@shokocore6651]

I’m honestly only here for a way over due homework assignment, but great video though

[@Jason-Peters]

Brilliant. We need all wildlife to remain exactly where it is if we are to survive as a species ourselves. Survive in a balanced and biodiverse world anyway. We have a responsibilty to protect all living things, not just for ourselves, but for all other living things. The living planet works in mysterious ways, ways in which we are only beginning to understand, so let's be sensible and brave and make big changes to the way we treat the planet and all it's inhabitants, before it's too late to save these keystone species.

[@pickle24]

Too bad we save useless animals like pandas just because they're cute

[@scottclark1123]

My teacher showed this to me as well as the rest of the class back in fifth grade and I’m glad she did

[@Stafref]

It reminds again how much interconnected is everything and what an extraordinary place is Earth.

[@romaromasalad112]

normally i dont like the videos I get sent to from school but this one is pretty cool and good ^^

[@mathhuemcmahon]

You are not on tiktok your videos are needed there. I would like to copy and spread them from here but I would prefer you gain a platform there.

[@inscrutable67]

Seriously how can anyone down vote this video??

[@EddyTheMartian]

+inscrutable67 Probably one of those minecraf kids, because "WHALES DONT EXIST IN MINECRAFT" so its not real life to them

[@slaughtered777]

+inscrutable67 Intelligent design advocates and other religious fucks who can't bare the thought of a more simple, far more beautiful explanation than their own. Probably.

[@Jack-2day]

+slaughtered777 These iphone like & dislikes buttons are too close, especially with my big thumbs! ;)

[@goktugyil]

Japanese whale hunters

[@pilvikkiitisso5010]

idiots?

[@schalazeal07]

I wish that we can all take part in sustaining and enriching our environment and nature more! Also for the good of all living things on Earth!

[@30stmFantasy]

Japan citizens - please stop killing the whales. And sharks too!

[@jksh9504]

dont forget the dolphins

[@actanonverba91]

Stop driving cars

[@bibigratzer6120]

Thank you for putting this in a format that people can understand! So much gratitude for this work.

[@peachyelle4133]

I'm here cause of my science teacher :v

[@ddmsfuntasticchannel3884]

Same

[@chrishutchins8448]

same

[@LilTmur]

same

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We all are 😂🤣🤡

[@smokeyval]

same

[@darb52]

Thank you for this. Connectivity is probably the most important topics we as humans face today. It is a beautiful way to look at our existence.

[@fred08830]

A similar "interrelationship" was discovered between bears and salmon several decades ago in the Pacific Northwest. Apparently some "genius" got the idea that humans should kill bears because they were eating the salmon. Sure enough, the salmon population declined! (Turns out the dead salmon on the banks nurture the the entire river ecosystem/food-chain, all the way down to insects.) P.S. I found it difficult to understand the narration due to the level of the background music.

[@KaskaziKayaks]

thank you for sharing this, there is nothing more beautiful than to see these mighty sea creatures, i cant explain explain why i love them so, but this gives me even more reason to love them and protect them as long as I live...

[@tishabryan5169]

This is such an amazing video. Thank you so much for producing it and sharing it freely. I show this to my middle school students every year. I know it will have lasting impact.

[@MidnightGallery24]

I've shown this and the wolves change rivers video to my 2nd grade class. They found it engrossing and were amazed by it. They wanted more. It's too bad that the whole of my curriculum could not be this high of a level and enjoyable as well. You have set a very high bar and hopefully I can rise to meet it.

[@douglaspreston3703]

Just started watching the channel. I love the videos! They're always so excellently sourced!

[@Wildlife-film]

Fantastic film. Save the Whales. Save ourselves?

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this is so amazing i could think of countless reasons why i love this channel

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Your videos are amazing! I can't get enough, I want to see more & more. thank you so very much for making them. They are so easy to follow & understand. goin' on to the next lol...

[@judithdew]

Profound. We are all connected. Please keep up this amazing work. It keeps me inspired and positively affects the energy of the whole planet. Big Whale Love.

[@Mikeybuttz]

Really great video and I love this channel even though I just discovered it. If anything the videos I've seen highlight how unpredictably things are linked and how we tend to overestimate our own knowledge when it comes to what is safe to do on our planet.

[@INDIREENTERTAINMENT]

Absolutely enlightening. Having watched this video and the one on wolves in Yellowstone National Park, Sustainable Human, thank you.

[@10animallover10]

Great job Sustainable Human! The biggest problem of us humanity in regarding to Nature and what is going on and what has to be done is not enough awareness.. Spread awareness and humanity has a chance to change in a positive way with our planet. 'No Planet B!'

[@millierocks8670]

fact: 90% of you viewing this are here for school and the other 10% genuinely want to help the ecosystem

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PFFT-

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UuwUu EDITED EDITED AGAIN

[@themaninthecrowd1557]

Eh. I wish the environment were better but like..... I'm not gonna do anything you know? So how genuine is it really

[@Starfire1000]

Thank you !!! Sustainable Human, this is FABULOUS !!! It will help save our WORLD !!! SHARE SHARE SHARE !!!!!! More PLEASE !!!

[@ellyblackwidow9662]

Love this clip.....hopefully more people out there wud help share n spread the word...

[@Starfire1000]

Wonderful !!!..Educational and should be shown in schools..Thank you

[@TheCoralGarden]

Terrific video that explains a complex ecological concept in simple terms. Great work. Also, love the narrator style and pace

[@srek9393]

I love the video, but what it doesn't address is the ph levels of the ocean, due to increased freshwater infiltration from increased land ice melting, absorption of carbon and other factors. Plankton need a very specific ph level (8.2-8.4) to form their exoskeleton. Not all trophic cascades are from the top predator down thru each ecosystem. For example, the wildebeests are the keystone species in Africa's savannah and plains (primarily prey). Take out the wildebeests, the whole ecosystem collapses. Look what happened in the 1970"s due to a mass disease thru them. Sure, a rare example of an herbivore keystone species but each ecosystem is different. I'm not trying to be negative, only realistic. Mankind has more than beyond the intelligence these days. We need to learn to co-exist with nature in all ecosystems, before it reaches a point of no return in each one.

[@ValhallaMovement]

Incredible. Will share!!

[@sherrillguimond1674]

So much of our co-existence is not known yet so critical to our very livelihood for a future world for generations to come. Thank you for helping to make us all more aware.

[@reginedebus5084]

Beautiful video, and very educating. Thank you!

[@savannahl5157]

This is like going to a class on a high speed curve and learning some extremely interesting information that affects every living creature ultimately, but specifically the whale environment. If this was taught in schools like this I think there would be a lot more kids sparking up to becoming environmentalists and parents realizing the importance. Its simply great information presented perfectly.

[@byram101]

The greatest folly of man is that we met everything we didn't understand with a spear rather than with an open mind.

[@jamescolpas]

Brilliant. Thank you for this❤❤❤

[@Fuwrideutsch]

wonderful photographie, good message

[@TheSpiral37]

thank you for this great information...whale appreciation and respect is so important. Only request I have - Sometimes the background music was too loud kind of blocking out the explanation.

[@Schelbon-Le-Schrimp]

This is an incredibly imformative and interesting video! It's so interesting to see how the world all works together without us humans. It's also fascinating to see how you made such a short and entising video and still told me more than 3 hours of searching could.

[@coexiste-b5818]

Using this to back up facts on a vid I'm starting to write. Really helpful and easy to understand. So yer

[@RANGY1955]

Very good video. Everything natural is part of a cycle. Humanity alone are breaking these cycles.

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thank you for the awesome post!!!

[@elizabethshelby7149]

So Awsum. Love to see this on internet As im sure many do

[@janiceclarfield]

utterly gorgeous ~ thank you

[@gregamour7377]

BEASTLY BEAUTY (The Whale) by Gregory Amour Beauty of the bluish seas Sail peacefully with grace and ease Churn onward through the brine and breeze Beastly Beauty of the seas Creature of the salty deep In graceful swim or mammoth leap Through the ocean wave you sweep Complacent creature of the deep Mammoth of the watery waste Drift in peace or sail in haste Your dignity and pride are chaste Majestic mammoth of the waste Voyager of the far and near From your course you do not veer Without complaint and without fear Vast voyager, sail the ocean, far and near

[@katiehobbs5165]

I plan to do a school project on trophic cascade to spread this and I will be using this video and how wolves change rivers also by sustainable human

[@BabaYAaga24]

poonami made me chuckle.

[@MsGnor]

Your movies are awesome xx

[@GWCwhale]

The insight that whales help fight climate change gives us even more intellectual ammunition to argue that protection of great whales is important to us all.

[@jamescolpas]

It's crucial to educate our children they are the saviors of this precious Earth❤❤❤

[@SustainableHuman]

We think so too! We are focused on making more content for children that will help inspire activists and conservationists at any age. EVERYONE, WE NEED YOUR HELP.. Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, AND SIGN UP FOR NOTIFICAITONS to see our newest content.

[@jamescolpas]

@@SustainableHuman will do. Thank you for what you do.

[@chanchaxola]

am I the only one who cries with these videos? how beautiful and perfect is Nature

[@sherbetbomb3276]

Every single animal on this earth, has a part in keeping it sustainable, from sharks to krill, and bears to bees* And what role do humans have? Was there even a time when humans actually helped life....other than destroy it. What is our purpose?

[@cyndithelost467]

Great question

[@mikecorbeil]

Short but nonetheless excellent and important education! It's added to three of my nature and environment playlists plus to Favourites.

[@YodaAndCo]

incredible!

[@SethyHiute]

Extraordinary! Thanks for doing this!

[@bridge4]

Amazing video once again

[@cocoarecords]

Beautiful video

[@leafshinobi9104]

This is amazing

[@pauldolk]

Hi Steve, enjoyed watching your video, great work. Too bad you couldn't use my footage. Cheers and keep up the good work.

[@PeterCleghorn]

great video, is there a list of references available for further reading? thanks

[@Meymeygwis]

Thank you!!

[@clairerobertson1288]

Makes me cry to see those beautiful creatures.

[@lilithrogers5204]

Oh, thank you whales!!! Keep thriving!!

[@elijah27b]

The music in this reminds of Trey's guitar in "You Enjoy Myself."

[@PatriciaStrecht]

Thank you, Chris and Dawn Agnos.

[@franceparadis9776]

C'est bien de savoir que ceci est comme un cadeau pour l'humanité. Je vous remercie et vous encourage à continuer

[@ChristopherHeeneysWorld]

Excellent Video. Everything is connected :)

[@firsttothelastname5554]

This is really good I learned a lot

[@dinodiggs6473]

I had no idea about this, thanks.

[@DiscipleshipChurch_]

He need to do more vidoes like narratos vidoes bc his voice is good for narrator. It’s so peafull

[@superherohell3868]

I love this mini doc

[@christinamilauskas6220]

Amazing and beautiful

[@Starfire1000]

AWESOME VIDEO !!! THANK YOU !!!

[@BerilK846]

I love whales. thank you for posting. We must advocate for them!

[@sagarchoudhury5305]

If humans understand your great massage our planet can be save from disaster

[@maya9800]

wonderful!

[@martijnkeulen5937]

Beautiful

[@bigbeef7523]

Such beauty

[@danevasilije8296]

Please resource and post how big business destroy the planet. Thank you

[@normanredwings7162]

Wonderful video and explanation, thanks for adding. Does anyone has the moviescript?

[@wildopeneye1634]

Brilliant! A very good reason for a total moratorium on whaling.

[@fixednitrogen8570]

Great video! I would say that the same argument holds not only for whales but for all fish in the sea at their own scale. When we fish, we mine the atoms that make up all the marine biomass and this poses a limitation as to how many animals can be present in the sea. With less animals, the nutrients are not dispersed and remobilized into biomass efficiently and falls to the bottom. The role of animals is underestimated in the IPCC reports as their actions are not taken into account in the climate models so far. The overall logic is that the physics determine the climate on its own when animals could help us maintain good living conditions on Earth.

[@louisefrance9967]

Also really like your voice George!

[@louisefrance9967]

Beautiful educational documentary that should be shown on Japanese and Chinese television! Stop hunting Whales!!!

[@1976oswald]

that was AWESOME !!!

[@janetdavis558]

Enjoyed this also

[@katwolf4702]

Wow such a great informative video!! Whales can help save humans & Earth from ourselves but first WE MUST SAVE THEM!! #poonami :) loved it!

[@Zephyr.Lo-Renz]

Amazing info. Share the love, lets stop taking it.