The Amazon Rainforest Doesn’t Produce 20% of Our Oxygen, Here’s Why

[@Seeker]

Hi, thanks for watching! The team at Seeker continues to support the protection and preservation of the Amazon rainforest. As such, we wanted to take the time to address the misuse of the 20% statistic and take a deeper dive into Earth's oxygen supply because it’s crucial to get the facts straight when we’re talking about how we can safeguard it. Let us know if you'd like to learn more about one of the most unique and biodiverse ecosystems on the planet!

[@tamimtalha2522]

So that means we can deforest or burn more of the amazon trees? Without any problem

[@anythingyouwant8994]

Some people demand they have more knowledge but actually they are idiots like you and.'' when idiots are confident the world is in danger''

[@IraeCarvalho]

Hey. Brazilian here. It is important to note that the Amazon is not burning. I mean, there are a lot of fires. But seriously, this has been like that for ages and te only thing that changed is actually public perception. I am pro environment and super concerned with reverting human created climate change. But it is also important to know that fluctuation of amounts of deforestation and fires are, although slightly higher, it is still within expected numbers for this season. The Amazon is burning roughly at the same rate for 20 or 30 years. We should be reducing it, of course, but the reason this is all over the media are not scientific facts, it is just another political conflict.

[@darugdawg2453]

Macron haha lier go to eel

[@jimysk8er]

I feel like it may have been a bad idea to debunk the myth in the title of the video. I am all for addressing the validity of the 20% claim but it should have been touched on at the end of the video. As with most news, there will be far too many people who just glance over the title and maybe watch the first minute of the video and they won't be bothered enough to realize all of the other overwhelming reasons that the rainforest should be protected (and IMO increased). More emphasis should have been put on the reasons to save the rainforest and a lot less should have been put into debunking the myth and essentially giving some people a quick little factoid that proves a whole lot of people wrong on social media for their own gratification.

[@tim0lmazan162]

That’s why we should *also* focus on saving marine life.

[@MrValgard]

ye in 2017 die most of reefs, and nobody say single word

[@animationspace8550]

we must care about all of earth, from land, to sea, to sky

[@123ChrisG]

Go vegan!

[@TylerSolvestri]

Sorry, but they still need to stop the fire from spreading, the ONG'S have enough money to obtain the resources and also the Brazilian government is enough rich to stop it, the fact that they are waiting just to obtain more money is disgusting and no one is thinking about that.

[@domc3040]

I mean, you're not wrong, but that's not really the point of the video. The amount of oxygen in the atmosphere is NOT a pressing concern, the amount of CO2 is, and any photosynthesising biomass acts as a carbon sink.

[@ZyTelevan]

Since when do lungs produce oxygen?

[@jakesweet1000]

lmao i didnt even think of that

[@jakedean001]

this is the comment i was looking for

[@skam]

Because ur mom. HAH.

[@kinga6347]

Wow never thought of that

[@magicweaponr072]

well it would be a bit of the opposite of our human lungs "Breathing in CO2 and emitting O2" but in our case we breathe air, not oxygen so yeah

[@nbdb23]

Thanks for clearing up that 20% myth. Still gotta save and rebuild the forest

[@Cruyff.enthusiast]

Minh Nguyen-Ba yea the fire is done now all we have to do is plant trees

[@rickyr7790]

Here's a real fact that these morons left behind. "The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies determined that all tropical forests combined contain about 25 percent of the world's carbon, with the Amazon basin storing up to 140 billion tons (127 billion metric tons)."

[@joshjenks3715]

Ricky R they literally said it was a carbon sink

[@rickyr7790]

@@joshjenks3715 so.. we give facts and figures to oxygen output and intake, but not to the biggest relevant point on what the Amazon actually does for us. Got it... Try again.

[@samt1705]

@@rickyr7790 3:15 is where these people whom you called morons, mentioned that. Peace. Next time better be careful with your words. ✌🏼

[@Rainy..Day.]

Thank you for correcting this myth. It's been driving me crazy. I just want to scream at people. All the oxygen made in Amazon, stays in the Amazon.

[@sorg3ns]

It's not even on fire

[@Sinaeb]

It may not produce a lot of oxygen, but it just has so much captured carbon that it is a good reason to protect it, and we can protect it compared to the northern tundra that has methane capture in the soil

[@Rainy..Day.]

@@Sinaeb I didn't say I didn't want to protect it. Because I most certainly do. It was driving me nuts that everyone kept saying it give us 20% of our oxygen.

[@wisdomfruit7162]

me too humanity will always focus on the trend

[@keenfire8151]

@@Sinaeb 1 massive volcano erruption will spew more carbon into the atmosphere than the entire forest combined. Your point is moot.

[@llamaliammm]

I'll be the first to make a legit comment then: phytoplanktons in oceans are actually the ones producing majority of earths oxygen

[@shamimazad007]

Whuzzin Gamont legit comment.

[@anshuman_eek]

I heard diatoms produce a good amount of oxygen, is that correct??

[@kevin9681]

So true!!!

[@uhohhotdog]

Great job repeating the video

[@domc3040]

"producing" is actually a bit misleading. The vast majority of the world's oxygen was actually produced (in the net sense) tens of millions of years ago. (Yes, mostly by aquatic plants and plankton, though.)

[@TumimuT]

That's why the Chum Bucket is actually better than the Krusty Krab

[@sayittomyfaceidareyou8629]

Lol

[@gggggg7551]

congratulations, you're a meme now 🤣

[@TumimuT]

@Mr. Dodo this is FACTS!!! Lol

[@aleksikristian1994]

Dont get this

[@aleksikristian1994]

I know its from spongebob but still

[@lollol9620]

Dr. Yadvinder out here with those pods lmao

[@YeppyNope]

Flexin ass

[@Fluskar]

games guitars and gore penis

[@DvDick]

Dr. Yadvinder watch out! The Amazon is burning! Oh no he has airpods on, he can't hear us!

[@marcus9441]

@@Fluskar Poopoo

[@ohiotoledo3787]

@@marcus9441 pee pee

[@NoName-ze4qn]

Fact: Amazon rainforest doesn't contribute to 20% of world's oxygen. Some Brazilians: GOOD THEN, LET'S CLEAR ALL THE AMAZON AND GET $RICH$!!!

[@jigartalaviya2340]

Dont u think thats what happening right now??!!!

[@fb150185]

Ans then geta shipped to Europe China and the US for consumption

[@Rhygenix]

Most of Brazils amazon Rainforest is heavily protected

[@FisherZ25]

Robert Tunstall but is it though?

[@Lizard14]

@@Rhygenix Not really.

[@zoutuk7685]

Even if the Amazon produces 20 percent or not, we should still preserve it.

[@kilalawak70]

@leicanoct but even if the amazon produces zero percent of oxygen we should still preserve it. Fixed it.

[@Shadow-uj1qv]

Talking as if it was done for some scientific experiment Its a forest Stuff like forest fire happens..have you never heard of that ot not Nature is strong enough to heal itself.. we just have to help and give it some time

[@jerxmee8829]

@leicanoct You holding your ground bro

[@devangjain-1541]

@leicanoct let me tell you a simple math equation assume that ocean produce x amount of oxygen and trees y amount of oxygen now x+y amount of oxygen is used by every animal and human if we remove y that is oxygen from plants whole animal and human will get dependent on x that is oxygen from ocean. Now just think if whole animal amd human will get dependent on only ocean it will automaticaly reduce a large amount of oxygen from environment. Just think.

[@devangjain-1541]

@leicanoct brother plants produce more oxygen than they use.

[@ashishshrestha3270]

It doesn't matter whether Amazon provides 20% oxygen or 0% the deforestation needs to be stopped not only in Amazon but all over the world

[@fadedtwilght]

Yeah I feel like a lot of ppl are gonna use this to not care

[@fredivory4304]

...........and tell people the truth while we stop it.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

And yet no one is talking about the fires in Central Africa which are actually worse than the ones in the Amazon.

[@ashishshrestha3270]

@leicanoct I guess sustaining its own ecosystem, providing oxygen to millions of animal and plants in the amazon and also the people living their.

[@electronresonator8882]

@@ashishshrestha3270 nah, deforestation happened all over the world, even in first world countries, and you know what? they didn't even care about whatever live in it, ...so people don't have right to stop Brazilians to use their own resources as well

[@bixstar1469]

If a deforester sees this that's pretty much the end of the amazon

[@cokoala5137]

GoldScythe 7 that’s what’s so problematic. They’ll take it a step further with that logic and take out anything so long as oxygen production from phytoplankton remains the same. At least that’s what their rebuttal will be

[@eoghannolan741]

Literally this reason is why I can't trust this world anymore to car about the future, hopefully it gets better or we all rise up against the corrupt 👌

[@rmmva]

A money-hungry deforester might not care about the facts of this video, but if they watch the whole video they have no reason to do any more harm than they are already doing.

[@Kabodanki]

A deforester wouldn’t care about anything anyway. Coca Cola doesn’t care about millions of people getting diabetes, in fact they can create a product for the diabetics

[@bixstar1469]

I know deforesters wouldnt care but with this they have an excuse and will continue to burn and cut.

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

I've always thought that number was serverely inflated

[@MrBLAA]

Crazy prayingmantis if you were the burn *all* of the plants/trees on Earth, you would affect only 1% of our oxygen supply. Though, the carbon buildup... yeah... that would kill us😂

[@kornbread5359]

Ecosia search engine plants trees. Boinc adds pc to supercomputer network for science.

[@viewnoah]

doesn't matter , im willling to give all of my salary to buy water spray planes ,and a pair of shoes for someone to beat that one foolish heartless mindless Brazilian man who denied crores of donations . ... , when it comes to saving mother earth , saving this is of prime importance even than our life ..

[@shatteredstar2149]

The taiga is the largest forest

[@weltonsouza]

@@viewnoah The money offered would come with a catch: we donate and control. The forest must be saved, but the world must respect Brazil's sovereignty. If the world want to do any good, restore the forests in their own countries, but the mind set is "farms here, forest there".

[@SlowWinterNuts]

It matters tho. Spreading misconceptions, regardless of how good the intention, is dangerous

[@alex-wn2cb]

If the Brazilian government doesn’t want to protect it, there’s nothing that we can do.

[@biro24]

This video is brilliant, and why I stopped watching news media. I got so tired of the constant scare mongering. We need more factual truth and not lies.

[@domc3040]

To be fair, there are very legitimate reasons why we should be distressed at the destruction of the Amazon, so dismissing it as 'scare-mongering' could well be reactionary in the other way.

[@InanisNihil]

guess how many people after seeing this probably said "oh so its actually not effecting us as much as we thought here in america.. so i actually can ignore it and do nothing except a occasional "aw poor forest how sad" the reality is.. as long as its not in ur own backyard.. where u dont feel it effects you.. no real fks are given... by most people.. butt it doesnt stop the nut jobs from embellishing and over blowing things to get people to vote and make irrational decision on putting more power hungry people in influential places to further lead to questionable events and practices..." they clearly rally people to get up and do something... lie or not.. truth is pointless if is sitting on its ass not effecting or changing anything... religion works cause it USES PEOPLES FEELINGS... it makes them FEEL DIRECTLY CONNECTED AND AFFECTED BY THINGS... so when it come to "truth" ur way literally will get no followers... u can believe in global warming or climate change or anything at that matter... ur irrelevant if u do nothing to about it... especially if u feel its not effecting you... people are just gonna sit on their ass and share their opinions on videos... 😂 if it takes distorting or embellishing truths.. to get people up and actively doing something to help... then im all for it... public opinion.. wrong or right.. usually wrong.. like it or not.. shapes how people react to something and helps motivate for a cause... fyi: humans are emotional.. decision making literally comes from the emotional part of our brain... literally motivation and emotion share the same root word... human action comes from emotion.. or rather motivation = emotion... a truth is a truth.. that all it is.. it does not move people... example.. even rational people... who strive to be just that. .. its cause of their emotion and feelings towards that that drives them to seek it... humans need to be motivated on an emotional level to do something... or u might as well be a robot that just spews facts and numbers... which will not gain connection and support from most humans.. im all for the video.. i agree.. butt think what u said is just silly.. it just doesnt reflect the reality of how the human brain works... in fact ive said similar things like you.. butt guess what.. at the end of the day.. we're all still connecting to or dissociating from people via emotions..

[@unpopularpoliticalopinion798]

other than it vastly accelerating global warming

[@rea8585]

We like the simple explanations, even if that sometimes means changing the facts, so they fit our agenda. That is why double-checking everything is so important in the Internet era (or any era in general).

[@Enjoimaschine]

Facts are facts, by definition proven to be true. Lies are lies. We can distort and misrepresent all we want but it changes nothing.

[@aniloider2363]

@@MrBLAA You might want to reread what she said; she advocated for double-checking so that we are factually correct. She merely said that "changing the facts" is something that people have a tendency to do for the purpose of simple explanations or fitting an agenda, not that it is what should be done; she promoted the exact opposite, in fact.

[@darugdawg2453]

@@aniloider2363 like mr macron did

[@joedasilva134]

Is it possible to separate , science from politics ? Lungs don’t produce O2 anyway .

[@camilohiche4475]

Quite the contrary, (actual) science needs desperately to be assiociated with politics. The problems of this fucked up world stem in large part from the fact that politics ignore science facts.

[@Ninjaananas]

No, it's not. Politicians need science to understand the world and act accordingly. Scientists are often financiated by the state and thus sometimes also rely on lobbyism to get their money for research. Then there are problem discovered and explained by scientists, which have then to be solved by politicians. An example is climate change.

[@jacobendriss6]

@@Ninjaananas climate change is natural and cannot be stopped. It gets hotter and it gets colder. We can do our part by not destroying the ocean and land.

[@camilohiche4475]

@Swinebagger Hatevirus OK let's have politics completely ignore science then, good luck with that. Jesus, seriously?

[@erikasl.7050]

Yeah but lungs supply body with oxygen 😏

[@mayank_upadhyay_19]

People: "we have to protect Amazon" ***protect, from whom?*** People: 😅😅

[@jacobendriss6]

So have any tests been done to see what plants create the most oxygen?

[@cosmoboy9112]

pipal tree in india produces most oxygen it produces oxygen even at night

[@Samuellalduhzela]

1:13 Those airpods ruined all the seriousness for me.

[@universalscience2529]

You're gay

[@Vontux]

So 50% is from marine life, where is the other 50% of oxygen coming from?

[@Capjedi]

Cow farts, obviously.

[@nothing9220]

I commented the same ... This people were better discussing space related topics . Why G7 and rest of the countries are concerned over it don't they have expert who told them not to worry ? The truth actually Amazon does provide O2 if a perons from university says it doesn't mean it to be true.

[@shatteredstar2149]

@@nothing9220 the oxygen produced in the Amazon is also used by the Amazon, net zero

[@alex-wn2cb]

Ravi Jk Sorry, but where is your degree, credibility, and your peer reviewed journal?

[@Shadow-uj1qv]

That comes when 3 humans fart while 2 are hearing them fart

[@jbhrs]

What people fail to realize is that the land that burned down the fields of ashes will grow into an even more healthier fertilized forest but it will take a century

[@ceebz10]

Save the Amazon and plant more trees =)

[@incrediblygay]

mr beast is that you?

[@ArtSmosh1274]

Finally somebody says something smart

[@ceebz10]

@@incrediblygay No, but I'm sure Mr Beast would be proud =p

[@truetinkerer]

@leicanoct But we don't need more oxygen, however, we do need land.

[@chavezharding7820]

@leicanoct This... is dumb

[@lucaslafontaine1]

This is probably the best Science Channel I have ever come across. You guys use actual Scientific facts and focus on all the stories that involve all of humanity. I appreciate that keep up the fantastic work guys!

[@nothing9220]

These peoples are morons . Why don't they explain from where do we get rest of the 50% O2 as ocean produces 50% and forest consumes O2 it produces .

[@lucaslafontaine1]

@@nothing9220 Buddy where is your proof? Go to their webpage and all their stuff is sourced. Don't come being a negative Nancy because you disagree with something. Your entitled to your opinion but they are right about the rainforest and all plants. Plants consume about the same amount of oxygen they produce that's common knowledge if you ever paid attention in any science class about photosynthesis. Enjoy the rest of your day!

[@marceloaguiarmag]

Yes, the Amazon needs to be preserved, like every forest in the world. Exploitation must be sustainable. At the same time I do not see other countries concerned with restoring their forests to "contribute to the world ecosystem." No one wants to lose land that produces food, or ore, but everyone demands that we Brazilians do it.

[@wagnergauer9133]

@Morphing Jar they are not turning productive lands in forests, but desserts in forests

[@wagnergauer9133]

@Morphing Jar they have forests, but not anywhere near the size of brazil's

[@SrBlue-qp2ux]

@Morphing Jar that's why they want it

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Remember, the amount of burning is slightly below average for the past 15 years and overall deforestation in the Amazon is declining. In fact, there are more fires in Central Africa but no one talks about that.

[@nickgehr6916]

*Save plankton, give him Krabby Patty secret formula so he can help earth ro produce Oxygen*

[@freeassange5667]

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

[@bobwannabe9141]

Dank Memes спонж боб скур панц

[@AntonAverin]

What I find sad is the amount of international uproar about amazon fires compared to the silence about fires in siberia. Not every forest ecosystem is equal

[@uhohhotdog]

Anton Averin Siberia has nowhere near the biodiversity of the rainforest

[@AntonAverin]

@@uhohhotdog Well, I can't even compare the size of the disaster - nobody writes how large is the area burning in Amazon. For Siberia, officially, it's 30k square meters. And as for biodiversity - you can tell that argument to all animals that died in Siberia wildfires.

[@abhijitdey1320]

Politicians will make you shut up right after the headline and be like 'hurrah.. Amazon doesn't produce 20% of world's oxygen. Let's deforest.'

[@Kabodanki]

It was macron starting the BS about amazon fires

[@MrGarrettPearsonPhD]

I love when your videos are short and densely informative. Thank you!

[@killernat1234]

If the rainforest disappears, a large majority of potential medicine will be gone, plus the amount of CO2 released by it burning be devastating

[@scottmoore6131]

This also happens every year it’s mostly farmers and ranchers clearing already in use land they burn what’s left of their crops in order to feed their crops for next year. It puts nutrients into the earth for the crops to grow.

[@invinciblegoku7753]

If each ecosystem consume the oxygen they produce and 50% comes from the ocean what about the other 50%

[@invinciblegoku7753]

Good

[@domc3040]

The oxygen produced is ROUGHLY equal with the amount consumed locally. It's not exact though, and over the scale of the entire earth and hundreds of millions of years, that's still a fair amount of oxygen contribution. A lot of the oxygen comes from big events where lots of plants live, die, but then aren't decomposed. (It's the bacteria that decompose that use up a lot of "the plant's" oxygen.) Particularly in the ocean, if phytoplankton sink to the bottom and fossilize, they were net contributors of oxygen.

[@gailhowes9398]

Thank you for setting things straight, as the first thing I was concerned with was the oxygen level as we were taught in school when I was a child.

[@anubhavarora3282]

Same here bro that's why I used to think that why aren't oxygen levels decreasing as a consequence of cutting more trees. Now I got the point

[@mrthugamer7603]

Oxygen aside, it is a fact that the Amazon is one of the most biodiverse places on earth, and indeed, provides rain for agriculture in Brasil

[@rhyusarmiento6530]

Mr ThuGamer no it’s not is all just the rain forest

[@electronresonator8882]

then there's no rain in Europe?

[@braedon999]

I live in British Columbia and we have tons of forest fires every year. Even down here in Vancouver we get a thick brown smoke that lasts for 3 weeks on average. Yet I dont hear anyone wanting to donate money to our forest fire fighting, even tho we arent cutting down all our trees for profit.

[@uhohhotdog]

The real loss is the biodiversity

[@domc3040]

The destruction of a massive carbon sink is a pretty big loss as well.

[@Storm_x]

People shouldn't be focusing on 20% oxygen thing. The rainforest has thousands of plants we never knew existed or used in medical research. There could be cures for all sorts of diseases and illnesses in there. It could be as simple as mixing them for a drug or drink or even a simple cream. And farmers are burning away those potential life saving drugs for land for their cattle. The rainforest should not belong to brazil but the World and we all need to come together to protect it. If it existed in any other country I would still say the same thing.

[@shanedes4646]

I think we need a lot of GMO trees

[@YeppyNope]

Yes.

[@Grzyb032]

agreed, Baboo growth and all the Air purifying properties of other plants

[@discipledesigned]

Shane Des 🤡

[@Legion849]

Yeah that would solve the problems we have with deforestation.

[@andreasbreuss5907]

fire resistant tree´s

[@fb150185]

So... where did the idea of the 20% came from? Are the other sources of information to check? Where does the other 50% of the oxygen come from? I would love a follow up more in depth video @Seeker

[@Theo0x89]

Did you even watch the video? 1:09

[@alberteinstein4973]

If everyone in this planet plant a tree and cares it.. global warming LEFT THE CHAT

[@seph9980]

Nope, global warming is still in the chat room, but barely cares about your planted trees. Lolz

[@paranoiatable]

Very Interesting. This changes my model for how rain-forest ecosystems effect the planet.

[@bharaniselvanb4567]

Finally someone who can actually be able to talk about this.

[@ednelson2501]

The amount of rain forrests have dropped on Earth 14% of the land surface was covered by rainforests. Now that number has shrunk to a mere 6% .

[@daigs7959]

Good Job! Now people could care even less!

[@Shadow-uj1qv]

Well they never said to NOT CARE AT ALL.. they said not just not panic around about what's happening God know how many times this fore happened in 4.5 billion years

[@daigs7959]

Jishnu Rajeev So you want people to calm down? We are way too late now person. If there is any time we should be panicking right now, it should be years ago! We are running out of chances, we've gone too far on the line now, its no time for calming down!

[@Shadow-uj1qv]

@@daigs7959 hey bro chill.... Whats the point of worrying and panicking... You are saying those words as if they are like charms More you panic less your brain works... If you see something that is too late to be undone... Leave it and find something that CAN be done instead of scream around Panicking like a girl

[@navajyotichetia3211]

In heatwaves which causes droughts the plants emit less oxygen and gives off much more disproportionate amounts of carbon dioxide. Heat waves are poised to increase.

[@ag135i]

Thanks now for the first time I came to know that plants themselves consume the oxygen they produce this short video was full of useful critical myths busting information, thanks.

[@sweiland75]

We need to pressure countries, like Brazil, to manager their forests better. They can't allow all of these fires to get out of control.

[@mattmoneybaggs4429]

Thanks Seeker now nobody’s gonna give a shit about saving the Amazon 😡😡😤

[@cookiesandmilkshakesxvanil8987]

Thank God it rained there and stopped some fire

[@lencol583]

I'm trying to convince myself that we can beat global warming and survive as a species but judging by everything that's going on and how ignorant we can be I'm losing hope fast.

[@Kabodanki]

Nihilai it’s not by lying to people that we can advance. Like the Paris treaty, it basically said you developed country that working extremely hard to lower your emission, you have to pay a shitload that will crippled your economy. You developing country you can do whatever you want. China building dozen of coal plants secretly in the meantime. What a joke

[@amarverma8201]

Thank you guys so much to bring this up.

[@PhantomPhysics1]

Thank you for providing facts!!

[@weydson]

Yesterday the INPE (Brazilian institute that monitors the amazon) released data that the fires in August 2019 burned 4 times more area than the fires of August 2018 And historically, September is always worse

[@TheONDoubleB]

Half of the oxygen comes from phytoplankon, does anyone know where the rest comes from?

[@himanshnegi832]

Plants and trees

[@TheONDoubleB]

Himansh Negi okay, interesting. Forgive me; I don’t understand. This video states that the oxygen produced by trees is consumed locally by the ecosystems in which they’re produced, so how can they also account for 50% of the planet’s atmospheric oxygen surplus?

[@himanshnegi832]

@@TheONDoubleB actually there are millions of species of insects and animals in amazon. Which generally isn't the case for every tree u plant. Sorry for bad english

[@domc3040]

@@TheONDoubleB I heard the figure was something like 75% from ocean, 25% from land biomass. But to answer your question, the oxygen produced locally is ROUGHLY equal with the amount consumed. It's not exact though, and over the scale of the earth and millions of years, there is some oxygen contribution. A lot of the oxygen comes from big events where lots of plants live, die, but then aren't decomposed. (It's the bacteria that decompose that use up a lot of "the plant's" oxygen.) Particularly in the ocean, if phytoplankton sink to the bottom and fossilize, they were net contributors of oxygen.

[@KlimovArtem1]

I love such objective analyzes, without extra noise and exaggeration that all media and politics are using.

[@jaridkeen123]

We need a Green New Deal!

[@jaridkeen123]

@@IndorilNerevar yeah i did read the last one all 13 pages of it. It also Does talk about our environment and you are right it does talk about social economic Inequality in America and how to fix it. If you were intelligent you would understand that changing Americas energy demands would cause economic and social problems. So the Document sets out how we will fix those issues while we make the transfer to renewable energy. Also if you want to talk about Nuclear Energy, that is not a Sustainable or Renewable resource. One thing Nuclear Waste isnt a Human life time problem. It takes more than 25,000 years to reach the half life of plutonium. Considering humans have only had around 12,000 years of civilization you can understand why 25,000 years is ridiculous to think we can manage something that long. Also not to mention Plutonium, Uranium, and Thorium are all not limitless you will end right back where we started with fossil fuels. Nuclear isnt a solution its a band aid. If you are to stupid to say anything intelligent and you cant think outside the box then maybe dont talk shit on a subject you know nothing about.

[@gautham4184]

What's in the video is correct and a few of us did know this. But, the common people don't. And for now, in such a crucial time, the common people need to associate the Amazon to their own life. By telling the common people that the Amazon is the lungs of our planet is just a clever way of telling people how important the forest is for all of us.

[@Seeker]

Hi, thanks for watching! Want to learn more about the Earth's oxygen supply? Check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYa1YqdoodyXeJI and be sure to subscribe and let us know what you'd like us to cover next in the comments!

[@abdulrb786]

Seeker well I know your intentions is to share the correct knowledge but thanks to you now people will say it’s ok to burn down the amazon. A nut job who just thinks global warming is a hoax will just grasp this and think other things are fakes as well. Confirmation bias will be in effect due to this. Not a right time to share this knowledge.

[@philosoaper]

this episode is a disgrace.. read my other comment.. unsubbing

[@littlesailor1533]

The title makes it seem okay to burn down the forest.

[@littlesailor1533]

Maybe make a video about the importance of the Amazon and why it's important to keep it.

[@orichidiu]

This argument is a red herring and distracts from the issue that needs fixing. Wow, I'm disappointed.

[@TommoCarroll]

I've been planning a video on this! But I'm stoked you got in there first, this was an excellent video! The 20% idea has been reallllly annoying me! Cheers Seeker ✌

[@sherylcrowe3255]

Thank you for making this video. I feel I have a much better understanding of this topic now.

[@LadyAneh]

Our phytoplankton is our largest oxygen asset. The question is, how much of the phytoplankton will be unable to make it in warmer ocean temperatures? It’s worried me quite a while wondering that.

[@ronaldojam6382]

Great! Now talk about how the earths temperatures aren't rising because of global warming and it's not the hottest it's ever been.

[@strengthhonour8594]

Seeker, I have another doubt. Does planting trees or growing forests cause more rainfall or does more rainfall cause trees or forests to develop?

[@domc3040]

Both, they feedback on to each other. Obviously they both also depend on other factors, but in short.... yes.

[@Absolute_Territory]

If the global oxygen level only drops by a fraction of a percentage how would co2 concentration increase by 10%? Edit: I realized what they mean by it, and that was a kind of bad way to present the data and statistics imo, very misleading Edit2: for clarification, the ppm of co2 is 405 ppm, a 10% increase is 445.5 ppm. That means the atmosphere means .005~% more co2, from .0405% to .0455% absolutely DANGEROUSLY misleading way to present the data and gives climate change deniers ammo to discredit climate scientists. Please present the facts in an intellectually honest way

[@toteomma]

it is an intellectual way! u are just too dumb to understand it, because ( i am assuming) ur american education didnt teach you how to calculate with percentages. it is not misleding in any way if u pay any attention , he just stated the ppm of CO² 30 seconds earlier. but you just made a perfect point: climate change deniers can only get their ammo from their own stupidity, not beeing able to understand what a scientist says and instead of making a little bit more research to understand.....just assume the scientist is talking nonesense

[@Hriwbfksngks]

They did present facts in honest and professional way tho

[@LittleRainGames]

@@toteomma says the guy who uses "u" for you. He understood, he just almost missed it. But yes, they presebted data correctly, but they should have went into more detail, would have taken a second.

[@ericsem8447]

@@toteomma Why do you just insult him of being dumb and assume he's American? So, you think America is a dumb country? You're the dumb one in this case.

[@uhohhotdog]

It’s only misleading if you don’t understand how percentages work

[@Kyle-qe9er]

Even if we were not getting the 20% of our oxygen on amazon rainforest we need to save it becasuse amazon can also produce exygen for us even if it's not the 20%

[@kevin9681]

I dont really think that "Amazon does not produce 20% of Oxygen" is a good thing to say!!! It may seem to others that it is unimportant!!

[@stephonsanders5]

So people lying shouldn't be called out

[@kevin9681]

@@stephonsanders5 Not saying they should br called out,but they should be,on the other hand,they should inspire to take care of those forest instead of telling them its not worth their time!! Get it?

@@kevin9681 no, this is an information channel, it's not up to them to say people what to do, imbred

[@kevin9681]

@ thanks!! But not satisfied about what they r saying capiche!!

[@mbera.2011]

Make a video on effects of planting more trees with stats. That would be interesting. How much of our planet should be forested for a stable climate?

[@jbator10]

The Amazon: (Burning) people: lets talk about how inaccurate its oxygen production is

[@TheTobygamesfan]

Did you even watch the video " it's dangerous to make an argument out of something that's a flawed concept"

[@pedrokantor3997]

@@TheTobygamesfan I'd like to agree however, reading the comment section is making me ask the question: What's a better outcome, misinformation that'll motivate people to care about the Amazon or facts that'll pacify them back into apathy?

[@DragonFae16]

Something that wasn't mentioned is that rain produced by the forest erodes the Andean mountains. The sediment from that flows down the Amazon river into the ocean and then the nutrients in that sediment feed algal blooms. So in a way, the Amazon rainforest really does help produce oxygen.

[@ODDnanref]

Yeah, Amazon is a carbon sink. If you burn the entirety of it, that would be so much carbon in the air

[@truetinkerer]

@leicanoct Do you have any proof because that sounds false.

[@admuseum8519]

Ok, so if 50% of Qxygen is from the sea, where does the other 50% come from? There is a flaw in what (or how) Malhi is describing the situation. Because if all forests take as much oxygen as they produce there has to be a third player for the remaining 50% of oxygen. Who is this third player?

[@user-ls9ff4cu9x]

Please change the title of the video. Stupid deforesters will take this out of context

[@boofin8801]

SCP 89 HAHAHAHA you think they’re watching this video?? LMAOOO

[@yourturningpoint777]

Wow thank you for this educational video!

[@akashvani14]

Trace already did a video on this. My man

[@dante_rf]

It's also important to note that the Amazon forest provides water for Brazil's southeast region. Comparing to other territories at the same latitude (e.g. Australia, southern Africa, Chile), Brazil's southeast should be a desert. This region is vital for our economy and population as it holds 80 million people (about 40% of Brazil's population). Without the rain forest, they would suffer from droughts. Agriculture, which is the main source of our GDP, is totally dependant on the forest, because most of the farming land is located at the southeast.

[@karimabu-isbeih1012]

Well.. too bad that our coral reeves are dying too

[@benkatzen974]

Is coral reeves related to Keanu Reeves

[@drbreeden4093]

I was having a tough time believing that wasn’t total bs of typical news/media. Turns out that it was their bs! Thanks! I appreciate this! Keep it real, keep us straight ✊🏼

[@Sebastian-ep6nw]

Why is this video made. We are supposed to spread awareness not not care about the Amazon.

[@SlowWinterNuts]

Because spreading a misconception is bad and dangerous, no matter how good the intention is. And regardless, this video was trying to give people actual legitimate reasons to care besides the made up oxygen excuse

[@liam10000888]

Because I'm sick of people like you who think it's ok to misunderstand something to push an agenda. It's fine to want to protect the Amazon, but we should do it for the right reasons. We shouldn't give it undue weight.

[@Sebastian-ep6nw]

You realize our Amazon is on fire. It substantially affects our life on the universe by many reasons. At the same time people should worry about it. It is best for us to worry about the Amazon as much as needed to spread the awareness about the Amazon and potentially save it.

[@Sebastian-ep6nw]

liam gil it is best to worry about it as much as possible or else people won’t care.

[@Sebastian-ep6nw]

My claim of why is this video made is wrong. Glad that this video busted a myth but while doing so, it could lose interest on why we keep fighting for the Amazon.

[@drsharkboy6568]

We should plant trees on special roofs on top of all our buildings! This might help.

[@drsharkboy6568]

Venturing into the Brine well, if we grow plants on our buildings, it might improve the atmosphere as well as providing homes for animals.

[@aaronburrell3729]

More oceans = more oxygen. Thanks global warming!!

[@ansharora7566]

😂😂

[@sol7918]

Actually global warming will make the Oceans more *acidic* meaning bye bye oxygen. Please educate yourself before speaking/typing. Large masses like the Amazon on land help stabilize the earth's climate and help global warming from accelerating get it?

[@aaronburrell3729]

Sol it was a joke. Please gain a sense of humor before typing stupid shit.

[@10ksubswithoutavideo23]

@@aaronburrell3729 he didn't type shit you uneducated dog. You dropouts make me sick.

[@skemsen]

Thank you for clearing that up.

[@bilalsadain]

Thank God someone made a video on this. People believe everything they read on social media

[@eggnog5114]

So when the ocean gets more acidic we’re super screwed?

[@sol7918]

Yes, large masses like the Amazon stabilize the earth's atmosphere making sure our earth/oceans don't get too hot. Simpleton: global warming= hotter acidic oceans bye bye oxygen plus livable land space since the oceans will rise with it. You get it now?

[@eggnog5114]

Sol the media never covers that!

[@vitorsantos_si]

Todo ano tem queimadas na Amazônia. Esse ano pra uma galera ela passou a existir, vamos ver por quanto tempo vai durar essa lembrança.

[@ronin5420]

Yes and it had years far worse than this one but nobody talked about it back then when Democrats were in power. Not that they are not everything is a giant problem kind of like what they are doing to trump

[@ronin5420]

Sarah Y. Sim mas em 2017 foi pior em 2011 também e antes disso muito muito mais porque ninguém falou nessa altura?

[@ronin5420]

Sarah Y. Vai ver a tendência dos últimos 15 anos e se fores esperta tudo fica claro para ti se percebes inglês até te vou enviar um link do timcast onde ele mostra o New York Times a mostrar os gráficos e os dados

[@ronin5420]

Sarah Y. kzbin.info/www/bejne/imekaoOCZ9-srrM tá aqui o link. Vê os gráficos e depois diz me alguma coisa

[@deus5185]

@@ronin5420 coz it is the break point there is no come back every year amazon forest become smaller and jerks like trump and bolsonaro are worsening the situation. trying to privatize for farmland the amazonas and make brazil a banana-republic but with soya (if it is already not)

[@ursaltydog]

However, if we allow these forests to burn unimpeded without replacing them with their kind, we're releasing more CO2, which in turn does affect the ocean's ability to be oxygen rich. We're already seeing this in massive kills of various marine life. It takes awhile for hotter waters to take up that extra CO2, but it becomes more acidic and greater in BOD.

[@randomperson2348]

Did seeker just copy Trace’s video?!

[@BLAZE084]

Random Person Not exactly, but Trace did put out a video on that very same topic a few days before Seeker put out theirs. Frankly I prefer Trace’s video: much more detailed.

[@Dan-kt1zs]

Finally! Someone who understands how overatted the amazon fire was!

[@diallfo4469]

i hate the title of this video why does it make me feel like they make the fact that the amazon is burning ok

[@nothing9220]

Actually they are worng if 50% of O2 comes from Ocean and Forest consumes the O2 it produces and it's true for every forest bcz all of them have organism then from where rest of the 50% O2 comes from

[@chavezharding7820]

@@nothing9220 They said over 50%. Some estimates rate it as high as 80%. The rest do come from terrestrial photosynthetic organisms but the Amazon is not the only one with those. In reality the Amazon produces about 6% of the world's O2

[@chavezharding7820]

It isn't. I implore you to research why burning it isn't ok.

[@nothing9220]

@@chavezharding7820 why most of the countries concern over Amazon burning ? Their scientific advisor know better than you Mr. . And a guy speaking over camera from a university doesn't proove a shit .

[@bobsthea]

every biome on earth is crucial whether it on land, ocean, or subteranian. Whatever we do we must protect them at all cost, our survival depend on it

[@Josephptmk]

Because the most number of cows are in my country-India !!!

[@rajat.2]

Omg what is wrong with Indians everywhere! We have a large number of cows but we don't kill them on a regular basis for meat. We use them primarily for milk which is much more sustainable than using them for meat. Hence our cows have a much smaller carbon footprint than the number of cows would suggest

[@johnbonjov1491]

R G but the Methane produced though

[@Josephptmk]

According to some intelligent 😂 people(polititians)of my country cows produces Oxygen,So don't kill cows for meat !!

[@rajat.2]

@@Josephptmk yeah things are really going great since right wing Hindu govt got full majority

[@oliviailuki5522]

So I’m now questioning if it’s the Amazon Rain Forest or The Amazon Desert

[@karthikps4889]

Then *SAVE PHYTOPLANKTON* will be our next slogan ..good luck pronouncing it🤣

[@aryandeshpande1241]

its not that hard lol

[@karthikps4889]

@@aryandeshpande1241 but still its a new word for many , like me

[@perfboi69]

Forgot to mention the economic and medicinal value of the amazon...and to me most importantly the many amazing species that call it home which would go extinct

[@ianvrdoljak9367]

Lots of hippies in the comments who dont like hearing the truth, thanks seeker!

[@sol7918]

Yes, it's a carbon sink but didn't you watch the video?? It will still have a very negative effect on earth by making the atmosphere hotter. This should concern you it will accerlate global warming.

[@ghosstt]

Sometimes hard facts aren't exactly the need of the moment. Let everyone believe it's 20%.

[@sehajbirsingh6167]

Trace already made a video about this

[@ThePdroka]

We must remember that most of the organic material that goes to the South Atlantic comes from the Amozon River from the forest that surrounds it. Without the forest, the river ecosystem would change and so the South Atlantic planctons would produce less O2. I believe the impact on the world's atmosphere would be bigger than this video implies.

[@Howdy8x]

0% actual evidence for the proclaims made in video thats in propaganda style. .. recites also not solid .

[@Kkristal_Cosplays]

Idk if this is true or not (HOPEFULLY NOT) but I read a news article about the Amazon fire and a part of it said *The world is still coming to an end in a decade or so, according to some environmentalists.* and omfg that has me crying of fear rn! does anyone know if that’s actually true???