The Vanishing Wild | 60 Minutes Archive

[@savage.4.24]

Only when the last fish has died and all the water has been poisoned will man realize he cannot eat money.

[@FirstLast-dy4gt]

Correct!

[@whittledwoods]

Thank you for commenting this, such an important Cree proverb- now more than ever.

[@BarderBetterFasterStronger]

We're pretty much locked into that by 2040 for the oceans. Presumably sooner given that we always blow deadlines... Out of the water.

[@Lana-oe3qy]

Well said

[@Me97202]

Humanity is extremely short sighted. It’s our fatal flaw.

[@adamtash2891]

our social systems reward selfishness and shortsightedness.....lack of morality is the problem

[@1stTnetix]

God made it clear we suck yet most are mad at him for it smh…

[@yearginclarke]

@@adamtash2891 Exactly. I've been pointing out how normalized selfish behavior is, and lack of basic morals and such for years.

[@RobertBroatch-dc5qw]

Not part of peoples hard wiring to think about long term results of their actions.

[@nolanjdon3514]

All animals are. We are freaks of nature and it's haunting us.

[@getonlygotonly]

the planet will survive, humans, probably not

[@GardenOfEdenYT]

Na man we got this. We part of the planet too. Plus there’s still all those uncontacted tribe.

[@huu7hbbjko]

^^^^^ Nah, humans are f**king this place up too.....just like we did on mars.

[@GardenOfEdenYT]

@@huu7hbbjko you being serious an mars part?

[@damien4747]

Humans will survive, but not the masses. The future will no doubt be reserved for those in power.

[@donniecarpenter2662]

@@GardenOfEdenYTno there isn’t lol not anymore

[@publicuser2534]

3:52 “Humanity is very busily sitting on a limb we are sawing off.” That is a very stark statement.

[@leerollins7555]

this is journalism. this is the free press. and this is why those things matter.

[@Mrunlimted47]

calm down goofy

[@random269]

Don't expect to see a lot more of them.

[@IndigoMason1l1l]

When every human is gone, the earth will renew itself. History has proven this. I hope the next inhabitants of earth are smarter than we were.

[@fredfolson5355]

I second this comment.

[@BuschLatte]

Humans are viruses?

[@johnnyt8286]

dam dude give us some credit, civilization, art, music , love, family , exploration, yea there's still war and green in man but it hasn't been a failure

[@IndigoMason1l1l]

@johnnyt8286 No offense, John, but I don't think you're seeing the bigger picture.

[@fredfolson5355]

@@johnnyt8286 No offense Johnny but most of what you listed are all fine things that we [mankind] have done, but I'd argue that the majority of which have been to the detriment of the natural world. Our civilization, our exploration and conquer of every natural biome is having major consequences on all of Earth's flora and fauna. We have been nothing more than a cancerous virus on every other species of the planet. Things are terribly out of balance now, and that balance will be restored one day - and we're not going to like it.

[@ralphee7487]

I live on the west coast and I don't feel sorry for the fisherman at all. Let's talk truth for a minute. Overfishing was done decade after decade. The fishermen fought back every time when fishing reduction legislation (from California to Alaska) was proposed to save our fisheries for future generations. The fishermen won most of those battles but from this piece it's obvious that they just lost the war. Scientists told them they were overfishing and the fisheries will collapse if they don't stop but that didn't stop them. If we as a society are going to have a chance, start listening to the scientists and taking ACTION.

[@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958]

The fishermen who reduced their catch to save the fishery were run out of business by those who did not. Legislation could have stopped it, but companies making money can bribe politicians in ways the fish can not.

[@TonyTrupp]

This is very true when it comes to those fighting protected offshore fish habitat. Fishermen fought those efforts to create protected no-fishing zones. But those areas act like nurseries to increase breeding, and ultimately increase fish populations where they’ve been created.

[@Mike-sc4li]

Does that include maintain 6 feet distance…lmao

[@swIMatt363]

@@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958 the act of fishing itself is the problem. There's no right way to do the wrong thing. We do not need to exploit animals to death.

[@Ray-qb7tk]

A similar situation about the salmon, happened to the codfish in the Atlantic. Canadians lost 30,000 jobs on the Eastern Seaboard of Canada. Fishery sources disappeared and fish processing plants were forced to shut down. In the 80's, scientists had warned about the dangers of overfishing. Politicians kept quiet about the dire situation until the inevitable happened.

[@jimpawa5793]

Look at what is unfolding RIGHT NOW in the Bering Sea with the Snow Crab fishery. I remember back in the mid 1970s with Alaskan King Crab, it’s declining rapidly.

[@MarkMcAllister-ni9sf]

@@jimpawa5793 Yeah, not so sure, snow crabs are considered an invasive species in Norway, they pay you to take them, and there are millions to grab.

[@MarkMcAllister-ni9sf]

@@jimpawa5793 It seems that the snow/king crab population is exploding.

[@carlsaganlives6086]

Unfortunately, we're not running out of places to drill for oil, or build subdivisions.

[@HabitualJoker]

Nearly all of the forests and wooded areas in my city have been plowed over and have had subdivisions erected in their place. It’s awful.

[@lukegaming86]

@jorejahathe real question is why is that what we want?

[@lukegaming86]

@jorejaha wym “excuse me” why have we all accepted that suburban hell is the ideal living situation?

[@BarderBetterFasterStronger]

Oh no, we are. Oil isn't renewable, trees need to exist to harvest and sand needs to exist to make concrete, which were also running out of, believe it or not.

[@redrum3405]

Bringing the entire world into the US is only making it worse. This is the most resource intensive place to live and we have no ability to build that much new housing.

[@scottwalker9766]

Growing up in southeast Alaska, this hurts me the most.

[@scottwalker9766]

Half of me is still out there.

[@scottwalker9766]

The better half.

[@poke_hoard422]

Almost every issue can be correlated to big companies

[@oneshothunter9877]

No customers, No big companies. We are all part of it.

[@deathlarsen7502]

+ politicians

[@CassieHodges-pr7ng]

True, but big companies supply what is demanded. If everyone in first world countries tried to live at least somewhat more modestly and like people in third world countries are forced to live, if the rampant consumerism mindset stopped, the Earth would do wildly better, maybe even heal.

[@CheveraChino]

And you the consumer.

[@richardthiele8363]

Incredibly sad what our ignorance and selfishness has done to the earth 😢.

[@lindablake8799]

🔴Greed, WILLFUL ignorance, apathy toward wildlife, hatred toward “The peaceniks…” ‘who only care about saving the lives of humans & wildlife, & want to control everybody.’, various types of payoffs to politicians to prevent conservation laws from being written or passed, & the proverbial, “Nothing to see here, folks! Keep moving… Keep moving!’, got us to this terrible point we are at today. It’s all very dysfunctional & sickening. Just a little bit of rethinking ways to do things, a little bit of cooperation, a little bit of respect & compassion, a little bit of discipline, & a little bit of work, & our future of a mutually enriching cohabitation with wildlife on planet earth would look a whole lot brighter at the moment. Instead, that kind of future is going away or essentially gone, & that is heartbreaking.

[@CheveraChino]

Selfish really

[@Mike-sc4li]

As you type this on a device that requires multitudes of humans suffering acquiring the materials to produce it. And nature being Sacagawea as well for the resources. Irony personified.

[@Mike-sc4li]

Sacagawea? Really autocorrect? Sacrificed is the right answer.

[@RobertBroatch-dc5qw]

Apathy. They aren't necessarily ignorant but simply don't GAF

[@appnzllr]

overfishing of fish will result in overfishing of crab and everything else

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

Not curbing fishing.... just moving to overfish another species

[@ThePapawhisky]

Every time I go to the grocery store, I see people sitting in the cars in the parking lot, with the motors running. They are looking at their phone. Maybe waiting for someone. Sometimes I see several on the same day, but i see it every time. This is how much people know and care about the planet. I do not think people will care until they CAN’T sit in their parked car with the motor running. And what do they buy at the grocery store? Unsustainable food-fish, meat, dairy. I don’t know how you fix this at the level of people in wealthy countries.

[@yearginclarke]

I notice that same thing all the time. And everywhere you go you see people who drive excessively fast as their standard way of driving, burning excessive fuel because they're "in a hurry". Instead of walking to places within reasonable walking distance, we drive there instead, frequently just to get a few items that can be easily carried home. The average person could use a little exercise. You could go on and on and on about this kind of stuff. I don't understand how more people aren't aware of how stupid we've become as a society.

[@CassieHodges-pr7ng]

YES!! People are always like, "Blame the big companies, not the individuals!" While yes, the big companies are to blame, they're only in business as long as they make money, and they only make money as long as people buy their product. Individuals in wealthy countries collectively WAY over-consume! People turn their AC units down to 70 when it's 95 degrees outside or up to 75 when it's 32 degrees outside, they buy out of season produce that needed to be shipped halfway across the world, buy fish that was wild caught and beef that produces methane, buy tons of new clothes (rather than thrift clothes) to "keep up with fashion", replace perfectly fine furniture with brand new furniture just because they want a change of looks, refuse to buy EVs or hybrids because "real mean drive trucks", and like you said, sit in their cars with the combustion engines running idle, etc., etc. Most people don't care. And that's the sad part. And that's why politicians don't care, and why the Earth will die.

[@4bidden1]

Tbf animals food products are superior to plant based ones. Plants don’t contain over 15+ nutrients that animals can provide for humans.

[@567xd]

Instead of catching fish and hunting for animals and cutting trees down. Plant new trees. Help replenish the animal species. Don't just hunt for them. Think ahead.

[@sciencefaction2646]

why think ahead when we can scream GOT MINE! like apes

[@brightmooninthenight2111]

Its not that simple. Planting tree is good, I'm growing some now, but to exist we have to consume resources. Hunting and fishing is more sustainable than industrial agriculture or industrial animal agriculture but still it's not so simple because without industrial agriculture people would starve and if everyone hunted for themselves that couldn't be sustainable either. Even the technology we are using to watch this video and comment is the product of deforestation and honestly if one is not living an off grid lifestyle then we are complicit. It probably can be boiled down to just too many people I guess. Or civilization would have to fundamentally change to a communal gardening lifestyle but this won't happen on the scale of industrialism. I'm kind of a fatalist these days. Because you acknowledge the inertia of history and global movement will pursue its own course regardless. That being said population is expected to reach its peak very soon, as fertility rates are drastically dropping (which is a disturbing thing in of itself) and younger generations aren't as interested in having children as the older ones. Its like we can't treat the symptoms. The cause is the very industrial structure and aim of civilization in of itself. This has caused me to feel very profoundly confused and aimless, as I would like to live in a traditional agricultural community but the only places like that are communes. I just have to find the right one I guess

[@HealingLifeKwikly]

@@brightmooninthenight2111 Here's someone who understands what the real problem is.

[@whizbang7130]

There are plenty of trees. No one talks about population growth. This Texan has watched as fields, farms, meadows, and land given to development. Our wildlife has lost so much habitat.😢

[@567xd]

​@karlwheatley1244 The real problem? 92 billion pounds of food is wasted every year in the US. 38% That means the population can grow by that much and still survive. Just do some simple math instead of talking so much.

[@angelmujahid2233]

The political will needs to be called what it actually is, “Economic/corporate will” until corporations see it as a problem nothing will change. Corporations and politicians are one and the same.

[@VirgilCumming-iz3ro]

Too many humans consuming too many resources.

[@yearginclarke]

With no realistic effort focused on improving things. And with all the consumption, we are very wasteful and unresourceful to say the least.

[@4bidden1]

Yolo

[@everittslivemusicsocialenv6733]

I'm still trying too and Happy Earth Day!

[@jeffcramer2463]

It feels weird to be grateful that I am glad I am not younger.

[@boostlee5236]

Maybe the Chinese was right about the 1 child law

[@CheveraChino]

Exactly.

[@livethemoment5148]

11:03 to me this is the most solemn and impactful part of this video. I admire Dr. Erlich and agree with his warning to mankind...."we have had it...", humanity is doomed, it is already too late.

[@ryanstewart1521]

Imagine earth without humans, it would be so beautiful and pristine. It would only take a thousand years and there would be ancient forests again and streams filled with fish.

[@HabitualJoker]

This would be great.

[@bogeyman7436]

@@HabitualJoker Huh? Your welcome to leave.

[@pearlyung]

As long as money and GDP is important its too late. Its time human species dissappear to protect earth and all other species.

[@MrTWest]

That’s not the answer.

[@whysocurious7366]

So many habitats are relient on humans at this point... you don’t lose humans without losing cats/dogs/birds/ruminants/etc etc etc etc etc etc etc

[@pearlyung]

@@whysocurious7366 They are suffering even more with humans

[@whysocurious7366]

@@pearlyung Nope. Not all humans are bad towards animals. Some are, but plenty of people devote their whole lives to animal welfare & conserving our few remaining wild places.

[@pearlyung]

@whysocurious7366 Majority humans are bad. Just look at animal sacrifices, suffering in farms, breeding for money, dogs used for hunting, dogs used fights, ... you maybe good, majority is bad. That is why we need rescues etc. If humans are generally good, rescues are not needed. Sorry, that's reality.

[@davidhamilton5689]

We are supposed to be caretakers of this garden earth but for some reason (our reptilian brain?) we thought we were rulers. We have proven we can care, we just have to overcome our human nature to save nature.

[@DualStupidity]

I remember growing up and always hearing, in regards to the growing population, that we could sustain far beyond our current numbers. The problem is none of these metrics seemed to account for comfort. Maybe these numbers can be sustained, but not without a proprtionate decline in individual comfort. We need to find a way to encourage humans to be okay with not constantly breeding.

[@CodyH88]

You made some excellent points. Problem is what they said: it would take 5(!) earths to handle what we are doing. No way this plant can handle our current numbers, nor if we were even at 4 billion. Add in todays me first attitude, and its looking real bleak.

[@stevenotero2627]

Make Nature great again. 😎🎭✌️

[@richardc9321]

This guy with the 5 boats 😂😂😂😂. You was the problem.

[@jockogle5250]

Part of the Problem.

[@ralphee7487]

@@jockogle5250 A BIG part of the Problem. Overfishing wasn't mentioned once in this piece. Major contributor to the reduction of marine life.

[@BarderBetterFasterStronger]

Man with 5 boats: I cannot *believe* the fish ran out.

[@thexfile.]

What's the solution? Nobody wants to talk about it.

[@nedisahonkey]

Voluntary extinction of the human species?

[@thexfile.]

@@nedisahonkey Nothing that dramatic. Probably something along the lines of sterilization knowing or unknowing.

[@michaeltrower741]

​@@nedisahonkeyyaaay!!! I'm in!!!!

[@DylannDayZero]

@@thexfile.well we gotta start with a age limit

[@nedisahonkey]

@thexfile I hope we can minimize future degradation of our planet, but the selfishness and will full ignorance that often typifies our species makes me pessimistic

[@paulam.foreman4413]

This is the saddest thing

[@amymonroe1818]

Greed and Ignorance is the root cause of all problems.

[@smilingfox8978]

Born in 1961, by the time I was of child bearing age, I knew that we were on a course to have too many people on this planet, and that we had to strive for zero population growth. I chose to only have 2 children. One to replace me, one to replace my husband. My current husband has no children nor do any of his 3 siblings. I have 2 grandchildren , and I am doubtful that they will have children. Only one of my children has children. Too many people think it is OK to have large families that they don't even have money to raise.

[@CrystalMouse1]

I live near Semiahmoo Spit. Visited the Pacific Fish cannery museum and felt sick watching the tremendous greed of people taking so many salmon and now there’s no more

[@AskMeWhen]

We live in a world where the answer for most is prayer. Unfortunately this is an empty solution.

[@Forcefed777]

We will be our own demise unless we find solutions and make sacrifices. The challenges ahead for the next generations will be immense from the cause of our selfish ways now in which we all are guilty.

[@dewservices]

And no one can stop it.

[@edbrown6985]

No they can't.

[@DonMarzzoni]

We could we just wont

[@JamesPilkenton-se5cx]

Don't worry about it,man. Everything will work out fine As long as I get mine

[@4bidden1]

Only the earth can..

[@aliaswrong9004]

We need to fix this

[@BarderBetterFasterStronger]

*needed Bit late.

[@whereshunter6354]

It won't be long now, the earth and everything on it will melt with fervent heat

[@johnishikawa2200]

Who would dare to leave children in the world behind them ?

[@davidtucker8987]

Imagine how politicians would behave if they had to work to survive like a wolverine.

[@bradgrier4228]

That fella and myself are experiencing kinda the same emotions, SO MANY COOL THINGS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPERIENCE, the younger generations have NO IDEA how cool things were. It's not a put down? Anything but a put down! IT irritates us that young folks won't get to have the experience

[@KevMac58]

When I turned 15 in 1980 one night I was sitting visiting my grandparents and NBC nightly news was on and I said to myself the world isn't going on the right path.

[@cnkilts]

This is sad and terrifying.

[@CodyH88]

Without a shadow of a doubt humans caused this particular event more so than not. How there are people out there that feel nothing is wrong or simply nonchalant about it is insane to me. It's not hard to see. The craziest part is we have certain people like these several scientists and researchers spelling it out so clear. Yet, many feel they know better. Greed and stupidity is a bad combo.

[@livethemoment5148]

yes, greed and stupidity are the downfall of man.

[@kitkat5596]

Greed is the death to all.

[@trevorleon7849]

All the clear and obvious effects of our lifestyle on this planet and people wanna argue over gasoline and electricity but refuse to even think about breeding less and giving up luxuries!

[@marryellenmonahan5585]

In the US auto companies keep marketing mega trucks...

[@RNSOutdoors]

Because of cafe standards. The bigger the truck the less fuel efficient it has to be to pass the cafe limits.

[@fluxfaze]

It’s a rush being alive to witness our headlong rush into self extinction.

[@TooBnooBtooB]

Alaska is literally the last plsce in the USA not being destroyed by humans

[@4bidden1]

The moment we invented plant agriculture is when the problem really started

[@wildlyunrulyadventures3942]

The future is bleak. There's a sense of hopelessness. We are too late.

[@heisey-b7x]

Mankind is his own worse enemy

[@deedeewinfrey3181]

Now I'm 😢really depressed

[@jockogle5250]

The only certain thing in life is change. Time changes everything, sooner or later.

[@emmahilburn1732]

I know that big corporations and politicians hold the keys to genuine change, but if/until we manage to get them to change their ways, I'm going to just keep on tending to my native pollinator garden and watch my personal carbon output. I know that not everyone has the resources to do this and I understand that and won't judge others for not doing what I'm doing, it's just something I do to give myself hope. And I'm sharing it with you in case it would be something that would make you feel better and more empowered if you also did it. I can make my own ecosystem to make life slightly less bad for local wildlife.

[@vipahman]

It's capitalism that is at the heart of this consumption. When a native Indian has 5 fishing boats, you can only guess how many boats the commercial white fisherman has!

[@mywhorled]

Yet you say nothing about the Japanese, Chinese, Indian, etc. Just white people

[@FUL0H8]

Everything is for sale….and everyone wants money. When all the food is gone, you cannot eat your money.

[@imds123]

Birth control and a limited child policy is needed.

[@Hayyyward]

It's crazy to think about the fact that it took thousands of years for the human population just to reach 2 billion. In less than 100, we've already added 6 billion more.

[@jonahbitman7576]

Unbelievable journalism

[@hollamonE]

I am stoked I don't have kids, EVERYDAY...

[@ryanstewart1521]

Me too, unfortunately as much as I would love to have a family.

[@4bidden1]

Gay

[@beaka63]

I'm pretty sure Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt could fork over enough money to save the planet. What are these people spending their money on? I make 60K a year, and I donate assiduously. But I can't make a dent.

[@CodyH88]

I'm all for folks earning money, keeping money, enjoying good ole' USA capitalism, etc. But your point is spot on. And when I question people I know with this same point about millionaires/billionaires, it's 'whats it your business? Their money, paying taxes'... Well, what can all these billionaires need? Are they really making a difference? Turns out, they get bored with all that money, and on occasion, don't know what to use it on. So, they buy islands and ship kids over to sexually abuse them. Among many others things...

[@SCRB1GR3D98]

Basic rundown of the video. The message is clear. 60% of yall GOTTA GO.

[@Thekulprit92]

Ww3 is planned and engineered

[@henrythegreatamerican8136]

I've been cooped up in my house so long sitting in front of a computer, the wild outdoors has pretty much vanished from my life.

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

Hopefully I'll be in heaven by then

[@nedisahonkey]

Let's hope so, the idea of any afterlife (except reincarnation) seems unlikely to me. And I think sometimes religion can lead to more destruction of our planet because people think "God will handle it" or "what's the point when Jesus will rise again". That said I know of plenty of religious people who care about leaving the planet better than they found it. Kind of rambling but my point is I wish more people thought beyond themselves.

[@pearlyung]

Its already happening

[@dthomas9230]

@@nedisahonkeyReligion kills

[@rdallas81]

Not with out being reborn through faith in Jesus

[@rdallas81]

​@@dthomas9230you're right. But faith saves.The Bible will always hold up. You, your mom, dad, kids, cars, house, money will NOT hold up. For all will pass away- one at a time and you will witness some of it. That's why there is NO promise of tomorrow today and today just might be the day your son, or brother or YOU perish which is WHY oh WHY you should seek the Lord, and be repentant and faithful in the finished work of and in and at the CROSS ✝️ and be BAPTIZED in His Holy spirit- that is the REBIRTH a life changing soul awakening event no money can buy and no government or religion can fly because only FAITH in God provides to FEW EVER- God is my Dad and Father and no man get to Father but by Jesus as He is the way that's the TRUTH and He is my LIFE. God bless you friend.

[@dotbotha5898]

It is so sad

[@APrettyGoodChannel]

The majority of farming land use is just for livestock or the food to feed livestock. Only something like 16% is for the plants humans eat. If you cut down on meat & dairy consumption, it makes the biggest possible impact each individual can have. The alternatives are much better these days.

[@kansasgoldilocks]

It doesn't matter how much agricultural land we convert to plant-based if the human population continues to grow and we continue to consume non-food products at the rate we do now. No solution matters in that case.

[@e.gadd.1]

Its hard to get around the fact that there are just too many humans and limited space. We can't maintain the lifestyle we want with 8 billion... 10 billon, 12 billion people and rising and that doesn't even take into consideration global pollution. And those who preach a 'population collapse' myth and want even more births.... these are economic fears that a smaller labor pool might force higher wages. Even if higher wages happen, this will result in couples deciding they now have money to have more children. And as CBS points out there aren't enough resources on the Earth to even bring China and India up to first level standard of living with their populations now, there are far too many people already.

[@JDinky652]

Open borders contributes to the problem by relieving the pressure (negative feedback) of overpopulation in backward areas of the World.

[@bradgrier4228]

WHAT A BARGAIN 1.5 MILLION A YEAR TO KEEP A PIECE OF PARADISE 😮 MAN CAN REALLY MESS THINGS UP

[@burtstineman449]

Humans will be the end of the earth.

[@RobertBroatch-dc5qw]

The real problem is that people simply don't give a damn. Very, very few are willing to change their habits or stop over propagating regardless of the consequences.

[@ThecrazyJH96]

That old man’s generation CAUSED all of this!

[@livethemoment5148]

the absolute ignorance of your statement speaks volumes about the emptiness in your head.....so because it was his generation and also YOUR generation that is causing this....that means what? that he has no right to warn his own generation of the damage being done to the living biosphere?

[@liberty-matrix]

"There are huge non climate effects of carbon dioxide which are overwhelmingly favorable which are not taken into account. To me that's the main issue that the earth is actually growing greener. This has been actually measured from satellites the whole earth is growing greener as a result of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. So it's increasing agricultural yields, it's increasing the forests, it's increasing all kinds of growth in the biological world and that's more important and more certain than the effects on climate." ~Freeman Dyson, Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

[@nickdual]

I subscribed

[@dreadfuldonkey]

I’m sorry you can’t accept that all good things must come to an end. I Ain’t worried and i’m not going to lose any sleep over it.

[@DylannDayZero]

Im sorry you feel like you’re too old or good to change.

[@dreadfuldonkey]

@@DylannDayZero No i just don’t give a F, and your great grand parents didn’t either

[@nedisahonkey]

That's a fallacious argument, appeal to tradition. My great great grandparents probably didn't care about civil rights for miniorites or even germ theory. You're saying that just because they were ignorant of a problem that we should be as well.

[@dreadfuldonkey]

@@nedisahonkey whatever

[@jamessmith3978]

You can talk about reducing the need for reducing our dependency on resources, but the only way that will happen is to into a drastic negative population growth. That would not happen as long as antiabortion efforts stay in effect, plus educating 3rd world countries and religious run states to go that way and not have as many children as possible. Hard to swallow, but reduction in population (to sustainable levels) is the only viable way to reduce the need for resources. Even if we, somehow, figure a way to keep humanity going, we will soon run out of anywhere to stand.

[@id10t98]

The Somali people became "pirates" only because foreign fishing fleets decimated their fish and other seafood stocks, destroying the Somalis way of life and ability to make a living.

[@mbaktari8194]

WE, AMERICANS, just keep OPENING NEW LANDS while inner city left empty. We should build UP WARD even though we have PLENTY of lands !! We have to give animals n native plants place to grow !!!!! And also, NO MORE CHEAP WATER by drilling out our underground water !!!! If THE AUSTRONOUTs can live in ISS for years by RECYCLING THEIR WATER, we better do the same thing !!!

[@buildingadream9861]

Seen it from kid to now with insects 30% left compared to 90s

[@lhurst9550]

It is not funny that out of 60 minutes only 14 is about the actual story.

[@rockerchick4368]

Keep The West Wild. 🐎 🐴 🐎 🐴 🐎

[@markaurelius3119]

The Earth is sustainable for many more people. It's just - most of them want to have it All. More for themselves, less for everybody else (c)

[@Cbotham]

We have removed ourselves from this planet so far that we think we are above everything else on this earth.

[@Muffinman2nd]

And people still get frustrated when I tell them to stop having children

[@CodyH88]

Slightly to their defense, it's not per se stopping. It's things like who's having them? Why are they having them? Can money and job support the number? Are they married/serious or running around? Is it tax benefit related? But in your defense, a good percentage shouldn't be having any lol

[@vsznry]

religious people: the problem isn't real. religious people now: humanity cant solve it. LOL. yes we can. if we stop defunding the EPA & leaving things to an imaginary being.

[@mywhorled]

So bigotry is your solution. Got it

[@DisinterestedParty]

Considering that demographics show 95% of all of the world's nations are experiencing drastic decreases in population....it seems that we can dismiss these outdated cries of "extinction crisis" and perhaps focus on important things....like nuclear armageddon.

[@Thekulprit92]

Now decrease of a couple billion is needed to reverse the negative effects

[@MetalTeamster]

Funny, the guy keeps fishing even though they are going extinct

[@joycejackson9315]

They dont buy salmon anymore. Says it all. And rare and fleeting permits are allowed, says it even louder . Missouri has a great department of natural resources. We are able to hunt, fish, etc.. We are an Agricultural State. They aren't. They are following the new "science ."

[@derrickray5464]

I'm from Missouri. Now in Florida. Here, the "Preserves" are being sold off a section at a time for condominiums. I can't hunt there, because that land is "preserved" for future condominiums! In the end, it works just like a screen door on a submarine!

[@nedisahonkey]

The vast majority of states are agricultural to some extent, including Washington. The difference is there is still wilderness in Washington while there is next to none in Missouri. Preservation and Hunting aren't mutually exclusive. Any environmentalist who isn't an idiot recognizes that things like deer hunts are neccasary for healthy environment considering we have killed off all the large predators. You shouldn't try and look at every issue in the US as "us vs them", we're all Americans and the only people who benefit from division among the common people are the ruling elites.

[@duchampsrook]

Missouri, the “Don’t Show Me because I have my own opinions” state. You’re not listening. We are at the edge of worldwide catastrophe. It’s like saying “there’s no climate change, it snows in the winter and right now it’s raining outside”. New science? I suppose the old science is what is preferred?

[@nicklibby3784]

Hahaha! As a Missourian, temporarily living in Washington state, you could not be more WRONG! *_Washington_* state produces *_MORE_* wheat 🌾, sweet Corn 🌽, 🍏 Apples 🍎, Lentils 🫘, Grapes 🍇, Wine 🍷, Hops 🍃, Cherries 🍒, Asparagus 🌿, Apricots 🍑, Potatoes 🥔 and more than Missouri does. And Washingtons corn is human corn, NOT the feed corn for animals Missouri mostly produces. 13% of Washingtons economy is Agriculture but still 3% of it's GDP (due to the many tech companies there, Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, Google, Meta, Oracle etc.)...... meanwhile Missouris economy, agriculture is only 4.4% of it's GDP and Missouri does NOT have anywhere near as big an economy outside of farming as Washington does. This means Washington is arguably just as big if not a BIGGER farming state than Missouri!!!! - Keep in mind Missouri is almost the SAME SIZE as Washington state geographically (Washington is only slightly bigger) and the population is almost the SAME TOO! (6.8 million in Missouri, and 7.7 million in Washington state). Washington is #2 in crop diversity only behind California. With 300+ different types of crops being grown due to the unique & diverse environment with consistently warm weather in winter where it stays above freezing in the 40s-50s on the west side + very long days of sunlight in summer statewide. This means longer growing seasons + easier grows. Washington is #1 in the country for Apple 🍎 🍏 production, accounting for 70% of ALL apples in the entire country. Washington is #1 in the country with hops 🍃 🍺🍻 production. Washington is #1 in the country for red raspberry 🍓 production. Accounting for 90% of ALL red raspberry in the USA! Washington is #1 in USA's Cherry 🍒 production (of the sweet varieties. And is #3 in sour/Tart variety). 25% of ALL cherries types 🍒 in the USA come from Washington state. Washington is #2 in the USA for grape 🍇 & wine 🍷 production, behind only California. Washington is #2 in Apricot 🍑production in USA Washington is #2 in the country for potato 🥔 production. (20% of ALL potatoes come from Washington. Compared to Idaho with 24%). Washington is #2 in Asparagus 🥒 production in USA. Washington is #3 for lentil 🫘production in the country. Washington is #3 in the country for sweet corn 🌽 production (the corn humans eat, not the feed corn for animals Missouri produces). Washington is #4 in the country for wheat 🌾 production. Washington is 4th highest in milk 🥛 🍼 production per cow 🐄 🐮 and 10th highest in total milk production in the USA. Agriculture accounts for around $51 billion of Washingtons economy. Actual production around $14 BILLION dollars. Meanwhile Missouri also produced around $14 billion dollars of agriculture. Washington has built a better economy around agriculture, making more money with it. Also the taxes helps agricultures economy in Washington state too, there is ZERO INCOME TAX (state & city), *_and_* ZERO TAXES ON GROCERIES!!! (The price you see at the store is the price you pay! NO TAX MATH NEEDED!!!)......Meanwhile Missouri has State AND City income taxes + grocery stores have SALES TAX + RETAIL TAX *_AND_* GROCERY TAX too when buying groceries......you get TRIPLE TAXED in Missouri when buying GROCERIES on top of potentially being TRIPLE TAXED on INCOME. So the government is slowly siphoning money off the agriculture economy. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Missouri, it's my home, it's my FAVORITE STATE still, and I will be moving back there......BUT you are completely delusional about the current status of agriculture in Washington state vs. Missouri. Washington state is a much much MUCH BIGGER & BETTER farming state than Missouri is, in basically every single metric.

[@ferula96]

Today while walking my dog on Los Angeles coastal cliff trails, found two different bird nest on the ground. About a mile apart. The winds were not rougher than usual. Two homes destroyed.

[@garlandstyle5797]

Finally. Something worth watching from the rag mag 60 Minutes.

[@Roller_ae86]

And absolutely no talk of the MAGNETIC POLE SHIFT that's happening right now.

[@HealingLifeKwikly]

"And absolutely no talk of the MAGNETIC POLE SHIFT that's happening right now." They didn't mention that because that has no significant influence on either climate or ecosystem health or biodiversity.

[@duchampsrook]

They didn’t mention an asteroid hitting the earth either! Or a giant tsunami! Huge solar flare? What does magnetic pole shift have to do with this video article???

[@lestudio76]

Elon says we need more people though. 🙄

[@martincomer3593]

War never changes

[@everittslivemusicsocialenv6733]

Money can't save us and we have to evolve.

[@susanlyman7376]

Has nothing to do with the 1% poisoning the water. Fish can’t live in poisoned water

[@RyanDyer4]

The beauty of over population that we blame on carbon emissions and not the root of the issue

[@antonioguanimez3464]

Well i don't want to just do nothing so any sort of action to help mitigate the incoming disaster will be of use.

[@user-zb7tg5hi3t]

Need to enact a 2 child limit per couple. We’re way too over populated

[@link2442]

How much food waste after the catch

[@SpookyRedz]

Over commercial fishing and getting government to act is too slow

[@SpookyRedz]

Come to south Louisiana all of our marshes are part of the Gulf of Mexico and I’m talking about 100 miles times 40 miles is Gone and it’s probably more than that , no more marsh it’s part of the Gulf of Mexico now

[@BryceLovesTech]

Soylent Green is the best choice