Trees migrate. This scientist shoots them to understand how

Trees move. They’ve been slowly migrating to new habitats since the last ice age. But these days, they’re having trouble keeping up with climate change, leaving park agencies and forest managers with tough decisions. The Verge Science team went into the woods with an ecophysiologist - and her shotgun - to learn how and why trees migrate, and why it matters.
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0:00 Intro
0:55 How trees migrate
2:28 Collecting leaf samples
5:15 Should we help trees move?
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[@VergeScience]

Do you think we should help trees migrate or is the risk of invasive species too great?

[@charlesbrightman4237]

Consider the following: a. While we did not come from a Garden Of Eden, we should make Gardens Of Eden wherever we go. (Existent beings need a beneficial environment to exist in). b. But, not only here on this Earth, but on the Moon, Mars and elsewhere by following simple, continuous improvement methods, so that life itself from this Earth, continues on beyond this Earth. c. See the following copy and pastes from my files after this post.

[@MrBrelindm]

Our national parks are wildlife sanctuaries. Why shouldn't they perform the same function for fauna and flora? One thing is certain; nature is undaunted. Here in Michigan most roadside drainage ditch stands of cattails have already been replaced by the invasive species from Egypt; Fragmites (papyrus reeds). The "hot dogs on a stick" have been replaced by tall stands topped with feathery seed sprays (like a head of wheat). Not sure how they got from Egypt to Michigan but they obviously didn't need any help migrating! I have noticed large swaths of forest alongside of our highways featuring nothing but dead native trees over the past decade. Whether these sites are mass die offs due to disease, natural competition, or environmental causes should be investigated.

[@charlesbrightman4237]

Water generation on the Moon and/or Mars: a. Bombard a crater on the Moon and/or Mars with protons, (a proton being a basic Hydrogen nucleus). b. It might attach to any oxygen in the soil, and make a Hydroxide, (HO or OH). c. Further attachment of a Hydrogen proton to the Hydroxide, and water (H2O) could potentially be generated. d. Further generation of water molecules (H2O) and those water molecules might bind with other water molecules and make a larger drop of water. e. Many drops of water could eventually fill up a crater. * But, how to generate protons on the Moon and/or Mars ????? Generate protons on the Moon and/or Mars: a. Bring Hydrogen gas (a molecule of Hydrogen gas being 2 protons and 2 electrons), to the Moon and/or Mars. b. Ionize the Hydrogen gas removing one of the electrons (left with 2 protons and 1 electron as an ionized molecule and a 'free' electron). c. The ionized Hydrogen gas is injected into the soil on the Moon and/or Mars, to possibly have the Hydrogen proton without it's electron acting like just the Hydrogen proton above. The Hydrogen proton with it's electron in the ionized gas is acting more like a carrier of the Hydrogen proton without it's electron. Of course also then, the 2 Hydrogen protons with only 1 electron of the ionized Hydrogen gas would only need 1 oxygen atom and 1 electron (the electron possibly being pulled from the soil) to make water (H2O). d. The 'free' electron generated by the ionization process could either be routed to a capacitor and/or battery of the unit and/or grounded back to the soil of the Moon and/or Mars.

[@muhmalikali]

Maybe before moving tree species, there should be computer modeling first. So that the rate of invasiveness can be minimized.

[@thomasfinch]

We should just stop emitting greenhouse gases like Jessica Hellmann suggests but the chances of that happening as next to nothing unfortunately 😔

[@marknoviski1257]

"These trees aren't moving fast enough" *Pulls out shotgun* *Trees scurry away*

[@polk207]

most american thing ive ever witnessed

[@vivi13977]

Yep

[@lcmiracle]

"A scientistshould know bettar!"

[@brianisme6498]

@@polk207 if course. If there’s a crisis. Just rely on America spread freedom

[@warrenarnold]

😅🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ImDavid711]

Tell me you're American, without telling me you're American The Verge: This scientist shoots trees to study how they migrate

[@idib1739]

😂😂😂

[@togamid]

Yeah. It's really only america where the response to "I can reach these leafes, they're too far up" is "I'll just shoot them with my shotgun" instead of for example using a slingshot.

[@kilroywashere9343]

@@togamid Im not trying to be rude or condescending but I don’t think you understand just how difficult it is to accurately and effectively shoot a slingshot

[@k_kylo7608]

@@kilroywashere9343 I've shot a bird before. Using slingshot. From my experience it isn't "that" hard, just need to practice.

[@sheminn460]

Ow! That hurts! 😓

[@ComradeCorvus]

[Loads shotgun with scientific intent]

[@yangsinful]

Nice new reaction meme

[@PhillipAmthor]

_gordan freeman intensifies_

[@potatoeyboi]

*crowbar polishing intensifies*

[@aghost5281]

Pumped up kicks starts playing in biology class

[@guerillagorilla4423]

It's for research purposes

[@foundationsmedicalinformat2420]

This lady walking around the woods shooting trees to learn more about them and help in their conservation may be the clearest example of Chaotic Good I’ve ever seen. 😂

[@Jay-ho9io]

Facts

[@handleiguesss]

🤣

[@lightningfun6486]

😅

[@finnalnobbuspecial1975]

Imagine you were littering in the forest and the last thing you hear is "Safety off"

[@TarekMidani]

Run for my dear life

[@Jay-ho9io]

@@TarekMidani Deer life.

[@biomutarist6832]

PANIK

[@CBC460]

Why would you be littering in the forest in the first place?

[@adventuresoftheoutdoors4699]

Why imagine? Let's make it happen.

[@curtisbme]

"Jimbo, look at that Northern Red Oak, isn't it beautiful? MY GOD! IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US!"

[@jetfuelabuser01]

Lmfao god yes 🤣🤣😂🤣 there is a south park quote for every situation

[@aryabitsu]

her: you aren't moving fast enough trees: ... her: *shotgun* trees: say sike right now

[@handleiguesss]

😂😂

[@Exploringthe208]

The Lorax hates this lady, but also loves her. It's a complicated relationship

[@picklerichard3600]

“I speak for the trees and the trees say ‘ow what the hell’”

[@its-amemegatron.9521]

The Lorax *fears* her

[@bigfootbeliever6985]

@@picklerichard3600 🤣😂

[@beanonthefloor3750]

But the trees can't be harmed if the lorax is armed?

[@ScionStorm1]

Aims barrel at Lorax. "For science".

[@papalevies]

From the title and thumbnail I fully expected her threatening the tree to move faster.

[@dandanthedandan7558]

"Shotgun sampling" is a way catchier-sounding name than it should be.

[@deus_ex_machina_]

Sounds like a method of statistical analysis. In a way-it is!

[@ArnieOcfemia]

I'mma use this for my thesis.

[@biomutarist6832]

Reminds me of shotgun sequencing, an actual DNA sequencing method.

[@jjc5475]

it's true. i once went to the forest and saw a tree running away with a horde of armed scientist after it. funniest sh*t i've ever seen.

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm2528]

😂

[@MichaelSmith-by3te]

Have you ingested unusual substances before that?

[@brianisme6498]

@@MichaelSmith-by3te nah. This is just a daily occurrence in America. Trees won’t let politicians to spread freedom. So, they get scientists to

[@gingermaniac5484]

the title sounds straight out of the onion edit its legit, get ready to bow down to our leafy overlords

[@MichaelSmith-by3te]

Hey, i remember it was different before than it is now, what was the original again?

[@sethnaugle984]

I honestly clicked on it because even though I didn't think it was the onion, it made me think of the onion and I had to click it.

[@Daniel.Anugerah]

Whoever is in charge of art direction deserves a raise

[@Jay-ho9io]

AGREED

[@ritsu2748]

This gives a whole new meaning to the saying "make like a tree and leaf".

[@nebuchadne33ar]

Oh, she's a legit scientist. The gun thing is just America being America

[@TheHilariousGoldenChariot]

Lol I’m sure scientists do the same thing all of the world.

[@timpauwels3734]

@@TheHilariousGoldenChariot I could imagine that the first thing a European scientist would come up with is a pair of clippers on a very long pole. That would also make for a highly unusual gun license application. The department would probably search for any way to do it without a gun.

[@yonneye2427]

@Nature Taco It would be much more difficult to get a shotgun for science in other countries.

[@yonneye2427]

@Nature Taco People attribute things to America do to their culture, not because it is actually American. US gun culture is well known, solutions that use guns in an seemingly unconventional way(At first glance) are usually attributed to America. That doesn’t mean that it is literally the American thing to do, but culturally it is the American thing to do. There is no point arguing if it is literally American.

[@sethjones9480]

We use air rifles in heavily regulated areas. Thank you. 😊

[@Gorillaman01]

Probably the most intriguing thumbnail and text ever seen on this site

[@ojasbhagavath5484]

The title and the thumbnail sounded like something Onion News would upload.

[@krishnachaithanya1818]

Do you know ?? Trees also share the nutrients with neighbouring trees.... They're amazing....

[@callum2474]

This is the most American thing I’ve seen today

[@everythingisfine9988]

It's Americans at there best. Got a warm fuzzy feeling

[@muhmalikali]

In the end: "we have to stop emitting greenhouse gases."

[@drjoriv]

The fact you are using electricity to watch this means that most likely in some way gasses where emitted to produce that electricity

[@muhmalikali]

@@drjoriv Yes, but that's better than someone just commenting distrustful of climate change. But people who only watch video about games emit more greenhouse gases. I recommend that you comment the same on the game channel.

[@drjoriv]

@@muhmalikali Did I say I was distrustful about it? I am not. Climate change is real. What I don't like like is the people like you comment about fixing climate change without realizing that you and I are both part of the problem. It is not as simple as saying we should stop gas emissions. Have you ever wondered were your electricity comes from? Does it comes from renewable sources?

[@muhmalikali]

@@drjoriv Okay, so this is kind of a paradox. Just to find out about “what is climate change” requires the carbon footprint from smartphone. But indeed, just switching to renewable sources requires a sizable carbon footprint. But eventually renewable energy will be available to everyone.

[@elimiller-buza549]

@@drjoriv Renewable energy sources are a government’s job not a person’s job. People shouldn’t have to reduce the quality of their life while we wait for renewable energy. We should demand it now, or at least within the next five years when it could be built.

[@acatreassuresyouthateveryt7842]

looking for botanist job requirement: - good with firearms (shotgun would be preferable)

[@hypeballderic]

when you like shooting trees but have to justify your hobby. jk, its a nice video.

[@ArielCotton]

😆 she went to school for 6 years just so she can sit in the Forrest and shoot trees all day. I see 👀 her 😏

[@Flederratte]

I sometimes shoot down tree branches with my Slingshots when there is a fishing lure and line entangled in them.

[@The_red_stallion]

When I saw the shotgun I was like “ oh of course she’s scaring the trees away by shooting them everyday” 😂

[@nielsssg]

She doesn't really shoot them to understand, she shoots them in order to sample them. Diagnosing the leaves is what's helping her to understand how the trees migrate.

[@AtomLabX]

It’s funny that I was reading paper this morning about assisted migration... That might be a sign 🪧- so to speak

[@cockpenis4570]

It’s a threat

[@12ATM12]

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

[@berbudy]

haha

[@brianisme6498]

I mean they have colonized nearly the entirety of the South Pacific.

[@syonghatisingh2808]

Had to double check that I wasn't on the onion when I heard "hunt branches"

[@johnnyswatts]

These women are doing fantastic work. Humans have been managing the "natural" environment for millennia.

[@kolofre]

Damn thats more interesting than I thought, thanks for the video!

[@tracyburck7780]

Make it a school project to plant new trees. The students want their earth healthy. They would help

[@narsimhas1360]

Lol I do the same thing when I'm drunk

[@magicgluestoneny2487]

I knew it.... Back when I was in elementary I hypothesized that trees move from one place to another after observing that trees habitation move from south to north....

[@brianisme6498]

They don’t literally move though. It’s just the name given to the movement of their offspring

[@Wingedmagician]

When your parents are environmentalists and you’re in your rebellious phase

[@lcst]

Those graphics are amazing @Verge Science , the graphics and design team did a great job.

[@thomasfinch]

Awesome video! Thank you for making it as it’s always great to surface lesser know issues like this

[@Cyber_Homestead]

My uncle, who lives in southern Illinois, started getting an influx of brown recluse spiders about 5-6 years ago. He said he's never seen them before, but now his area is almost infested with them, and it's because they've been having warmer weather in general. They've been migrating north.

[@frankiemalkin6506]

Today I found out that I'm very similar to a tree, I also pop up and spread my seed.

[@howdy4504]

Yall really found the coolest woman on the planet and gave her a whole video. thank you

[@Dunkskins]

The rest of the world : Study trees naturally. USA : Shoot trees to study them USA USA.

[@kesaranpasaran2630]

Her : collecting samples using shotgun to study tree migration Students : this can be our summer project, "study of effectiveness of [fav gun type] for collecting samples"

[@jaedonwallace6434]

...in conclusion: I have found that M134 Minigun is the most effective for collecting a vast and varied amount of samples.

[@kesaranpasaran2630]

@@jaedonwallace6434 exactly. At least this method is actually implemented in real life

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

You know, I wouldn't be able to move that quickly neither if my limbs were being shot off by Angie and her trusted shotgun. But, in all seriousness, thank you, Angie, for both your field research and your dedication to the field of Ecophysiology.

[@haruzanfuucha]

The shotgun scientist is so damn cool.

[@aebisdecunter]

At first I thought it was an Onion video. Then I remembered they stopped doing these in 2015.

[@labdjcxn3xy]

Love the animations in the “how trees migrate” section

[@Shreyansh147]

This channel needs more views !!!!!

[@muji_kngr]

I think she is Lorax's granddaughter. Love these types of eco-related videos. we need more of these videos in this critical stage.

[@dcyphyr]

This lady rocks!

[@engineereverything9055]

Bird:chilling with it's worm on the tree Scientists :-so we're going to take a sample Bird:-wut? Bullets go brrr Bird:- sheeesh that was a close one

[@blaze14ZX]

This is so cool and creative

[@pbj4184]

The timestamps in the description are soooo helpful lol

[@aisarmad]

Stop emitting greenhouse gases is the most cost effective way 😂😂😂😂😂 seriously

[@ferretappreciator]

She's hunting the most dangerous game.....

[@FunkyJay]

$20 bucks said many people have told her she could use a drone and she was like "nuh this is more fun" XD

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

This is why nature invented poison ivy and bear maulings.

[@garryiglesias4074]

Unfortunately, all others predators are extinguished, or on THE VERGE to be extinguished by the "smartest" colony of predators, worst than fire ants.

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

@@garryiglesias4074 Humans have a built-in self-extinction mechanism: stupidity and short-sightedness.

[@nicholasneyhart396]

What do you mean that all predators are going extinct

[@Skoomz]

@Old Man Doing High Kicks Only In Black Socks nature invented poison ivy and bears after guns?? Wow that's crazy

[@doodoodoodle]

@@Skoomz of course, haven't you heard of mother nature lol

[@tylerhawley4012]

In order to preserve nature, I believe that we have to recognize that nature is inherently dynamic. These are not museum artifacts to be always kept how they once were, it’s alive and changing. The preservation has to acknowledge that it won’t and can’t be how it used to be, and if anything has to change quicker if it’s to survive the artificial conditions imposed on it by all human activities.

[@giveyourburdenstochrist7253]

Easy, trees run just like the fridge.

[@edgelord3801]

Are we in the jungle? Am I In Nam Again? This can't be/

[@rayrocher6887]

thanks for knowing more about Ecology , than I do . you are trying to save the Environment . and deforestation - even happens in neighborhoods. my neighbors cut down - oak and replace with evasive species. good luck with your great science cause.

[@mythic414]

I didn't want to watch this video but the title was so wild I had to see it

[@Dickles_Pickles]

Grateful I was born before the beginning of the end, not the end of the beginning.

[@Ascorpiongoddess]

Representation is so important ♥️

[@pudznerath6532]

When youre in the woods and the DOOM music kicks in.

[@Nugcon]

Americans in the 70s: Gets shot by trees America 50 years later:

[@coryulrich6489]

Man, you really can solve any problem with a gun. God bless America.

[@ArielCotton]

What god do you serve?

[@brianisme6498]

freedomland’s god!

[@ArielCotton]

@@brianisme6498 was not talking to you

[@brianisme6498]

@@ArielCotton neither was I

[@mrbananapsychooo]

I read the title as "Teens Migrate" was confused and intrigued at once haha

[@zinedinezethro9157]

The thumbnail of this video is so american my rendang turned into a double cheeseburger

[@Jay-ho9io]

Great comment... 👍🏽🤣

[@MEJOVA]

I never thought trees migrate💯

[@PayneDeathz]

Trees + Migrate? Title doesn't make any sense but my God was this interesting

[@marco.nascimento]

Quite interesting

[@shardovl586]

We need to design and build vast irrigation systems

[@everythingisfine9988]

"Angie-oakly" lol nice 😎👍

[@altman575]

Northern Lumber industry should get on board with this. It could increase inventory diversity if they can grow southern wood spices closer to their base of operations.

[@GlobalTriathlonNetwork]

There's nothing the US can't fix with a gun!

[@brianisme6498]

Yep! Solved my divorce! I didn’t have to sign any papers!

[@lmeza1983]

Or so they think.

[@harleymumbulo69]

How have I not heard of them out here in Waynesville??

[@armeddeafboi7276]

That shotgun looks like a weatherby element 12ga. Those are pretty nice guns if you don’t need reliability all the time and need less weight.

[@gabriel-qh1bv]

Indeed good title.

[@Ntmoffi]

So that's where all the shotgun ammo went. Friggen tree skeet shootin.

[@bestusernameever6518]

One step closer to understanding how the tropical coconuts migrated to Mercia in the Holy Grail.

[@experiment506]

I significantly approve of this science.

[@nikolaynikolaev7957]

Another meaning of boomstick

[@jaedonwallace6434]

Now I want to become a scientist

[@BigDaddyWes]

Angie Oakley. That was a good one.

[@justinriffe2292]

Hey I live in Waynesville, NC!

[@kilroywashere9343]

The gun makes sense to me, it would likely be difficult, time consuming and harmful to the ecosystem to bring out a ladder and pole saw or pruning saw. I just don’t understand why she chose a shotgun.

[@D00Mcandy]

The leaf stems are a pretty small target at any range. Shotguns provide shot density that other firearms can't.

[@gebeme11]

Shotguns shoot something like a small could of small pellets or "shot". This makes it much easier to hit small, moving targets like branches and leaves. These small pellets also loose velocity and energy pretty quickly meaning they have a pretty short range. Were you to shoot into the air with a centerfire rifle or handgun, the bullet could travel over a mile and still be potentially lethal.

[@kilroywashere9343]

@@gebeme11 I didn’t really think about velocity, that makes a lot of sense.

[@VoIcanoman]

The Ents! The Ents are attacking Isengard! They'll get there in....50 years or so.

[@deeb3272]

"move! or else ill shoot!" "Then she started blasting"

[@jamesfiegel9675]

Shake that Tree when you hug it :)

[@Bravo.6]

At last writers got it right. "Human induced climate change"

[@subashmakajushrestha2957]

Interesting

[@jeansiggy470]

Only possibel im america😅 in europe they to the same studies but i never heard anybody shooting the trees😂

[@timisu]

Genius

[@prableenkaur4376]

Maaan who funds all these amazing researchs?

[@ruebenjesse]

good title

[@user-oe5gv4sm3z]

The centrist perfection

[@FingerLickinEvilToTheBone]

Everyone, “America stop not everything can be solved with gun-“ America, *loads shotgun*

[@Big007Boss]

Murcia science baby

[@detroitbecomehorny7119]

American science is the best science there is

[@ariguest596]

Had to check the date wasn't April 1st when I saw the title

[@losfreeborder5377]

We have always “assisted” plants and trees..... but now instead of profit and food being the motivating factor it can be conservation.

[@brianisme6498]

I have not once in my life heard any refer to farming as assisting plants until now.