Trees migrate. This scientist shoots them to understand how

[@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 Here in Michigan most roadside drainage ditch stands of cattails have already been replaced by the invasive species from Egypt; Fragmites (papyrus reeds). The "hot dogs on a stick" have been replaced by tall stands topped with feathery seed sprays (like a head of wheat).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]

😅🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@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]

😅

[@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

[@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! 😓

[@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]

😂😂

[@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

[@papalevies]

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

[@Daniel.Anugerah]

Whoever is in charge of art direction deserves a raise

[@Jay-ho9io]

AGREED

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@ojasbhagavath5484]

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

[@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.

[@RadioForYahweh]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Flederratte]

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

[@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.

[@The_red_stallion]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@tracyburck7780]

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

[@coryulrich6489]

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

[@RadioForYahweh]

What god do you serve?

[@brianisme6498]

freedomland’s god!

[@RadioForYahweh]

@@brianisme6498 was not talking to you

[@brianisme6498]

@@RadioForYahweh neither was I

[@syonghatisingh2808]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@frankiemalkin6506]

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

[@kolofre]

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

[@Wingedmagician]

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

[@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.

[@narsimhas1360]

Lol I do the same thing when I'm drunk

[@aisarmad]

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

[@OnliPhans_Kenobi]

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.

[@Shreyansh147]

This channel needs more views !!!!!

[@dcyphyr]

This lady rocks!

[@haruzanfuucha]

The shotgun scientist is so damn cool.

[@labdjcxn3xy]

Love the animations in the “how trees migrate” section

[@ferretappreciator]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@Nugcon]

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

[@shardovl586]

We need to design and build vast irrigation systems

[@giveyourburdenstochrist7253]

Easy, trees run just like the fridge.

[@edgelord3801]

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

[@Dickles_Pickles]

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

[@blaze14ZX]

This is so cool and creative

[@nikolaynikolaev7957]

Another meaning of boomstick

[@PayneDeathz]

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

[@bestusernameever6518]

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

[@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.

[@pudznerath6532]

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

[@pbj4184]

The timestamps in the description are soooo helpful lol

[@themadman5615]

What I gather here is, despite most of the anti climate change group's arguments that more CO2 is good for the plants, is actually the complete opposite. I always thought that was a rather ignorant excuse.

[@CzornyLisek]

CO2 isnt the only magical cause of global warming. Its actually a chemical with one of lowest global warming potenials. But its easy to measure, general population know what it is, so its very medial. Way more than it should be. Or in other words CO2 becomed almost a red herring when problem is much more nuanced and require much more knowledge.

[@themadman5615]

Oh most definitely, I know CH4 is much more potent as a greenhouse gas and water even more so, but I was simply saying that most of the compqnies that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions claimed more CO2 would be good for the plants.

[@CzornyLisek]

@@themadman5615 I mean I know that for certain some plants do prefer high CO2. It quite commonly used in industrial scale high output greenhouses. As it increase rate of photosynthesis even up to like 300% of normal (and as such plants are bigger, so bigger fruits and so on). Curves are ofc different for different plants. With insects is mixed bag. Some love it some hate it. Tho apparently not for any direct reasons. Tho yeah I'm simply annoyed by people only talking about CO2 all the time.

[@dear_imran]

The main reason of climate change is Beef and Population Beef manufacturing company produces highest amount of CH4 and consumes treeland

[@VoIcanoman]

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

[@zinedinezethro9157]

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

[@Jay-ho9io]

Great comment... 👍🏽🤣

[@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.

[@experiment506]

I significantly approve of this science.

[@PringoOrSomething]

If people were dnd characters she would be a wizard/gunslinger multiclass

[@jaedonwallace6434]

Now I want to become a scientist

[@brindlebriar]

"Assisted relocation" is a more colloquial term for "managed relocation?" Because "managed" is too technical a term for those not familiar with such specialized jargon to understand? It's so comforting to know that we have such brilliant scientific minds keeping us safe from the climate monster.

[@Ascorpiongoddess]

Representation is so important ♥️

[@abe881]

I like how it's called 'shotgun sampling' not because they choose trees to sample in a wide area but instead because they use a literal shotgun

[@Ntmoffi]

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

[@mythic414]

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

[@deeb3272]

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

[@standardannonymousguy]

Instead of transplanting trees to assist them in migrating (which yeah can be heavy and difficult) why not collect seeds that they have dropped and redistribute those? You said that animals and wind usually spread the seeds, but if almost all of the animals have been hunted out or relocated, then yeah obviously the forest is not going to be able to migrate.

[@jeansiggy470]

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

[@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.

[@Big007Boss]

Murcia science baby

[@GiRR007]

The idea of a tree slowly moving across the country disturbs me for some reason O_O

[@thebigchip1711]

I misread trees as teens and was kind of concerned

[@v.m.9198]

Imagine you see a sign in the forest that says "shotgun shell collecting" and thinking shotgun shells growing on trees...

[@patrickbuick5459]

Angie Oakley comment was perhaps the best part.

[@axelkusanagi4139]

Angie points shotgun at tree: "Tell me your secrets, you bark-covered bastard!" "Okay, don't shoot! I'll tell you all you need to know!"

[@alial-fatlawi5565]

This is the most American way to conduct a study. GUNS

[@thelittlewateringhole5576]

Me: "Yay! The Verge • Science uploaded a new Eco-physiology video in New York"- Angie Patterson: [Loads shotgun] "Ready... FIRE." Me: "... [Opens a bottle of Lemonade cider] Well... that escalated quickly."

[@mrbananapsychooo]

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

[@harlow1719]

miss why do you have a shotgun "I'm just studying trees"

[@Blazedragonfire1]

"When can you see, you're running away"

[@paleposter]

Trees need to learn to dodge bullets like Neo

[@gabriel-qh1bv]

Indeed good title.

[@FurryEskimo]

She doesn’t Need a shotgun, it’s actually just a really dangerous way to pick leaves.. There are all kinds of ways to reach the top of a tree, without the use of lethal weaponry.

[@yourlocaltoad5102]

Yeah, but the shotgun is very fast and easy to carry. Also it will give you a randomised sample of leaves and so there are no issues that might stem from bias in the sampling. And it’s not dangerous if basic safety precautions are followed.

[@ariguest596]

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

[@jamesfiegel9675]

Shake that Tree when you hug it :)

[@ethoman04]

Me in new vegas: the SHOTGUN SCIENTIST

[@gregmcb5305]

I think I have one theory to help the trees migrate better if we inoculate the soil with nitrogen fixing bacteria in areas where there is not allot of fertilizer so that the trees might be able to start quicker in new places. Also putting things like banana peels and orange peels in non fertile ground can turn it fertile again

[@everythingisfine9988]

"Angie-oakly" lol nice 😎👍

[@guffaw1711]

Human activity of the last 12000 years was actually beneficial to nature's biodiversity. Until the industrial revolution began. And it worsened after WWII. So we humans have been actively helping our environments for a very long time, in good ways. We should not conflate the effects of globalization and industrialization with all human interventions in nature. History has proven that we are capable of helping other species flourish and changing habitats and landscapes to become more biodiverse. It's not a question of if but of how.

[@aa-to6ws]

I swear this felt like the most The Onion title I´ve ever seen.

[@BigDaddyWes]

Angie Oakley. That was a good one.

[@Sivah_Akash]

I think in most places other than US, people would just climb trees to remove branches, no? But this is effective indeed, especially since they need to get the top most, isolated leaves.

[@Sivah_Akash]

@Scaucy man 2.0 , 😂

[@mboiko]

"We should stop emitting greenhouse gases" - China and India together account for about 40%...the US about 13% and dropping. As the US continues to drop its greenhouse emissions...the majority of the responsibility will soon fall on others.