What If the Sahara Desert Suddenly Turned Green?

[@WhatIfScienceShow]

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[@haiyentran150]

So…I will not do it 😅😅😅🏧🏧🌀🏧🅿️🛜♨️‼️❌🅾️

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

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[@robertmarinescu-zo6ib]

respect from Romania. I have to tell you something. I'm excited for what I see here. I'm really grateful to you. I don't say big words. thanks to you I learned at least more English because it was necessary to know as much as possible of what you say. man, I didn't really go to school, I struggled a lot to pass 12 classes, I didn't read books except 4 or 5 I think, and yet now, without pretending to be smart, I understand English as much as an intellectual person. I managed to see more on this channel and not just look at the video graphics. Thank you for making me stop being lazy and learn more English. I wish you all the best.

[@aryangowthamram8833]

Can you please make a video about why in a World Map 🗺️ white people countries are bigger and others are smaller than actual And what If we correct it and make it accurate

[@robertmarinescu-zo6ib]

man, you have the wrong address, but I will tell you something that will shock you, this truth. It is possible that you are right, but I will tell you how things are in Romania. Samir, he is my new work colleague, he is from Sri Lanka and we do different work at a warehouse. He was alone in the truck, a huge one, and he couldn't manage to put segmented pallets. I was next to him, I know some English, and I helped him finish the job. The person guiding him knew only Romanian, my native language. we have a postman from Nigeria in the neighborhood, Nepalese who clean the streets, Vietnamese who now work near my mother's house and break the concrete on the streets, Nepalese and Sri Lankans who bring me the food I ordered. And on the construction site, at my brother-in-law's company, there are Congolese and Central Africans , or as he calls them. believe me, there are no differences here, it's not racism. for example, the mother serves the Nigerian with coffee and the Vietnamese served a large plate of pie made by the mother. it's ok. what do you think

[@anthonyxwillaims6112]

Next video idea: What if all the human species coexisted.

[@orionx79]

How is this comment not more liked. Please vote up, i'd love this What if.

[@kingmoank]

Yeah we'll see more variations of "races" and more mutations if that happened. No Aryan invasion but aryan peaceful expansion considering they were immune to diseases that proto-europeans were dying from like how the Spanish expansion in the Americas were by way of smallpox disease. I like this What If but i believe humanity will remain the same with intermixing between hominids and viruses/bacteria being ever-our kryptonite

[@NanobanaKinako]

Racism could get even worse

[@Battolito]

There is only one living human species.

[@orionx79]

@@Battolito he's is referring to all the sub-species that lead to human like neanderthal, desenovan, and possibly many others depending how far back.

[@Runco990]

What if..... we stopped cutting down the Amazon rain forest???

[@Angie2343]

@WhatIfScienceShow What if Donald Trump NEVER came to power at all?

[@Guardrailkid]

@@Angie2343 what if we legalized fent 😋😋😋

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[@iamDemotivationalSpeaker]

@@Angie2343 what if Joe Biden knew how to walk

[@mr.x817]

@@Angie2343what if liberals never existed.

[@Crossrock7777]

We should do it. It was a lush grassland only a few thousand years ago. There are ancient rock carvings that prove that.

[@audrablue515]

You don’t need to plant so many trees at once. You just start a corridor of planting along the edge of the desert where the greenery naturally ends now and make the corridor 500 metres wide. Plant trees only in that zone and then let nature naturally take over. The trees will self seed as trees normally do and because it’s a slow natural process, there shouldn’t be any disruption to the natural geography or weather patterns or anything. Everything will evolve naturally over time.

[@BoatsAndHos]

Very intelligent comment (not being sarcastic)

[@GEricG]

Absolutely. Isn't that what they've been doing in Africa?

[@raclark2730]

They are doing similar in the African green wall project. But that is more about land engineering with half moon swales. Though it does not hurt to plant some trees, it is natural regeneration that does the heavy lifting as you mentioned. A few dense plantings here and there can provide a seed bank to help boost the process.

[@TIGERZY2K]

Terraforming of Sahara Desert is necessary for solving dual problems of global warming and immigration.

[@marvenlunn6086]

All countries need border walls to stop illegal immigration

[@IronHorsefan1869]

Bullshit!! Leave the Deserts ALONE!

[@TIGERZY2K]

@@IronHorsefan1869 Deserts need 2 retire from the geology of planet ASAP.According 2u what is more important ...decreasing the average temperature of planet earth or saving the lives of arachnids and insects hiding under Desert sands?

[@Badchocolatemold]

Racist

[@AAA310]

@@IronHorsefan1869 not bullshit. This turns Africa into a superpower

[@SJWilson37]

@WhatifScienceShow Wasn’t the Sahara green 20,000 years ago? Was the Amazon not around then? Was there less marine life? Why would a green Sahara today have ill effects now when, to my knowledge, it didn’t back then? What am I missing?

[@reddwarfer999]

@@bibekdanuwar6021 20,000 years is no time at all for plate tectonics. The continents were in essentially the same position back then as they are. now. Also, the Sahara was green as recently as 5000 years ago.

[@lukasvrabec5783]

Actuanll Egypt Civilisation started together with Sahara desert formation, hunting gathering was no longer good option, so the cities = civilization started.

[@RadenVijaya]

If out of sudden, no good, but over 1000 years, it's fine I guess 😂

[@EdwardM-t8p]

Even 5,000 years ago the Sahara was green and our planet didn't overheat back then. Why would it do so now?

[@RadenVijaya]

@@EdwardM-t8p exactly!

[@gogdisasters]

You’ve got a talent for making complex ideas simple great video!

[@abstractfactory8068]

We can't even terraform the planet we evolved on and people fantasize about terraforming Mars or other planets.

[@hn3zandstra443]

So treu

[@spugatti]

not today , but some, as human our responsibility to research and improve , and we should also support.

[@guillaumeduport3283]

So true ! Maybe we should stop destroying the only house we have with water and oxygen… how many million years on mars to get that same result !

[@benmcelwain5301]

@@guillaumeduport3283 The earth is only habitable in the medium term. From the oceans being absorbed into the crust or the increasing luminosity of Sol, if humanity doesn't move on life could vanish from the universe.

[@orionx79]

False we've been terraforming the planet for years. A: we know what CO2, does to the atmosphere and yet we still buy all the products that put it there. That's conscious terraforming, for the worse. B. There was a person that converted there desert property to a lush land and current desert terraforming was based on his initial work. C Every country in the world looks different then it did 200 years ago... Forest removal, manmade lakes/mines, farms were grassland was, monocultures where varieties of species once exist, the concrete forest and the lawn grasslands, all concious. Terraforming of earth. The key is to take what we know and use it to sustain the planet instead of degrading it. But that would require people to care about things other then themselves, and how something so convenient for them.

[@robertmarinescu-zo6ib]

respect from Romania. I have to tell you something. I'm excited for what I see here. I'm really grateful to you. I don't say big words. thanks to you I learned at least more English because it was necessary to know as much as possible of what you say. man, I didn't really go to school, I struggled a lot to pass 12 classes, I didn't read books except 4 or 5 I think, and yet now, without pretending to be smart, I understand English as much as an intellectual person. I managed to see more on this channel and not just look at the video graphics. Thank you for making me stop being lazy and learn more English. I wish you all the best.

[@richieidahosa1338]

Respect

[@6_blocks_under]

the amazon rainforest existed 50 million years ago and the Sahara's most recent green period was less than 5k years ago. The Amazon didn't die off nor did all the fish die either. we should make the sahara green again

[@richieidahosa1338]

As far as they are politicians say good bye to that

[@ProjectNOTOS]

We should make a video about Sahara formation

[@Janky2912]

Nice idea, cool video, but the best part, Canadian logic, cracks me up every time a Canadian had an idea.

[@andreataylor5291]

Evey 20000 years it turns green itself because the earth wobbles in its orbit. Google it yourself.

[@tiago5339]

10:15 I don't think 2 billion dollars per year is to much. Thats less than what US gives to Israel every year.

[@toni8675]

Wait until you see the US' annual military budget...

[@Kayessee]

It was lush and green until about 5k years ago... It used to have lakes and rivers. During the ice age it had hippos, elephants, whales, dolphins, crocodiles, big cats etc.

[@Zerifu]

6 ads in this video...youtube is really losing their mind

[@reddwarfer999]

I didn't see any ads. Adblockers are your friend.

[@cleverme783]

Use KZbin premium

[@qizhang2032]

@@cleverme783 that cost money

[@SomeGuy_Somewhere]

​@@reddwarfer999 the ads are in the video itself, like the cannabis sponsorship

[@jasonware9340]

A big problem with desalination of ocean water would be the huge amounts of brine. I think there would be a shift in how the climate in surrounding regions would change.

[@travisgravelle7687]

Is this a video about greening the Sahara or a commercial for a Canadian based cannabis company?

[@planetarystargazer]

What If we drained the Mariana Trench

[@amateurcrastinator9523]

It's not the Sahara desert. Sahara means desert. It's just The Sahara. Calling it the Sahara desert is like calling it the desert desert.

[@wissawissa83]

If only language worked that way

[@amateurcrastinator9523]

@@wissawissa83 Language DOES work that way. It's the people that don't.

[@cujoedaman]

DC Comics = Detective Comics Comics.

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[@Jayfordays89]

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[@mr.patriotjol]

17:00 even if thats the case, you can still make half of the sahara desert and the other half green so that it doesnt affect the ocean + the Amazon Rainforest

[@MYSTERIES_NVH]

Seeing the green color of trees means seeing full life

[@leorubinstein9615]

A video recommendation, what if i crushed a gold bar with the weight of the planet

[@anuragtumane5227]

Sahara Desert charges the Amazon Rainforest, as sources say.

[@RamziddinTurdaliyev-i5x]

Please make a video about how refilling the drying Aral Sea in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan by bringing water from Russian rivers would impact climate change.

[@garyhirtz4392]

Thanks for the short educational video.

[@robnewman6101]

Wow. Very Interesting.

[@unboxingking7832]

Hello science 👋

[@WhatIfScienceShow]

hello

[@unboxingking7832]

@WhatIfScienceShow how's the day going?

[@saiyansnake]

Tis but a small gardening project for Chase.

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

Chase too slow, We need Dispo.

[@rowdyverboven9286]

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[@NanobanaKinako]

Ofc, Terraforming Sahara means desertforming the Amazon. I expected that.

[@galihyogaswara_id]

Yeah, it's all about balance, land and sea, forest and desert, day and night, carnivore and herbivore, life and death. Earth always find it ways to balance everything. It's us human that always mess with that balance. Our greed and pride make the earth doing it job harder than ever. So what we could do? we need to slow down a bit, use what we essensialy need, and stop gathering unnecessary thing in our life. Build home where we can live not where we show our luxury. Eat enough food and don't waste any. And so much more. But the problem is human always filled with the 7 deadly sin. Pride, envy, anger, sloth, lust, greed, and gluttony always lead us to all the bad thing that we could do. Especially them who have power and possition.

[@galihyogaswara_id]

I can't say that my word is true, but that''s what i tought about the world we live right now.

[@andrewe360]

You cannot even turn California green

[@shiningstone6771]

I guess there's no need to turn California green, it's more stable than Sahara desert and any other states in US.

[@orionx79]

They have already terraformed dessert, one guy had the idea himself and did his land alone and most current techniques are based off what he did.

[@orionx79]

It wasnt in US though, no. But i have thought about buying cheap land and doing it myself.

[@tlrpltz]

Yea lol let's start with that

[@grumblycurmudgeon]

Hey, to be fair: Las Vegas has the most efficient water usage of any city on Earth. California has almond trees. It's not an inability... it's lack of will. And a bunch of morons drinking almond milk.

[@CDHfilms]

"What if All of California became an unlivable dessert?" "What if the South Pole Melted?" "What if the whole African Savana was turned into a metropolis?" "What Russia became hot?" "What if Hawaii frozed up?"

[@MarilynDaly-cq9gh]

I love your videos man🙃

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FIRST

[@WhatIfScienceShow]

thanks!

[@akworld2100]

Intresting.I love your videos.....LOVE FROM INDIA..... : )

[@jennifermcbride5696]

All that infrastructure would just make matters worse. Desalination plants emit carbon emissions too. Not to mention the ecological consequences.

[@Adrian-m-c3y]

Actually I watch the video the man come up making this project, I forgot his name and the channel but sure is passion to make it Sahara into best green and economical places

[@WHAT_IF_STORIES_LUCKY]

where do you get copyright free videos

[@brenthill3241]

Interesting topic.

[@RedditRails]

Wow, this is now our reality! This is really happening

[@ivanj.conway9919]

But the ground is so unstable there. You have sand dunes that are likely, hundreds of meters thick. How could that problem be solved?

[@rizweet]

Correct title= How would we transform Sahara desert ?

[@kumarvarma736]

What if there is no salt water in the earth

[@zacharymoss2994]

9:31 or we can simply dig giant canals on par with the panama canal to the Sahara's lowest areas, allow sea water to fill in, encourage coral reefs to develop that way the economy of the are can include fishing and coral reef tourism, plant trees, grasses and cacti that can grow in african coastal areas, especially coconut trees. Only build a few desalination plants as needed and let nature handle the rest.

[@thetroll1247]

Planting the trees is the easy part. HEY DRONE PLANT THIS BOX OF SAPLINGS.

[@neomatrix4412]

What If We covered in solar system the Sahara Desert?

[@cujoedaman]

The Earth wanted that to be a desert for a reason...

[@SjaakSchulteis]

Why "terraform" the whole Sahara? Why not just some parts? The sand of the Sahara is important for the Amazon rainforest.

[@abdulsalamadamu3918]

I'm wondering, what was the Amazon like before the Sahara became a desert??

[@SjaakSchulteis]

@@abdulsalamadamu3918 The Amazon was there at that time as well, but because the whole climate on earth was more moist than is nowadays, it most likely had even more rivers then. The forests were denser and were even more diverse. Most rainforests live on poor soil and in my opinion, from what I understand is that though the Sahara sand contributes to fertilize the Amazon, it can also exist without.

[@truefranck]

​@@SjaakSchulteis U right, it can still thrive without the desert.

[@auldenspencer4882]

He’s trying to say it’s cheaper and more likely for us to be on a terraform Mars than this Sahara desert

[@dripguy5177]

Awesome 🐐

[@kerela_thrissur]

Big fan

[@albertovaldivia6132]

What if breaking the stigma for Cannabis ❤

[@sdspivey]

Every place on Earth is already "terraformed."

[@zenonrabanes8978]

I haven't seen your videos in a while in Facebook reels. Was your face revealed recently?

[@micahmontgomery3183]

how the sahara changes in the next 15 years ❌ How weed is the best plant in general that has been grown ✅

[@ajitv6648]

Here after reading the Sahara Desert Flooding ..👉🏾

[@Emjazzuli]

What if "what if" doesn't exist?

[@Adam-dp6dy]

Maybe we can not afford to terraform a Sahara right now. But we can do small things for our planet like to not throw a trash in forests, rivers or oceans.

[@warsawpacked418]

What if we terraformed the Sahara? Weed mostly.

[@Numenor7]

The Sahara used to be green about 10,000 years ago

[@JoungGyi]

This good idea 💡😊👍☺️🐱🙂😃Ευχαριστώ πολύ επαγγελματικό κοτόπουλο βουτύρου για το δείπνο και θα το σκεφτώ ❤❤😊

[@zacharymoss2994]

18:20 I have a counter plan We dig canals from the Mediterranean and or Atlantic Ocean to the deepest areas and let seawater fill in, encourage growth of african mangrove trees and coral reefs, as well as desert plants native to the area. Coral reefs and kelp forests will create a boom in edible seafood population and the kelp and algae will also help with the Co2 more and faster than trees. 1st 10 years after canal flooding, plant mangroves, drought tolerant grasses and bushes along with cacti from Africa, build coral reefs, encourage fishing and coral reef tourism for the economy of the area. Next 20 years plant serengeti plant life while digging lakes and rivers for the water made by the plants. Introduce farm and wild grassland animals to help provide nutrients to the soil, especially elephants since they can create plant and tree diversity and increase carbon storage as well as seed dispersal and make waterholes for other animals. Next 50 years Introduce rainforest plants and crops and wildlife such as gorillas and okapis, for the same effect bit with more freshwater available witch should allow cloud covers to form over the Sahara and further cool it down and moisturizing better. As for the Amazon rainforest, simply Introduce african megafauna, like rhinos, giraffes and elephants for the same effect such animals have on african grasslands and forests, and with the megafauna returning nutrients to the soil and helping to thin the forests, leftover trees can grow taller and stronger. Infact if we Introduce wildhorses, American bison and pronghorns to south America in addition to the african megafauna, we can recreate ecosystems that were commonplace before the end of the ice ages and even before the pleistocene itself.

[@leomashuuk7637]

instead of spending money on space, we should spend on dessert...

[@Someone_wrf]

Reminds me of the scene from The Mummy Returns, but in real life

[@IronHorsefan1869]

I say Leave the Desert alone, I HATE any attempts to green them!! and not just because they're my favorite biome!

[@bongamy8399]

I had the same ques when i was in high school

[@neuro.weaver]

I do hope they do this and change the face and economy of Africa. However, it better not be yet another burden piled on European and North American nations to pay, only to be squandered away and abandoned within a decade.

[@davidhatcher7016]

What if we dumped a ton of water onto a desert?

[@Alouette_EXE]

You cannot "terraform" it because it's already in Earth.

[@albertovaldivia6132]

When i hit my first billion dollars, I'll start up this project ✊️

[@Ken-rq9xr]

Came up with method to do just that at Thirteen years old in the seventies. No one listened.😮

[@Valentine404]

Stopped watching after 5:00. Too much going on about Canabis Crap

[@auldenspencer4882]

How did Canada even get the plant

[@DvrkAltarx]

What if we stop doing repeat uploads

[@Leopez02]

Yes we NEED to terraformed our deserts like Sahara in Africa here on Earth more than terraforming Mars because terraforming the Sahara desert is a lot more easier than terraforming a Planet this is a BETTER plan! And this makes a question: Can we terraform an icy deserts like the Antarctica and the north pole of Earth too? That would be something EXCITING just as terraforming the Sahara desert! 🌏🌍🌎🏜🏔🏝🏞😮

[@jasonbullock2816]

Amazing save us 😊

[@MidnightOtter-19]

There is more water underground than in all the oceans of the world.

[@naysoehtun6129]

Don't worry, Desert species will evolve

[@tubatus]

Has anyone calculated how much water could be „stored“ in this sahara? Could this work against raising sea levels?

[@AleksandraStaniszewska-l2b]

What if like we fix the waste situation by throwing like trash into lava like won’t that like fix the waste situation

[@akhil0113]

There are some videos showing this possibility. But AFAIK it could be dangerous than good

[@Pozitiv_vybez]

What if a polar shift suddenly happens?

[@QueenWashington-j7v]

They should use just half of it not the whole desert.

[@TheEpicEliminator]

What if population grew by 69% 🤨

[@JohnHamilton-c2f]

From were trees starting on your way!😊 Love trees wery much!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@JohnKoenig-db8lk]

Do they hug you back?

[@EdwardM-t8p]

The Sahara was green 5,000 years ago and everything was fine.

[@ayushguhaart.6222]

i think it should happen at this point

[@GlobalProspectsGP]

I made a video on this months ago

[@AlghostUnit]

Why are we not doing it?

[@Electivedrop]

Because it's still a vital part of the economic system no matter how dead it seems. The Sahara provides necessary nutrients to the Amazon rainforest. Its phosphorus blows over the Atlantic ocean bringing moisture along with it to the Amazon. Everything has a purpose, except us humans of course.

[@JeromePJr]

I can tell from his accent that he is Canadian. Go Canucks.

[@houseofiii]

“PRO ject”

[@deejaywats247]

following here

[@mikailbinmohammadhafizmoe]

Hello everyone!😊

[@lofihub-IN]

Who is here after the flood in the Sahara?

[@lofihub-IN]

[@johnsky1009]

Why when we have the Amazon rainforest oh wait scientist, predict that the Amazon rainforest will be gone in the next 20-30 years from now if it keeps being cut down the way it’s going.

[@JohnKoenig-db8lk]

Maybe we should teach the locals about modern agriculture instead of slash-and-burn or using reliable and efficient fossil fuels instead of cutting down trees for firewood. Oh, wait. That would be imperialist and colonialist. We'd be interfering with their traditional, indigenous way of life. Silly me.

[@SmilingCheese-bz6iu]

What if we had super powers

[@WildFacts-101]

Where is there any two points on Earth that are millions of kilometers apart from each other. Do you think the Earth is flat. Or maybe you think the effects in the Sahara Desert have to circle the Earth hundreds of times before it affects anything. Or you think the Sahara Desert causes something to hop through space and meet back up with Earth somewhere else in its orbit before affecting the landmass. I just don't know how else the Sahara Desert could affect land on this world millions of kilometers away

[@leslietaylor4458]

Why cant i queque this to WATCH LATER???

[@soumi1984]

I will be happy since im from Niger 🇳🇪 lol

[@easier7975]

I am going to leave this comment here and come back years after so i know i was there when this video was posted , i know right Soo random 😊