Why Biodiversity Is Good For The Economy

Research suggests that more diverse ecosystems are better for the bottom line.
Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! twin-cities.umn.edu/
Credits (and Twitter handles):
Script Writer: Peter Reich
Script Editor: Kate Yoshida (@KateYoshida)
Video Illustrator: Ever Salazar (@eversalazar)
Video Director: Emily Elert (@eelert)
Video Narrator: Emily Elert (@eelert)
With Contributions From: Henry Reich, Alex Reich, David Goldenberg
Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: / drschroeder
Peter's Science paper: science.sciencemag.org/content...
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We try to leave jargon out of our videos, but if you want to learn more about this topic, here are some handy keywords to get your googling started:
Biodiversity - the variety of genes, species, and ecosystems
Conservation - ethical use and protection of valuable natural resources (e.g. trees, minerals, wildlife, water)
Ecosystem - a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
Ecosystem services - benefits people obtain from ecosystems (four categories: supporting, provisioning, regulating, and cultural)
Richness - the number of species in an ecological community, landscape, or region
Pollinators - animals that help plants reproduce by moving pollen from male flowers to female flowers
Pollution - the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment (e.g. chemicals, particles, noise, heat, light)
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References:
Bartomeus, I., Park, M.G., Gibbs, J., Danforth, B.N., Lakso, A.N. and Winfree, R., 2013. Biodiversity ensures plant-pollinator phenological synchrony against climate change. Ecology Letters, 16(11), pp.1331-1338.
Dee LE, Miller SJ, Peavey LE, Bradley D, Gentry RR, Startz R, Gaines SD, Lester SE. 2016 Functional diversity of catch mitigates negative effects of temperature variability on fisheries yields. Proc. R. Soc. B 83: 20161435. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.143
Delgado-Baquerizo, M., L. Giaramida, P. B. Reich, A. N. Khachane, K. Hamonts, C. Edwards, L. Lawton, B. K. Singh. 2016. Lack of functional redundancy in the relationship between microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning. Journal of Ecology doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12585
"FAO, “Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 - How are the world’s forests changing? ” (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, 2015)
FAO, “Contribution of the forestry sector to national economies, 1990-2011” (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 2014)
Garibaldi, Lucas A., et al. ""Mutually beneficial pollinator diversity and crop yield outcomes in small and large farms."" Science 351.6271 (2016): 388-391.
Isbell, Forest, et al. ""Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes."" Nature 526.7574 (2015): 574-577."
Isbell, F., Tilman, D., Polasky, S., & Loreau, M. (2015). The biodiversity‐dependent ecosystem service debt. Ecology letters, 18(2), 119-134.
Liang J, T Crowther, GFBI, and PB Reich. 2016. Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests. Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8957. science.sciencemag.org/content...
Liang, J, M Zhou, PC Tobin, AD McGuire, PB Reich. 2015. Biodiversity influences plant productivity through niche-efficiency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112:5738-5743.
McCarthy, Donal P., et al. "Financial costs of meeting global biodiversity conservation targets: current spending and unmet needs." Science 338.6109 (2012): 946-949.
Reich PB, D Tilman, F Isbell, K Mueller, S Hobbie, D Flynn, N Eisenhauer. 2012. Impacts of biodiversity loss escalate as redundancy fades. Science 336:589-592.
Tilman, D, PB Reich, J Knops, D Wedin, T Mielke, C Lehman. 2001. Diversity and productivity in a long-term grassland experiment. Science 294: 843-845.

[@weldmaster80]

I can personally attest to raising goats and cattle together works well as the goats prefer leafy greens like weeds that cattle often won't eat, and that allows the grass that the cattle do eat to grow better cause they aren't shaded out by weeds.

[@PintoRagazzo]

Daniel Mallett Cool.

[@galaxythebat]

However if goats do decide to munch some grass, they rip out the roots, too, meaning the grass won't grow back for the lawn-mower cows

[@genericgamer1271]

Yes

[@weldmaster80]

@@galaxythebat no, that's sheep. Sheep pull, goats cut

[@ctdaniels7049]

That's why cows hate it when you get their goat... 🤔

[@Hushoo]

This information would be even more influential if it was published in well-renowned business magazines and journals.

[@sukainarizvi3110]

WOAH, two minute earth videos in one week... I must be dreaming.

[@UnPuntoCircular]

Always remember to check if the totem keeps spinning...

[@sukainarizvi3110]

UnPuntoCircular Well said, it'd take me a week to think of that.

[@sukainarizvi3110]

-_-

[@AogNubJoshh]

The Minute Earth girls are so beautifully spoken and clear. It's so enjoyable to listen to.

[@hafidzrazman5365]

It was editted

[@AogNubJoshh]

Hafidz Razman With all the editing, I couldn't speak that well.

[@adityakhanna113]

Even Henry has perfect articulation.

[@AogNubJoshh]

Aditya Khanna He does, Henry is also brilliant.

[@Vixielicious]

They do speak quite clearly but the American accent isn't always easy on the ear to understand, especially with the inherent sloppy approach to the T sound which often comes out as D (e.g. it sounds like biodiversidy). However, that aside, I completely agree.

[@pingpong607]

See money does grow on trees!

[@crimsoncorsair9250]

and bees, and seas

[@pingpong607]

But we arent sure about fleas

[@JM-us3fr]

Your Master +

[@Kram1032]

but money grows on the lack of parasites and parasites ALSO have a harder time in more diverse regions because their prey is spread out more.

[@Cumrag69420]

That joke was dead before it began.

[@EchoL0C0]

I like how you guys still reply to comments despite hitting the one million subscribers mark. Most channels lose that sense of "direct connection" since the community gets so large it turns into a swarm of strangers, and there are so many comments that even if the creator comments, it gets buried. I wonder if there's some sort of ecological metaphor in there somewhere? Like in your video about the relationship between scarcity and diversity both in economics and ecology?

[@emiliotanadi7358]

I might have one: if there are too many species or biodiversity some might get buried into certain classes. And eventually just a large group where it takes longer to find a certain species from a category.

[@llamawarllord]

The amount of care and effort put into each of these videos blows me away every time. Channels like these are what make KZbin a valuable tool for both learning and entertainment. Thank you.

[@C_Bat]

My god, I never realize the vid descriptions have definitions of certain vocabularies.

[@mancheaseskrelpher8419]

1:12 Get that panda outta there! We have better things to conserve!

[@Broockle]

The Memes are strong with the Pandas. I don't think you can convince anyone not to want to throw millions at them. They're just so godamm, cute, fluffy, chubby, and even got the whole Ying-Yang symbolism. They're just awesome. We would have way more money for these things if we had basic needs for all people and world peace already. That's really what I would throw billions at if I had them.

[@professional_silent_trumpe1540]

Every species matters we just have to work now to stop f ing this world up. The question remains, can we really live in a world with no pandas left?

[@noodlesthe1st]

but they're the face of the WWF. We need them!

[@salmonsaladsandwich8161]

It would be great if pandas went extinct- it'd get rid of a species that takes up way too much of the conservation budget and get people to care more about threatened species since pandas are so beloved.

[@professional_silent_trumpe1540]

If only the Chinese and others didn't cause so much environmental chaos worldwide...

[@spamsausage]

Except mosquitos. THEYRE USELESS VAMPIRES

[@JM-us3fr]

JoeKwonxD +

[@flaggkatten]

JoeKwonxD Hrm, I don't like to be the one saying this, but mosquitoes are actually quite important for birds.. At least in Swedish summer, but I do know of something that is a total parasite who no one needs; Ticks.

[@hotpotcoconut6994]

quite alot of species eat mosquito eggs, so they are useful towards the environment

[@jamyangpelsang3099]

Apparently some of them pollinate flowers I hear?

[@consciouscactus]

Ticks are the worst

[@Suedocode]

My understanding from this is that biodiversity makes a much stronger ecosystem, but it does _not_ help a singular product. For instance, if you're trying to grow apples, having diverse trees among your apple grove won't make the apple trees also flourish more than they would as a grove of pure apple trees. A diverse set of insects will pollinate better (as mentioned), but that makes each apple tree grow more fruit rather than growing more apple trees. *So biodiversity is not better for any one species because they are still competing with each other.* They are just coexisting with other species who compete for other things.

[@getbaitedmatey9208]

What I took away from this was always take advantage of nature for your own personal gains.

[@i.need.feet.6521]

Which is ironic for this channel as they always keep on hammering that 'muh nature is precious' and 'humans cause everything wrong' sort of vibe.

[@JM-us3fr]

Tvbedsofa Kai I think the point they were making is that if we were TRULY pursuing personal gains, we would preserve nature, because preservation can be economical.

[@flaggkatten]

Tvbedsofa Kai Nah, they try to give people who doesn't give a s*** about environment and biodiversity a good reason to care for nature (by saying it's more profitable if we take care of it)

[@PatriPastry]

Tvbedsofa Kai it's almost like wood isn't a resource we use every single day! Or the food that grows from the ground!!

[@danilooliveira6580]

like every animal on earth ? how dare they say that

[@hiiamacat8605]

0:19 emerald(Minecraft) Pokedollar(Pokemon) rupee(Zelda)

[@Alex-zn5mh]

Hi, I am a cat! It is a 💎 recoloured green

[@max2lax2]

awesome video, easy to understand and good animations! Nice work!

[@ahmedabdulle16]

how awesome is it that I'm at the university of Minnesota and watching this haha

[@ahmedabdulle16]

Minnesota

[@firstname405]

burn

[@tylerpeterson4726]

Hey me too!

[@theofficialdeathmark2202]

if money grew on trees, it'd be like paper growing on trees [insert supply and demand graph and essay here]

[@Cadwaladr]

I like seeing the U of M contributing to KZbin videos.. Makes me proud as a Minnesotan.

[@juki0h391]

1:41 gary from spondgebob

[@genericgamer1271]

Spongebob*

[@emiliotanadi7358]

Lol

[@professional_silent_trumpe1540]

Its sad that the environment is given the least attention out of all the problems. Its the thing we all contribute daily to ruin and one of the root causes for all other problems -hunger, thirst, poverty and which can cause the end of the Quaternary and human civilization. Care about our environment more people!

[@TraceurRijeka]

Wouldn't more timber for sell mean less cost per timber which would reduce the total cost, not just add up? I don't know much about economics so kinda help me here...

[@EagleDarkX]

Yes, technically, but the total income would still rise, because the rate a piece of lumber would drop by would be compensated by the fact that you have more wood. Like how selling one marble for $2,- gets you less than selling two for $1,50 each.

[@TraceurRijeka]

Yes, I get that. But since we don't know the decrease of price I can make a statement as follows: 1) You have 1000 cubic meters of timber and you sell each for 2000$. For that deal you'll end up with 2,000,000$. 2) You have 1350 (35% increase) cubic meters of timber and you sell each for 1450$ (27.5% decrease). You now ended up with "only" 1,957,500$. Either that or you'll be in a surplus

[@dr.sbrule5817]

I assume the decrease in the value of the wood would be pretty small relative to the % increase in amount of wood. Id be very surprised if selling more wood would make you less money... Imagine a trade deal where you offered more and got offered less in return, it just doesn't happen.

[@EagleDarkX]

Prince McKok They would never let you pay less for more. Besides, keep in mind that the price isn't just decided by what you produce, but also what the rest of the world produces. If the rest of the world produces more, and you don't, your prices will drop as well. You need to keep up, that's competition. If you were the only one to make more wood, the prices wouldn't vary much (unless you have a monopoly, but then you decide the prices yourself anyway.)

[@TraceurRijeka]

***** Well okay; I didn't actually think through my last reply. Timber/$ will always be proportional to price/total revenue. Eddy Murphy isn't white!

[@iitoi5808]

Hi please make a video on the death of the Great Barrier Reef and its impact. Thanks

[@thediamonddragon1256]

0:21 : counterfeit emERALD

[@the_air_ocelot]

0:20 LOL the Minecraft diamond colored green

[@zedtheowl]

Haha perfect. I was starting to compile research on mangrove forests and if having a single species of trees is better.

[@daedra40]

WOO BIOECONOMICS

[@daedra40]

NOBODY LIKES FLEASS BOOOO

[@JM-us3fr]

daedra40 +

[@m8e]

Simply economics. People have forgotten what the eco- mean.

[@Tfin]

Yes, some people have "forgotten" what the prefix "eco" means. BTW, it means "house" (or place of dwelling) and has nothing at all to do with bio-anything, so attaching bio ("life") to the word does have meaning.

[@blownspeakersss]

Environmental Economics*

[@joshn2564]

Fleas/Ticks are important for forming social bonds in a primitive primate society before implementation of chemical pesticides. "You Scratch my back, I'll Scratch your back" metaphor takes on a whole new meaning.

[@murrayvonmises]

If the businesses would profit from growing diverse amount of trees: it would already be done. It is well known that farms cooperate with bee farms for strategic placement of these mildly complementary products.

[@PatriPastry]

I think the distinction they made with them calling this a "recent study" means that this wasn't exactly mass knowledge previously, nor is it now. I personally suspect within 2 decades more and more tree farms will begin using tree diversity, assuming this study is correct.

[@murrayvonmises]

Patrickmen11 Not everywhere, some tree farms rely on private property where it is necessary to replant and regrow the trees(Canada etc.). Others buy licenses to cut down trees, Amazona. When the property is not owned there is no incentive to replant. As to this recent study, it is well known that biodiversity is better for eco-systems. The issue with planting lots of different trees on farms is how they fit in these cars and the quality of the wood. Wood cutter use blades and vehicles for a specific size, and trees are rarely left to fully grow before cut. If you would have to mix all these different sorts of trees into a vehicle it would potentially fill up cart fast as well cause issues with the cutting of them. - and one more thing, manufactures often only want 1 sort of tree, and therefor this would lead to nothing but more obstacles for the vehicles cutting down these trees. If you think these ideas are so smart how come you don't engage in the market. You could sell trees 5% cheaper and make more 30% profits according to his paper -- which is so low iq and pathetic as I've proven above, well at least the conclusion formulated in this movie.

[@Skyrider50]

0:19 I see a minecraft diamond, Mario coin, Pokemon go Pokecoin, and Zelda rupee yay

[@thehiddenninja3428]

1:41 It's Gary the Snail! Spongebob's beloved pet.

[@hxpto1]

Excellent Congrats!

[@TMJJack]

An interesting thought is whether or not logging companies care to lose the specialization of cutting down a certain kind of tree. Sure, the total value of the forest is greater with biodiversity, but perhaps it's more economical for the company if there were only one kind of tree and therefore only one method to cut down that kind of tree. I, of course, think biodiversity is great, but it's always fun to look from different perspectives.

[@deannalovern5720]

quaint and info packed! :0

[@ellieraber5352]

Omg I've been binging this channel

[@meowmers3259]

1:49 Gary reference. Bottom left of ocean scene.

[@sketchitfun2031]

nice video i enjoyed your channel. may i ask how did you make the animation? is it powerpoint or powtoons or any software

[@kerryrasol7718]

minute earth thank you thank you very much. thanks to you i did my phsics gsse's and got a c and im only 11

[@sprazz8668]

Probably my favourite Minute Earth video tbh

[@nickrulercreator]

it's a DOUBLE UPLOAD

[@datnguyenthe8300]

University of Minnesota logo looks like the logo of the Ministry of Magic 😃

[@LucasdeKam]

Omg, that university might be awesome

[@qhack]

Until you realize that Mizzou is the same university that has a rabid cancer called SJWs.

[@LucasdeKam]

Q-Hack! SJW's? Sorry I'm not American

[@daisyrushton1574]

It's an apparently derogatory term, short for 'Social Justice Warriors'

[@qhack]

Mizzou is the university that, until recently, had a professor (Melissa Click) who called for some muscle to get rid of a student reporter. They fired her, but the Social Justice Warrior movement is still very active there. SJWs like to call for limiting free speech, just because it might offend someone. These idiots really are the laughing stock of our society. Unfortunately, they have almost completely taken over academia.

[@barkerwallofshame3675]

The University of Minnesota is in no way like Mizzou... It's one of the nation's leading research universities... the same cannot be said for schools like mizzou...

[@cakilas8966]

I want to do some conservation work; however, I think most of the conservation efforts will soon be futile. It would be really helpful to have them in a compact form which we simply store in a freezer of some kind, that way they will easily survive our inevitable wwiii.

[@crimsoncorsair9250]

loved the video!!

[@JM-us3fr]

Crimson Corsair +

[@lukeusername]

+

[@floriantardy290]

Hi, I'm very interested about agriculture and about finding a new way to respect nature while harvesting it. In few years, we will be 3 billions more people, whereas we're absolutely unable to feed the actual population. So we have to do something! I am in a ingineer school in France, I really want to be part of this movement. So I'd like to know from your knowledges (anyone is invited to answer) what I could do, maybe there is an university who learn stuff about it ? I am a bit worried about my studies, I don't know what to do in life but I think more and more about working in searchs to find a new way of living on Earth!

[@g-rated3514]

The Zelda Rupees = Win

[@Kram1032]

Wow such papers are really having a ton of authors these days. Too bad it's paywalled... But what I get from the video, those are some nice results which hopefully will bring some sizable corporations to actually properly invest into biodiversity.

[@eelert]

Wholeheartedly agreed! The paywalls between the public and academic papers are a travesty, especially given that so much research is publicly funded!

[@Kram1032]

The EU _might_ move forward with a right for EU citizens to see publicly funded research. I hope that goes through and I hope other regions follow suite.

[@matthewcollins4764]

Interesting how they have video game currencies at 0:19

[@SeanHollingsworth]

Another excellent video!! :-)

[@INVINCIBLEONE]

we have really changed the earth since last 20 years

[@koylei1291]

0:20 green diamond wait that’s illegal

[@Synchos90]

Something tells me the bees were inspired by modded minecraft..

[@lightindarkness5591]

Nice video.

[@professory4320]

0:19 emerald diamonds?!

[@TheBloodsuger150]

The jump from 'make more money' to 'better for the economy' you haven't explained at all.

[@PatriPastry]

Oliver Payne I kinda see it as basic economics that by making more money, you are putting more money back into the system through investment? Which is better for the economy???

[@KillingTheMotivation]

Oliver Payne if your government can make more money from simple shit like having diverse species of trees they could reduce taxes or reinvest the money gained and as a result, the economy will benefit

[@alto7183]

Buen video, si esto aplica para hongos, habría que ver que no sea mayor las esporas que emanan que el polen de las plantas, para evitar colapsos de biomas, en el pasado de la tierra cuando no había abundantes árboles y plantas, debieron los hongos hacer ese trabajo pero no me extrañaría que colapsara el ecosistema, a futuro usar esa técnica de hongos pero modificados genética mente para terraformar, sería cruel usarlos para luego de cumplir su trabajo mueran colapsando solos para luego poner árboles en control de la naturaleza y los biomas en otros planetas rocosos.

[@dootskeleton7668]

0:21 I see that demerald...

[@anouarchamu9713]

0:18 is that a minecraft diamond but green?

[@theyande]

0:20 green diamond??

[@karyllezamora7791]

we should have a balance biodiversityto sustain and to have a healthy environment,this will lead to a better community and a greater economy that we needed to survive and to complete for the increasing demand in money in our society.

[@spider853]

Just like the entropy

[@jojojorisjhjosef]

"IN A STUDY" we're doing sloppy reporter level videos now?

[@sambeawesome]

Did you not look in the description? They put all their sources there.

[@MinuteEarth]

Right. We used the forest paper as an example because we were excited that our writer Peter had done the research and published it (today!) in Science: science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6309/aaf8957

[@qwertyTRiG]

jojojorisjhjosef References in the video description.

[@tangleknotlightstep]

I know of similar plots in Iowa where biomass is measured from single up to 16 species per plot. The 30% increase in biomass is on par with their research, for these very same reasons.

[@Oxm314159]

If it was just a publication in just any journal, I'd agree with you. But the journal Science is not just any journal. It is one of the big ones that professors are constantly competing to publish in, and many doctoral students will never manage to grace the pages of.

[@Chocolate_Cocoa]

MinuteEarth: Shows green diamond Me: Ah, yes. Crystallized lies.

[@AS-sd6yb]

Anyone else see the minecraft emerald, super mario coin, pokecoin and rupee at 0:20?

[@ikendusnietjij2]

Yes, we can all see the same video :P

[@LibertyMonk]

who would have though, may types of specialists are more economical than a single type

[@belindarees]

everyone- me- Was I the only one who saw that minecraft emerald?

[@x2lazy2die]

peter's name was last in the paper :P

[@carlyann3497]

Minecraft diamond/emerald at 0:18

[@hasan8453]

nobody says anything about the secret pokecoin in 0:19 so i'll be taking that

[@rmonified]

Is the economy good for the environment

[@seigeengine]

Irrelevant. The economy is good for humans.

[@ermy3810]

seigeengine not when the economy destroys the environment

[@chairwood]

i think we shud get rid of the economy becuz it doesnt really do much, but since i think biodiversity is important maybe we should just let it be. no reason to kill off another species just cuz its not very important

[@ngcq1811]

the economy is the foundation of nations and the human development as a species. anything human is not good for environment obviously.

[@andreirichmondsalvaleon135]

The worst species on earth "Homo Sapiens" Too smart Too selfish Too greedy Destroys life

[@TheNeilDarby]

I would think it common sense that it is in our best interest to preserve as much nature as possible. I mean.. of course that's going to be a more productive route right?

[@TheAlmostbob]

The deathless face of the unborn mind. Not necessarily, certain forms of conservation are very wasteful of time/resources. Pandas, for example, are pretty useless for their ecosystems but we dump hundreds of millions into helping them. Where as bees in North America are facing massive threats and relatively little goes to helping them.

[@HyonkTea]

1:44 Hi gary!

[@bauxsedai1495]

So almost.

[@sewbernard]

wait... look at the production team.. there three siblings. and peter, the co-writer of the paper, is the third one from the top. THAT PAPER WAS WRITTEN BY THE THIRD REICH

[@sunnyblack7169]

I love the easter eggs

[@muaazali1533]

at 19:00 there's a poke coin

[@defultuser8053]

I want to care about bee life but as someone with sekosphobia the phobia of bees wasps and hornets I find it really hard to not enjoy news about lower bee populations My phobia is dreadful it ruins summer late spring and early autumn (no wonder i like October so much) it's so bad I can barely go outside by myself in summer unless I'm wearing long sleeves and trousers-which is so hot. I often mistake hover flys as wasps in my panic as well I'll also add twenty minutes on to a walk just because I saw a few bees in a particular location the day before. All the running and quick get ups from tables burns a lot of calories so it's not all a loss.

[@xiLoveYouix]

Peter Reich? As in Henry's (MinutePhysics) brother??

[@arthurobrien7424]

I guess this is some new kind of ecology that wasn't yet thaught in biology class 10 years ago. I learned that healthy eco-systems have low bio-diversitiy. If you want bio-diversity, find a swamp or polluted lake.

[@carlosmp2043]

Pokemon, Super Mario, minecraft, and The Legend of Zelda currency? Hell yeah

[@daisyrushton1574]

But what about the Magic Money Tree?

[@johnken0]

those colored bees are a reference to the Minecraft mod? O:

[@DjBBKTeeVee]

love your videos. thank you for edcuating

[@thegreatjay1245]

1:47 Garry the snail

[@robertsteel3563]

1:42 Gary the snail from SpongeBob SquarePants :P

[@ernestpalisoc569]

There's the pokemon coin from pokemon go and the emerald from minecraft

[@uhhok8296]

So... competition is bad for the market? I like the sound of that

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

The Minnesota M looks like an upside down Washington W...

[@wilson8045]

1:41 gary ???!!!!

[@shadowxelnaga]

Is this video made for the Ferengi?

[@sogerc1]

Yeah, I always got the feeling that the Ferengi were a parody of capitalism.

[@Hobgoblin1975]

Is there anyone who argues against bio diverse forest ? I can't imagine what that argument might be.

[@premier69]

I love how we think of nature in terms of money...

[@greenredblue]

Wait wait wait... One of the writers on MinuteEarth is a big enough name to get last-authorship rights on a paper published in Science? Holy crap. Y'know, there's "disclosing" and then there's "bragging"...

[@HistoricaHungarica]

Change grows on fleas.

[@Yolas604]

I study in conservation and frankly... Large amount of people don't give a ... I mean Don't care. Which makes me depressed. Anyway... Love your video MinuteEarth, continue your amazing work.

[@yusefstroud1500]

did anyone see Gary

[@duduraphael]

That's now supose to be the argument to be used...

[@PatriPastry]

The economical argument is _always_ the best argument.

[@yeet6627]

I put my phone on airplane mode I thew it It didn't fly.... Liek if u cri eveitim

[@getbaitedmatey9208]

Hrefna Runarsdottir nice outdated joke

[@yeet6627]

Tvbedsofa Kai thanks :)

[@peardude8979]

I've never heard it before, so it must be retro.

[@krisztianszirtes5414]

I cry every time. It makes me realize what youtube comments have become

[@yeet6627]

Krisztián Szirtes lol yeah

[@bobbysantiago5659]

0:08 Missed opportunity for seal joke

[@Onihikage]

1:21 Someone's been beekeeping in Minecraft...

[@Rin_ku]

Anyone see the rupee?

[@MegaMementoMori]

Does it also work for Minecraft?