Why Evolution Has Screwed Sea Turtles (And So Have We)

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Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (kpatart.com/illustrations)
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Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster ( / forgottentowel )
Producer: Brian McManus ( / realengineering )
References:
[1] www.britannica.com/science/en...
[2] ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/repti...
[3] onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
[4] oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/t...
[5] myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/wi...
[6] conserveturtles.org/informati...
[7] conserveturtles.org/11390-2/
[8] sci-hub.se/www.scienc...
[9] www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/ne...
[10] www.neaq.org/about-us/news-me...
[11] www.neaq.org/about-us/news-me...
[12] www.pewtrusts.org/en/research...
[13] • 1947 Kemp's Ridley Sea...
[14] www.nps.gov/pais/learn/nature...

[@peterwalker8466]

That f-bomb was very well placed. When it comes from someone you don't expect, it has so much more impact.

[@rokranged]

Was looking for this comment. That hit me like a truck in the face.

[@louisetheunis9407]

This. Hahaha

[@Bubbleseatfish]

RIGHT

[@juanlopez-ss8jj]

That part 😂😂😂

[@Hellalala]

12:39 omg that caught me so off guard lmaooo-

[@etiennecharron7431]

A truly well deserved f-bomb

[@3mar00ss6]

I was like: woah calm down Jamal, don't pullout the 9 .•°(ಥ▽ಥ)ﾉｼ°•.

[@mikaela7923]

I agree haha

[@josephgregory9113]

A perfectly needed F-bomb

[@dash3995]

I was just about to comment this lmao

[@RobCabreraCh]

This makes me very sad. I live in Mexico. We are not a "developed country." One of the things that make me extremely mad about my country is that many people here litter. And there is basically nothing being done about it. I've seen people on the street finish eating a bag of cookies or whatever, and simply toss the bag into the floor and continue with their day. It's just extremely angering. Why do people do this? I'll never understand it. I feel like other "developing countries" may have this same problem. This is something that people can work to improve, and it's something so easy that makes such a huge difference for the entire world.

[@RobCabreraCh]

@Kevin Kushova Yeah, I'm sure littering is a problem the world over. But at least here in Mexico, I would dare to guess that it's about 40% of the population that does it. It's extremely common in some areas. And even in my neighborhood, we spend every other saturday cleaning trash in the road. We always completely remove every piece of trash, and a week later, there is a lot more of it.

[@hritesh7]

Habivi come to india, pakistan, bangladesh, afghan you will love your country more.

[@tokivikerness8863]

Don't feel too bad. I live in Hawaii and it's the filthiest place I've ever been including Mexico. Throwing trash on the roadside or burying it in your back yard is extremely common here. I've never seen anything like it

[@pilotreg]

@@hritesh7 facts

[@bifuriousaf]

The biggest thing to get people to care about the environment is to alleviate their stressors; it's hard to care about the ocean when you're homeless/starving/unable to afford food/medicine for your family. Mexico is not alone in this - America's lower class is also suffering enough that many people don't have time time/stamina to care about anything other than trying to survive. It's all a vicious cycle that leads back to the same solution: corporate greed. It demands increasing profit every quarter at the expense of workers/environment, and lobbying government officials and dictating monopolies and perpetuating dependence on fossil fuels and misinformation propoganda campaigns. If we take care of our people, worldwide, rich and poor, more would change for the better very quickly - but that's bad for business 😕

[@nugzarmikeladze]

12:39 that beep was unexpected.

[@3mar00ss6]

woah calm down Jamal don't pull out the 9

[@humane143imperfection6]

Bracing myself for Beep Impact

[@TheMightyTrollFish]

Bro, that shit had me so surprised. Never heard it here before. Pretty appropriate though.

[@the_fitness_doc]

There is some hope. Whilst it’s still baby steps the garbage patch cleanup is actually starting to get going now which is so amazing to see!

[@TheFirstBubbaBong]

kzbin.info/aero/PLHSoxioQtwZfY2ISsNBzJ-aOZ3APVS8br

[@SilverScarletSpider]

The fact that humans are still polluting beaches and creating the mess in the first place is proof that there is no hope. If it is only by the goodwill of volunteers that can afford to not be working so that a species like sea turtles can survive; the species is doomed.

[@benghaziwarrior3687]

That garbage thing is the Kony2012 of ocean pollution. A massive money grab that is nowhere near an effective solution to a real problem.

[@Myname-il9vd]

You gotta start from somewhere

[@4doorsmorewhors]

@@benghaziwarrior3687 true, just doing a video on Sea turtles when the real problem is that we're eating way too much fish doesn't make sense?

[@strawwagen]

Thank you for directly adressing that we simply do not need most of this plastic, most everyone focuses too much on cleanup, never mentioning anything else. Amazing video.

[@TheFirstBubbaBong]

Exactly! We should be talking about the global corporations generating the trash in the first place strictly for profit. Brainwashed people are everywhere being pedaled to by these corporation funded fake science channels like Real Science. Real science happens here.... kzbin.info/aero/PLHSoxioQtwZfY2ISsNBzJ-aOZ3APVS8br

[@SuperRandomNinja1]

The issue is affordability by forcing people to stop using plastic which is generally the cheapest option you force them to use more expensive materials and smaller businesses cannot afford those expensive materials. That means that only the big companies can offer his big companies can afford to continue doing business. Increasing monopolization by destroying competition via taxes and regulation. And we can all agree monopoly's screw the economy.

[@truthseeker7322]

Plastic, rubber, oil and money is the reason we are the most deadly virus to ever come from planet earth.

[@TheFirstBubbaBong]

@@truthseeker7322 the most deadly virus is the office of the POTUS!

[@truthseeker7322]

@@TheFirstBubbaBong what

[@XOPOIIIO]

It's the strange situation that we cause more extinctions than any other species, despite of being the only species that cares about other species' survival.

[@keldonb13]

This!!!!

[@kevinkane1405]

It’s strange how the smartest creatures to walk the earth are destroying it all

[@dakotamcclung2988]

@@kevinkane1405 just shows humans aren’t as intelligent as they think we are.

[@datvaalltkulnejdetvadetint9887]

@@dakotamcclung2988 no it just shows that theres levels to intelligens

[@deech18]

I would argue that pontificating is not the same as actual caring

[@rollingarchives]

I visited Europe for the first time recently and noticed that everything was made of paper that otherwise wouldve been made of plastic in the US

[@kellydalstok8900]

It’s a recent development

[@pluspiping]

Bingo. It's going to take some regulations against plastic. You can imagine how American companies feel about that.

[@tommaj5657]

We should be talking about how communities upstream of those 1,000 most polluting rivers use the flow of the river as their only method of trash removal. If that isn’t addressed, the cleanup effort will always be lagging.

[@skippy9214]

Yes, mark rober (one of the organizers) said that providing proper disposal methods would be a priority, though you’d have to check his video to see how much money was put to it.

[@TheFirstBubbaBong]

No we should be talking about the global corporations generating the trash in the first place strictly for profit. Brainwashed people are everywhere being pedaled to by these corporation funded fake science channels like Real Science. Real science happens here.... kzbin.info/aero/PLHSoxioQtwZfY2ISsNBzJ-aOZ3APVS8br

[@TheFirstBubbaBong]

welcome to the age of the g l o balist agenda.0rg

[@cjcaughey91]

@@TheFirstBubbaBong what are you talking about you sound like a crazy person

[@TheFirstBubbaBong]

@@cjcaughey91 I'm talking about how brainwashed society is to these globalist corporations that pollute our environment strictly for profit without any concern and then turn around and ask you for money to clean up their mess when in all reality the problem is them creating the mess in the first place. Go to that scrambled website I posted above because youtube blocks it because youtube is part of the problem. If you can't figure out how to get here ( g l o balist agenda.0rg ) you are just a sheeple.

[@pinkgoergefloyd8340]

That “so much f***ing plastic” line just hits so hard because it’s such a simple solution but we have become so reliant on it already due to greedy corporations wanting cheap containers for storage of goods. So frustrating

[@rajashashankgutta4334]

Will you pay more money for eco friendly containers?

[@pinkgoergefloyd8340]

@Raja Shashank Gutta we already are paying more for eco friendly containers. Reusable plastic bags, biodegradable bags. Coca Cola switched from glass bottles to plastic due to cheaper and more durable storage but causes heavy pollution. 80% of the plastic going into the oceans comes from rivers and the coast and coast

[@adamp.3739]

@@rajashashankgutta4334 It's a catch-22 we are in - you either give up wealth for the world, or vice versa. You can't have both. Sad to see.

[@TheRmbomo]

@@rajashashankgutta4334 Seems like there's no credibility given to thinking the use of containers has to just lower in general, then. At least, until manufacturing can catch up and lower prices on alternatives. Poorer people can't afford to care until then, certainly not in the necessary quantity. So, without the ability to pay more, the only option is to buy less.

[@kcthonian]

@@rajashashankgutta4334 I would. But I'd first question why a company can't afford an alternative packaging material but *can* afford to pay CEOs obscene amounts while still making globally record breaking profits. This isn't a situation where companies are too financially strapped to achieve the goal. It's a situation where companies are cutting corners that cause public damage in order to make a *greater* profit. They'd still make a fortune using a different material.

[@sheepy627]

This video is so sad, but necessary to point out all the crap we do to the planet as humans.

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

There are several humans who actually care about this planet and are doing something about it legally

[@milesk4953]

@@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 Sounds more like some people are diluted and think Humans are not animals and should not impact the environment and spices like every other predatory animal.

[@luukweeko]

What we? I dont dump sh it in the ocean

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

@@luukweeko same here

[@Raven54789]

@@luukweeko doesnt matter, we are all contributing by not helping + the usage of plastic things!!

[@CerebrumMortum]

The light pollution problem is SO EASY to solve, it's insane we still have so much of it

[@blondbraid7986]

Plus it even disturbs human sleep patterns in many cities.

[@DoctorJammer]

Economically it is not easy and that what matters. That's why massive grants are required to solve problem

[@maryann2628]

You can't read and cant see small things at night except in moonlight is the downside. good for sleeping and health is the upside.

[@Thor-Orion]

@@maryann2628 you never had a clip on light? Me reading with a worm light in bed doesn't cause any light pollution!

[@maryann2628]

@@Thor-Orion Yes but small light sources only works for reading until 5-10 meters but if its just for seeing then it works enough for small rooms its bright for big rooms its too dim and 100 But works for some average rooms its just the angle thats the problem most light bulb are 180-360 degrees but worm lights are 90 degrees so you need multiples of them to light up the entire room but besides that its good enough for night sky if all houses are like that then the light level pollution is 1-3 which is low for me im in 7 light level pollution and the stars look good and i have seen 4-5 and its so beautiful

[@xingyanglan6836]

The majority (>90%) of plastic does not get recycled, despite being recyclable in theory. It is cheaper to make more, and the recyclability of plastics has allowed companies to pedal plastic production and use without taking externality costs

[@jamesbizs]

I’m theory lol most is not recyclable and would require more energy to even try.

[@pluspiping]

Plastic recycling was always a lie and they knew it. They just wanted to sell us more plastic. Still do. :(

[@skybluskyblueify]

The plastic needs to be prevented from getting to water in the first place. Since it is only a few rivers that have this problem, it can be tackled. People that got rich starting the problem can get wise and clean it up.

[@machematix]

Cleaning up doesn't make money. Under capitalism, if it doesn't make money then the corporations won't do it. Any ethical stuff they do is only if they think it'll make them more money than not doing it. You can't expect corporations to fix the problem unless it'll affect their profits if they don't. That comes from consumer and political pressure. I saw a great start (I think it was the US state of Maine?) That started charging companies based on the costs of dealing with their packaging (basically like instead of citizens paying the government for recycling costs, the companies making the waste pay for it) Suddenly, companies are reducing packaging or using biodegradable options, because the extra tax costs more than making those changes.

[@jamesbizs]

How. How will you tackle this? You going to stop these countries from tossing garbage? Or try to catch the garbage

[@randallmacdonald4851]

Stephanie: I love the beep you got. I totally understand your frustration. I was sooo horrified seeing the plastic straw video of that poor turtle.

[@user-bw1ol3ut2k]

China and Southeast Asia (especially Philippines and Vietnam) are BY FAR the biggest perpetrators of consuming unnecessarily large amounts of plastic (especially plastic bags) and dumping them into the oceans / elsewhere. These countries don’t even have “legitimate” recycling plants, like in the developed West. Sadly, most people in Asia still don’t really care about changing destructive patterns to help the environment. They think that they are too economically poor to have time/energy to worry about “being green”.

[@ThePrufessa]

So in short, turtles can handle anything the earth throws at it. But something stupid like pollution is what will ultimately lead to their extinction. That's just sad. But pollution is also going to kill humans if we don't change our wasteful ways.

[@madbassmassacre]

This is such a good channel and I love the messaging. Keep it up!

[@TheSkystrider]

I absolutely love this channel, the style, the content, the message, the passion! Saving species is mind blowing important! I hope more of us can do a little more to help with donating, using less plastic, eating less meat, etc.

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

Glass bottles. Only biodegradable plastic for fast food restaurants, shopping and garbage bags. Real plastic bags made illegal. Plastic water bottles -illegal. That's a good start. Instead of paying for cleanup, we will pay more for biodegradable packaging.

[@milobem4458]

There is no biodegradable or recyclable plastic. It's a lie to make consumers feel good. The "biodegradable" plastic produces micro-plastic that accumulates in animals, and causes long term health issues in humans. We should replace plastic where possible with actual biodegradable materials, like wood, paper or burlap, or with recyclable glass. Where plastic can't be avoided we need to be honest with ourselves and deal with it in the least bad option - incinerator. The only way to remove plastic pollution is to bury it or burn it. Burning sounds bad because it produces CO2 but it's no different to thousands of coal plants we still use.

[@PushyPawn]

They're such amazing creatures. Thanks for showing this.

[@ailabridarath5312]

You know the shit's serious when Real Science uses swear words.

[@mouryatejanayaka2035]

i dont hear any swears

[@kosmique]

@@mouryatejanayaka2035 its there, and its very well placed.

[@juniperrodley9843]

@@mouryatejanayaka2035 it was bleeped out

[@Holmesy87]

That "...f**king plastic" alone should be enough to get people doing stuff. It shocked me from this channel, and that is a damn good thing. Excellent video.

[@Crysis051264]

to hear such a usually professional person, swear. Its true though some things just push a person over the edge.

[@andrewmyers2920]

I love hearing scientists swear. It's truly wonderful, but also very frightening, because it means shit has hit the fan.

[@Komainu959]

Strange, it has the exact opposite effect for me and turns me off towards what they are discussing.

[@allanshpeley4284]

@@Komainu959 Agreed. It was a bad decision adding swearing into the video. It doesn't suit the writing and presentation style at all. Not to mention kids are watching this.

[@FUnzzies1]

It really doesn't

[@allanshpeley4284]

If you need to be sworn at to have information sink in then maybe you're not the right person to act on that information.

[@AspireGMD]

Sucks it was bleeped.

[@randyfeliz8082]

Being Dominican I was surprised to hear we had implemented a system for taking trash out of our rivers but at the same time very happy we did

[@tasmiyalakhi9152]

This is such a great idea!! How does the interceptor ensure living creatures like small fish do not get trapped and accidentally dumped?

[@VictorSadkov]

It is designed the way that local fauna can simply swim around it and through an dunder the barriers. It won't get trapped the same way it doesn't get trapped by a sandy beach.

[@mythicalcreature1963]

they swim under the barriers. the barriers are only for the plastics, which usually floats I think.

[@Lauracastro516]

Your videos are great! and so was your podcast modulus which I've been missing lately :(

[@arog7493]

Probably the best video I've seen from this Team Seas campaign, along with Simon Clark, bravo!

[@jamesmckinney1287]

Whoever narrates these videos has a great voice!

[@moosifer3321]

Truly moving video. I`m retired and don`t get my next payment for 2 weeks, but you`ve got me. As an ex-Geology student I understand Mass Extinction events. Mankind seems to think we OWN this Planet, alas, we are only Tenants in a rented environment, dependant on the efforts of other residents, to whom, we owe our very existance, through Evolution, to THEIR Ancestors. Personally, I abhor the preponderance of packaging - when I buy burgers from the supermarket, I DON`T want a box AND plastic, I very rarely have takeaways, sometimes eat in a restaurant (read pub lunch!) and unlike many, DO NOT live on KFC. Long overdue iniative, Goverments take note!

[@Poptartsicles]

It's videos like this that make me want to quit my job and go do something more important like saving these beautiful animals. It's painful to see what we're doing to this planet...

[@TheFirstBubbaBong]

Shut down the greedy corporations sounds like a better idea to me. g l o balist agenda.0rg

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Don’t quit your day job 🥶

[@yvainestelmack7196]

Like she said, Its not just garbage clean up that will stop pollution. It is the everyday changes. Ex: If you work in retail, try to push products that are more green, and express this interest to others. Try to think about what in your job is environmentally sustainable, what is unsustainable and try to promote and diminish each respectfully. If you just leave, then someone who doesn't care will just replace you.

[@kosmique]

we are cancerous. i hate humans anyway.

[@johanna5194]

​@@kosmique I'm sorry you feel that way, but I don't think we have to be. There are a lot of good things about humans too, so please don't give up on us

[@shadeyasmine5306]

Thank you for this video! I really needed it. New year, new life choices 🐢✨

[@dazurathefirst8456]

Glad to finally see this episode out! been looking forward to it!

[@Coldbloodedkri]

The video of the turtles all nesting, to nowadays is quite heartbreaking. I have hope but I WE ALL have to do our part. Life is beautiful, just because it seems bleak for you doesn’t mean that there’s millions of lives that call this planet home. We should be protecting it… 🥺

[@turtlequacktv]

I see turtles, I like

[@dazurathefirst8456]

haha "Sea" turtle, nice.

[@grissee]

ah yes, another real science video that somehow not getting recommended to me even though I was subscribed already

[@ddewaard3265]

I feel like so much plastic can be saved if governments of well developed countries were to make water filtration systems what allow people to drink the water from the tap instead of dumping tonnes of chemicals in it. now all those people from those communities must buy bottled water. I'm glad I live in the Netherlands where tap water is just as clean as bottled water and it has no weird taste.

[@kosmique]

go check on nestle's history in africa.

[@mythicalcreature1963]

I've visited Singapore before, and there's a water fountain everywhere! No trash anywhere either! makes me long for my home country Malaysia to follow in Singapore's footsteps

[@jamesbizs]

It ain’t the developed countries doing this. And no water filtration system in the world would make those waters safe for drinking.

[@acommenter]

I would like to see a tax on virgin PET to make it noncompetitive with recycled PET instead of being cheaper.

[@dkaloger5720]

Agree but remember that it is not infinitely recyclable,it can only be recycled about 4 times (depending on the application )

[@TheFirstBubbaBong]

How about a ban on all plastics and go back to sustainable HEMP? Ignorant sheeple everywhere! g l o balist agenda.0rg

[@robertarguello1115]

It was very well presented and informative. Thank you!

[@Cyclegladiator]

Great cause and great video! Thanks for bringing attention to this!

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

We aren't even willing to address our own pending extinction event (climate change), so how can you expect humanity to address this.

[@tim40gabby25]

The sort of comment which must not be phased down... Jeesh already.

[@Gothead420]

I worked in a foundry...that acts as a volcano, kind of. We _are_ a destructive force on this planet. I also have a B.Sc. in environmental management, so...I know we could do much more, and have to...😳

[@rafaelfelix3482]

Well, to be honest, they hatch by the thousands, why don't we just guard some nests to make sure all of them get to the ocean for some time? That has to increase their numbers long enought until they can have a fighting chance for survival as a species again.

[@thesilentone4024]

Fun fact we dump about 1 dumptruck worth every 30 seconds and every truck can hold 2 or more tons so 4,000 pounds. They need new technology not just grabbing a little plastic and calling it good.

[@uschurch]

no, we need an old technology: It's called not wasting and not littering. There's no reason to wash all our waste into the ocean. You can reduce, reuse, recycle and ultimately burn waste and produce heat and electricity.

[@thesilentone4024]

@@uschurch haha ya im with ya. We use to use gkass and clay pots for a very long time with little problems. Hell we have to little diversity in are food back in 1950 to 75 we had 90 to 150 different kinds of food in the stores but the government thought it was to hard to keep track of that so now we have 50 to pick from with 3 being are main food.

[@klnsbl]

@@uschurch reduce, reuse, recycle. in that order. recycling is not what it's made out to be.

[@SoulDelSol]

Ya I'm afraid this effort while well meaning is a drop in bucke and fails to address causes of the problem in meaningful way, it only removes 15,000 tons. Did they say what they do with trash they remove from ocean? Does it go to landfill?

[@ziljaeyan1203]

this video should have more views to raise awareness, if its all i can do for now im going to share this to anyone i possibly can.

[@alexisjuillard4816]

"temporary egg tooth" is by far the cutest tooth i've heard off

[@mythicalcreature1963]

Refuse, Reuse, Upcycle, and Recycle. Refuse Plastic bags and mineral water bottles! Bring your own bottle and there are like stations for water somewhere every so often, and you only have to like pay like what, 10 cents (MYR) for a liter! Reuse Plastic containers for takeaway food! Wash them and dry, you can reuse them! Bring your containers back to where you got them from, and get your food again from that container! Doesn't take much effort! Upcycle those plastic bottles, containers, etc. You can make flower pots out of bigger containers, and little dustbins for your desk or something! Use that 500 million years of lasting material to make something! Recycle the plastic you can't reuse! You can clean them and send them to Recycling centers! Some Recycling centers will pay you a small bit for the plastics!

[@sangmitraaa]

Suddenly I wanna become someone who holds a power and make world a better place by implementing laws and bring changes.

[@enterusernamefuck]

Totally channelling my inner Vanilla Ice chanting "Go turtle go turtle go" watching those babies make their way to the ocean.

[@antoniusschubert]

Thank you so much for this action call! This extinction has to stop!!

[@retard_activated]

Turtles: Emerge at night to not be seen. Cameraman: Full lights on the emerging turtles!!! 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@StrangerOman]

12:38 I felt that. That was unexpected, but impactful.

[@ScumfuckMcDoucheface]

1:35 Is that at the ROM? Royal Ontario Museum?? They have an AMAZING museum, with a hanging, gigantic turtle skeleton haha =)

[@sof482]

i recognize it too so it could be! i went to see the real blue whale skeleton at the ROM too, it was incredible 😍

[@zakkeith1508]

Mycelium based packaging could very easily surpass plastic within a matter of mere months.

[@FeeshUnofficial]

Unfortunately that's wishful thinking. It costs companies a lot to switch products that way, so usually they just won't

[@zakkeith1508]

@@FeeshUnofficial if you provide a company with an estimate of how much they'll save and how much they can stand to make they legit will do anything.

[@FeeshUnofficial]

@@zakkeith1508 that's true, but you forget the ignorance of CEO's, CFO's and board members to anything that doesn't directly increase the stock value, at least in big companies

[@garcia83viz]

I love your channel! How bout the Sea Wasp? Chironex Fleckeri??

[@justincraig398]

Aren’t they fucking charming beautiful creatures. Like they are so fucking magnificent. Unreal.

[@xrated179]

One of the biggest reasons Marijuana has been illegal is because of big plastic. Hemp is possibly one of the best alternatives to plastic.

[@traviskingful]

that f-bomb took me by surprise and made me pay attention, well used when not expected ... Great video

[@cybergigafactory]

Great video. Thanks. Shared everywhere 👍

[@fancifuldreamer6360]

It's one thing to swear off plastics. It's another for there to actually be a suitable replacement. One that's as convenient, functional, and economical, or even approaches it. A sustainable replacement should certainly be a long term goal. But until then, reclamation via responsible waste management is all we can do. Most people have some idea where the primary waste management problems are on the globe, but it's often sensitive to discuss out loud. Continued investment should naturally concentrate on these locales. But as with anything global in nature, progress hinges on cooperation from governments.

[@garethbaus5471]

Many of the plastics we use now replaced more sustainable existing options. Beverage bottles for example used to be reusable glass with a reasonable payment for returning the bottle which greatly reduced waste.

[@fancifuldreamer6360]

​@@garethbaus5471 Indeed, such as the milk bottles of yore. Today, about the only beverages still routinely sold in glass bottles are alcohol. Returning to glass throughout the beverage industry would certainly reduce a sizeable amount of single-use plastic, albeit at some logistical cost which might be reflected in pricing. Glass being heavier and more fragile would surely increase transport costs for instance. Even if it's too logistically cumbersome to return to a full reuse program, as with milk bottles, glass is readily recycled, and even when it isn't, it has a lower environmental impact than plastic. Plastic wrappers, bags, and packaging that house virtually all food, snack, and personal care items are a somewhat different matter. What to use for potato chips, candy bars, shampoo, and toothpaste? Most biodegradable materials such as paper and cardboard have an airtightness, water resistance, and durability problem that would impair shelf lives.

[@snapslingpeavine1371]

We gotta help these shelled beaky bois.

[@psychlops924]

Here’s the thing: how much plastic is being dumped into the ocean by 1st world countries? And how much is being dumped into the ocean by China, India, Brazil, and other third world countries? China alone is responsible for over 25% of plastic in the oceans. Not to say cleaning the ocean is something we shouldn’t do, but if we want to fix it, we need to actually address the real issue here.

[@milobem4458]

A lot of the plastic dumped by third world countries is plastic that was sent there by developed countries for "recycling". Out of sight, out of mind.

[@jamesbizs]

Only 25% ? That can’t be right

[@kellydalstok8900]

Poorer countries produce a lot of plastic waste. Because people can’t afford whole bottles of shampoo or packets of detergent, they buy small, single use plastic bags whenever they have a little money to spare. All these tiny plastic bags really add up.

[@austinwagner3231]

I feel like Im gonna vomit... all these videos about how fucked the world is have my anxiety level at 11/10. I feel so helpless.

[@LukeBunyip]

Find something that you can do (and other like-minded folk with which to do it), which helps your neighbourhood, your local biosystem, etc. Learn, think, share with others.

[@kaelanirevyruun1676]

You're one person... Alone you can do nothing. Get another person however... That's two heads and 2 people. Now both of you find one more person each. Now you are 4. Find another each... now you have become 8. Repeat for a few "generations" and you will be THOUSANDS.

[@austinwagner3231]

@@kaelanirevyruun1676 no one told me saving the world was a pyramid scheme :p

[@kosmique]

oh dont you worry, as you age you will find out more and more how fucked up the world as us humans are. that i promise you.

[@kieran939]

12:35 ahahha fair play

[@IsraelLeite]

Just THE BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT SEA TURTLE PRESERVATION IN THE WORLD !

[@Savant_Ananya]

Awesome video as always

[@bradyresch7965]

Excellent video

[@tim40gabby25]

Hi. I noticed on the Thames when wind was from a certain direction, all the floating trash collected in side channels. All of it. Line those channels with nets, haul out when full. Repeat. Generalise. Why not? Just asking :)

[@onewayraildex4827]

Nets tend to catch a lot of plankton if you use it to catch plastic, as most plastic tend to break down to micro plastic if you leave it in the water too long. killing plankton which is the bottom of the food chain affects the rest of the food chain.

[@juniperrodley9843]

This'd rely on the wind going in the right direction consistently, which it just doesn't.

[@tim40gabby25]

@@juniperrodley9843 Hi. Nope. A steady breeze quickly leads to accumulated flotsam, which of course would need to be removed before wind changes. Submerged netting could be used to scoop out the floating stuff..

[@tim40gabby25]

@@onewayraildex4827 Not so much if one of just scooping the surface?.. like removing scum. Just saying.

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

On CNET just a few days ago here's a massive plastic clean-up going on or is it Cnet highlights?

[@nilanjanachatterjee9023]

Excellent video 😊

[@aquamarina2686]

Why can't we look towards phasing out plastics for use as food containers or bottles. There must be a better usage from glass etc to encourage more lengthy or better use of food containers. Plastics are thrown away because they're not reusable so maybe we can go back to glass or stoneware?

[@KYDONSHADOW]

the tastefully bleeped f-bomb

[@jrmayun]

Ngl. 12:38 caught me off guard coming from this channel but yeah I feel you narrator.

[@jorcasm]

How do the river filtering process excludes harming the river's fauna?

[@peterleisenring4244]

This video broke my heart ❤

[@brodyhess5553]

Gotta love the overkill theory getting Thrown around by all the KZbin experts

[@Clockwork_Myr]

So like where do the trackers go after 30 days?

[@fqiryluvr9252]

could i get the pictures used for odontochelys, pappochelys and proganochelys??

[@lour_g-dot8827]

Quick question what ever happened to the little robot that was going around picking up garbage in the ocean?

[@stevec7923]

Those imagined devices don't hold up to ocean storms. It's better to catch the stuff before it gets to the ocean. Proper waste management is key. The river skimmers are the 2nd best thing.

[@Ink_Tide]

Not so fun fact: the river-fed consumer plastic is actually not the primary source of plastic mass in the ocean. It's just the easiest to see (and if you can blame poor people instead of corporations, marketing departments love it). Most ocean plastic by mass comes from discarded fishing nets, and there's very little political effort to stop the use of plastics by the fishing industry in large part because there... is no alternative. In an even more depressing fact, ocean plastic agglomerations have become actual habitats for marine life, especially in pelagic areas where refuge historically was limited to driftwood and seaweed forests that can only survive at warmer latitudes.

[@foxpurrincess3209]

3:00 Can anyone give me more info on the busts at 3:00? I'd love to learn more about how early humans might have looked.

[@ajrobbins368]

Go #TeamSeas!

[@Lunch_box]

Demolition ranch could pull that much lead off his range in a week

[@turkeywheat]

"stop producing so much fucking plastic" you can really hear the frustration in there. i totally agree with you

[@erichtomanek4739]

The worldwide human induced extinction began NOT 10,000 years ago. It began when the first human set the first foot outside Africa.

[@Splarkszter]

Thank You

[@YochevedDesigns]

Israel has an excellent conservancy project at Rosh Ha Nikra beach. The area is tightly controlled (it helps that it's next to a major military base!) Every year trained volunteers make sure that the hatchlings have optimum chances to make it to the water. A few years ago an oil tanker dumped its entire cargo off the coast, and it took millions of shekels and thousands of volunteers to try to rescue the wildlife and clean up the shores. The tanker was from Iran, and it's considered an act of eco-terrorism. The disaster was every bit as bad as the Exxon Valdez, yet international news barely mentioned it. 😒

[@davidschaftenaar6530]

Easy solution to the light pollution problem: Every year, inspect beaches with nesting sites at two random times during the hatching period - For any beach that has too much harmful artificial light, put up black screens to block the light and send the bill to the local property owners with a nice, temporary bump in property tax. Of course along with the GPS coordinates of the offending light sources.

[@tim40gabby25]

Is there anything temporary which could be installed maybe floating in the water, to which titles would be attracted? Just asking. Old UK duffer here.

[@davidschaftenaar6530]

​@@tim40gabby25 Yeah, that crossed my mind too, not as draconian as what I ended up proposing. But you'd need a massive light source pretty far out to sea. Otherwise you wouldn't outshine the towns and cities next to the beaches or you might attract hatchlings from neighboring beaches inland as they would see the light coming from aside rather than from the sea if you were to place it close to any individual beach.

[@tim40gabby25]

@@davidschaftenaar6530 indeed - so 'hood' those sea docked lights as well.. sounds expensive :(

[@reBlink]

And the stupid thing is, that this is only what we see, but there is also microplastic...

[@mrlionsfan1135]

Why am I crying so much 😭

[@WorldWeaver]

How do I help with the biggest collaboration? (note that I suck at most things)

[@neuspeed79]

Plot twist: most pollution comes from technology and science.

[@kpwergam80]

12:31 respect to the narrator

[@kingmasterlord]

this video proves that turtles are surviving dinosaurs inside the first minute

[@rexroyulada6267]

What's the background music on this video?

[@sile8389]

So heartbreaking! I ❤️❤️turtles

[@rbach2]

Nothing felt better than when you said we have to "simply stop producing so much F-ing plastic"

[@BigJeffeDaGoat]

this was a sad one. turtles rock

[@lucasjames7524]

I hope that the sea turtles are still here when we're all gone. Humanity is an absolute plague on the Earth.