Why Trees Are Out to Get You

Want to help plant 20M trees by 2020? Go to teamtrees.org #teamtrees
Huge thanks to all the KZbinrs who organized this. My apologies for the repost.
These videos are from 2012 so my interest in trees goes back a long ways. I think these videos discuss two of the most interesting and amazing facts about our leafy friends: they are made mostly of CO2 (which comes from us breathing out amongst other sources) and they can transport water up a tube higher than any we can currently manufacture. So trees are out to get you. But we do much worse to them so we owe it to them to plant some more. 20 mil is a good start.

[@louieatkins-turkish1349]

"A tree looks like dirt" Tree: you look like dirt :'(

[@wyattzhao1356]

Lmao

[@photon2724]

Lmfao

[@RodolfoCruzMusic]

haha

[@johnnybgoodeish]

Tree: Icky squashy dirt :) Leave us alone humans! Where are the Ents when you need one?

[@jumpman8282]

That gives a whole new meaning to the saying: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust"

[@bnh2766]

This man just went back in time to get his black hair back and I respect that

[@Insertnamesz]

lmao jeeze I never realised how grey he's gone... it's happening to all of us!! I wonder how much CO2 I've breathed into trees since this video originally released.

[@jerotoro2021]

@@Insertnamesz Average 2.3 lbs of CO2 per day, video was released about 2500 days ago, that's about 5750 lbs, or 2.6 tons. You monster.

[@JadenTapscott]

@@jerotoro2021 May you also add metric equivalents for people who *don't* live in the USA?

[@jerotoro2021]

@@JadenTapscott 2.6 tons is metric. Metric tons, "tonnes" if you will. 2600 kg. Although I see you're a fellow Canadian, you should be knowing both systems bud.

[@JadenTapscott]

@@jerotoro2021 Oh, never mind then... (Thanks for reminding me about metric tons by the way...)

[@ollierkul]

"You are becoming the tree" I.... I am groot

[@mohuthmanali]

😂

[@crus1n]

Nooo I am Groot😞

[@kliaklia6391]

no... I am Groot

[@viktor4757]

no.... Olli is not cool

[@portsmouthfan1565]

Hej norge

[@shirshzibbu330]

5:52 - i will never look at trees the same way again 5:56 - proceeds to look at trees the same way again

[@l.s.d.154]

I laughed

[@maxwellsequation4887]

I laughed

[@Valyo7]

Underrated comment :D I, too, had a laugh

[@DrAdityaReddy]

I loffed

[@mylamberfeeties875]

😂

[@girv98]

I was wondering why I suddenly got 20 notifications about trees

[@japaneseflea]

got my zoo tier notification

[@annika4733]

And circletoons too

[@pleaseenteraname6825]

James Girven and they all managed to post it at the same exact time. I tried clicking on Mark Rober’s video and got redirected to MrBeasts

[@MooShaka89]

Same 😂

[@AdakVishal]

I am going to explore forest this weekend long.

[@ytravi]

"You are becoming a tree" There should be a t-shirt of this line.

[@erwindejong1993]

Ravi Kumar Sharma -a, Tree-Shirt.... 😬😅

[@LOVE..Sherelle]

Somebody tag me when this gets made.

[@azaangul5075]

I ill buy it

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Hmm

[@dislike__button]

So I've grown plenty of trees already huh..

[@oranges13]

"The lowest the pressure can go is a pure vacuum" Famous last words

[@Deathnotefan97]

Veritasium: Trees are out to get you Also Veritasium: Let's plant 20 million trees! I too, welcome our new tree overlords

[@mshadyd7309]

Hoomans: Cuts down 40 million trees each day

[@barahng]

@@mshadyd7309 Some humans are worse for trees than others though. The US has more trees than a century ago for example. Japan despite their insane level of population density, manages their forests sustainably. Hell, they started afforestation and silviculture practices in the 1600s. Planting tree plantations for timber instead of harvesting old growth. Compare those practices to those of Brazil, or Haiti.

[@mshadyd7309]

@@barahng Fair enough. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_by_region

[@MauroDraco]

@@barahng yeah. In Brazil and other developing countries most (between 75% to 92%, depending on the calculations) of all - that means accumulated HISTORICAL - deforestation is due to eating animal products specifically. Let's remind ourselves that more than 50% of all grain produced in the world is for animal feed. And let's not forget the huge pastures they deforest for... We vote three times per day for that to happen. Or not. Particularly in developed nations, as most of this production of suffering animals is for exporting to those countries. That's also a main cause of hunger for the one BILLION humans that doesn't have the means to eat enough calories to survive each day.

[@pavelshalnwv8494]

@@mshadyd7309 hug em before cutting, they'll fill better

[@lokeshlkr]

Derek: _You are becoming, the tree._ Me: I am groot...

[@jayson-ec4rl]

Lokesh Kumar ha

[@cezarcatalin1406]

I am grooOot

[@xVampyreMoonx]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Dinghly]

Lol I though I was the only one

[@hectoryysunandno2191]

666th like

[@toreole5831]

Marvel: endgame is the most ambitious crossover ever KZbin bois: hold my tree

[@digdogg_]

Mr Beast: hold my madladdery

[@dreadogastusf3548]

All the TreeBois are throwing shade. (I'm leaving now.)

[@jaswik2023]

and the crossover did not work

[@khjappe3894]

@@jaswik2023 prove

[@jaswik2023]

@@khjappe3894 see When you change the past there are too many things that can go seriously wrong for instance A rock fell on the, it becomes a pothole,someone trips on a bicycle, struck hits it ,the truck driver smashes the brake ,somehow the fuel gets ignited, the truck blasts, the blast waves triggers a seismic wave detector to think it's a earthquake and it predicts an earthquake on a safehouse where nerve gas is stored, the safehouse starts evacuating, they fail the nerve gas hits people, the people think its governments doing, civil war starts where everyone dies This is highly unrealistic but messing with time is super dangerous Also changing the pasteans toh have effectively begun a new future which is in no correlation with the future that you are trying to change Basically from a scientific standpoint super unrealistic and it's a bother since they tried to make it look scientific If they simply said time travel now exists I would not be bothered And also what is wrong with killing half the people I would argue it is not a bad thing to happen to the world

[@bunderlemu7802]

So, that's why small plants look greener when someone regularly talks to them? Mind blown.

[@rayyan21d]

Are you the dude in the video

[@HarryNicNicholas]

regularly BREATHES on them...

[@syberphish]

About 16 years ago I owned a tree service business. Used to see some strange things in trees. Was doing a full dismantle one day and when the top third of the spar went down, I was getting shot in the face with streams of water pumping out from the face of the cut. One of them shot a couple feet in the air. And it was a lot of water, each jet was maybe 1/8" in diameter, and there were several. I'll never forget being so amazed by the pressure it was under, blew my mind. Another 2ft diameter tree had formed a void in the center somehow; when my chainsaw cut into it, about 15 gallons of water came pouring out and drenched me.

[@mylamberfeeties875]

WOW I'm here in Oregon my son is a logger I'm going to ask him about this. Lived in Bandon Oregon most of my life major logging town never heard of this. 😲🌱🌻

[@syberphish]

@@mylamberfeeties875 it may depend on the type of tree. I only saw it a few places.

[@richtomlinson7090]

U believe that sometimes, when there is water shooting out of a tree, you are witnessing the equivalent of an artesian well or spring, so the water is contained in it like the plumbing of a mountain spring. We have several springs around like that, like Saratoga springs. I've seen videos where water gushed out of the trunk, because it was connected to these springs somehow.

[@richtomlinson7090]

The one example you mentioned, may be partly how the Redwoods keep climbing. I've read that some water collects in the crotches and the leaf litter wedged in there and the tree develops little rootlets growing into these reservoirs high up in the tree, so maybe a cavity can hold some rain water up there. I love tree, and I'm a woodworker that plants trees, and mills logs with an Alaskan mill setup connected to an 066 Magnum Stihl.

[@richtomlinson7090]

I meant I believe not U. There's no way to edit.

[@giveML]

"I will never look at trees the same way again" *looks at the tree the same way again*

[@TomyIneXtriCable]

xD

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

Lmao

[@sayrain908]

*Surprised Pikachu face*

[@tarunbharti7724]

Bc

[@hopree2839]

@@sayrain908 lmao

[@Rabcup]

He was so enthusiastic then, excitedly yelling into a camera about trees in the woods like a vlogger on an acid trip

[@Adrischa]

Haha. I thought the same

[@thatplane3865]

@jemielnic ?

[@__-yz1ob]

@@Adrischa The last part reminds me of something

[@alexmikhylov]

you can't verify he wasn't

[@abdelrahmanwael4449]

Thank you, Derek, for helping me find my new-found obsession with trees. Trees are underrated!

[@TE72GOD]

This makes me want to see a life long experiment of 1 man living in a bubble with a single tree. Lol

[@krumba100]

It has been done with a mouse.

[@ald12]

Derek: You are becoming the tree. Me: at least I'm contributing

[@cheesywiz9443]

i was thinking the same xD

[@r.g.s.5923]

Giraffes: You really are what you eat.

[@klejimr6965]

I tree

[@yunnie5116]

Ugandan Knuckles conTREEbuting :3

[@smartereveryday]

One of my favorite KZbin videos of all time is the one you did about trees crowding out the canopy of the forest and people that jump in front of you when you're getting your luggage off of the luggage claim at an airport. I think about that video every time I fly. Thanks for taking the time to make this even though you're traveling with family! I know how hard traveling with kids is. Great job man, you continue to impress. TEAM TREES ASSEMBLE! Let's get to 20 Million trees!

[@ady12345cool]

When people exercise, they loose weight by exhaling the CO2 out the lungs. When tree gains mass, it takes in CO2.

[@mattmab25]

what a waste of intellect, you realize this attempt to plant 20m trees is useless. why dont they do something important like fund a carbon capture plant? one plant saves space that the trees would take up, lowers the risk of wildfires, and does the work of 40m trees. this is just a publicity stunt. you bunch of sheep are embarrassing.

[@gayathrinair6744]

Matthew Marbaker Useless? Can’t you see that planting more trees will give us more time to come up with an alternative solution .

[@dpatts]

​@@mattmab25 trees do more than just carbon capture. they improve soils, provide animal habitats, absorb pollutants, stabilise the earth, give homes to bird and insect pollinators, stabilise earth, foster biodiversity which is vital for the greater ecosystem as a whole. for humans they provide shade, shelter, and reduce stress. regardless of whether you are right or wrong your attitude in calling people sheep is not helping anyone

[@xtramoist9999]

@@mattmab25 That's the same logic of a flat Earther... :O

[@williamhandlebar9585]

Every KZbinr there is: We need to make vids to plant trees! Veritasium: Eh... I'll repost.

[@alfredjames4530]

He should have posted something after

[@ReaperCoding]

@@alfredjames4530 STFU,,..He did what u would not do in ur awful 1000 times life..

[@alfredjames4530]

@@ReaperCoding I mean it isn’t the best example to say you support a cause, and then the only major thing is repost a video, but I guess it’s better than doing nothing.

[@DrakeMagnum]

I'm so glad to see you part of this project Derek! Bravo for making something as common as the tree fascinating and impressive.

[@dhuh943]

Derek: In a sense, we are the tree. Vsauce: And in a very real way, we ARE the tree! Or are we?

[@GetawayFilms]

I can hear the vsauce music... :O

[@sliced4736]

i feel his eyebrow raising.

[@synonys]

Tree... Family trees...

[@christiandelve30]

*vsauce music starts*

[@thekaz5225]

On point.

[@Gaming_With_Elfie]

"Trees are out to get you" *LOTR flashbacks

[@breastmilkgaming]

Scary movie flash backs

[@shadiester]

Why so hasty, little one?

[@Mikeztarp]

Are you an orc?

[@charissaschoon9206]

Whomping Willow flashbacks

[@dlazyace9116]

RPG Elfgirl RELEASE DUH RIVVAHHH!!!

[@garcmanuel826]

I watched so many of your videos and this is by far the best one. Thank you, I must now go back to slowly becoming a tree.

[@BrianFedirko]

wow, thank you so much for this. i was taught in school that we didn't know how the water was physically dealt with in trees, and i've wondered and tried my entire life to figure or find this out.

[@shiromisaki]

Derek: Interviews average citizens also Derek: puts on backwoods alabama banjo music while doing so

[@justagenosfan]

imagine being interviewed and having alabama music clipped in when you're on

[@thegrunch6448]

@@justagenosfan bruh

[@ferna182]

if this was vsauce, the ending would've been: "In a very real way... we ARE the trees... And as always..."

[@itskdog]

“...thanks for wAAAAIIIITTTT!”

[@Getyourwishh]

Oof

[@FugazStar]

...or are we?

[@randomdude9135]

All hail Michael!!!

[@SnoopyDoofie]

And BBC Earth would say, "This is no ordinary tree...it's a spy tree!"

[@spookykitty2327]

evolution: favors efficiency tree: actually wastes 94% of water like a boss

[@freedomofspeech2700]

Trees waste water?? Poor joke

[@pupperemeritus9189]

evolution doesnt actually favour efficiency. it favours something being just enough.

[@madiis18account]

trees are using that evaporation to cool themselves down actually

[@micahphilson]

I still remember watching this video originally. Never would have guessed it was back in 2012! Man, I've been watching this channel forever.

[@MrFastFox666]

Mom: "son, what are you doing?" Me: "I am becoming one with the tree"

[@DanieliusGoriunovas]

You suck with minus 15 atmospheric pressure?

[@calibr0636]

nah, he just farts on the tree

[@kunalgahlot5211]

you are having sex with Groot?

[@jaimeduncan6167]

Danielius Goriunovas 😂😂😂😂

[@nbkawtgnobody]

Mom: Honey Billy has dropped acid again!😁🌈🌈🥴🥴🌈🌈😁

[@ayushmanrusira8001]

Me: Exhale Tree: I have a boyfriend

[@FME]

lol the tree must be blonde

[@av28379]

@@FME LMAO

[@brunoalvesbm]

Story of my life.

[@derpatel9760]

what a carbon digger.

[@freedomofspeech2700]

Poor joke, stop writing such crap comments

[@ashleyandersen4375]

The mass question had me over here SCREAMING "CARBON PEOPLE CARBON PLEASE JUST SAY IT!!!!" Love this #teamtrees stuff. Got 4 plum seeds awaiting spring! Hoping for healthy saplings!

[@Shadab738]

5:22 :"it just evaporates" Sents shiver down my spine.

[@anasbarouki2447]

Mom : What do you want to become when you grow up? Me : "A tree"

[@kartiksharma2361]

try looking up tree man disease

[@justagenosfan]

google maps: 98 more meters to reach your destination

[@vertolive6678]

Of course…

[@besmart]

Who is this young Derek clone so confuse

[@demosthenes995]

Hey Joe!

[@alexwang982]

@@eugyy_ *inhales*

[@polishxaviour4162]

@@eugyy_ Joe Mama Joestar

[@athishhuligaradi1689]

Hey Joe! Smart people here

[@Q_QQ_Q]

Gemini Man : Derek

[@tanvikathuria7204]

Just awesome content, your enthusiasm, and the way you present it. You are the best !!

[@mlbreel]

I have to say that I think this is my favorite KZbin video ever! :) Thank you so very much for opening my eyes to seeing trees in an entirely new perspective. I’m going to go hug one tomorrow!

[@brightenyourday9196]

Mark Rober: Planting 20 mil trees Mr Beast: Planting 20 mil trees Veritasium: Why trees are Out to get you

[@Dinghly]

"You are becoming the tree" I am groot

[@user-ly2ej8gy2t]

We are Groot.

[@rodyates2669]

that must be why some . people are described as" a good root/"

[@ooloops]

Really the tree is becoming you because it's taking the carbon atoms you're breathing out and putting them into its branches. You become the tree when you eat it.

[@neutronenstern.]

you are becomming the tree. ... but what if i eat it or parts of it like apples ? then the circle is closed again. What a wonderful circle.

[@krantinebhwani6125]

Can't beat a smart, well-made video that ends twice - both with a good final quote for further thought.

[@sofrimiento]

You're channel is really my favorite channel. You are really great. Thank you so much.

[@kamalpoluri1666]

Interviewer: Want is ur contribution to the society? Me: I help trees grow by exhaling.

[@beast_boy97]

best comment!

[@thaferg6969]

@@beast_boy97 My left ear enjoyed this

[@MiikaVenalainen]

I help trees by burning fossil fuels!

[@mahez4874]

No you rae actually making the world end by breathing, chopping trees and burning trees. Because the CO2 level should be lower

[@MiikaVenalainen]

@@mahez4874 why should the co2 level be lower? Who has the authority to determine the right co2 level?

[@mli3793]

Half way into the interviews I was screaming CARBON into the screen 😂😂

[@oscargarza804]

dioxide

[@squidblaster3327]

@@oscargarza804 Actually, I'm pretty sure the tree releases the oxygen from CO2 back into the atmosphere as O2, taking just carbon. If somebody actually educated on the topic wants to correct me, go ahead

[@supercomputer0448]

@@squidblaster3327 no that sounds correct. That's how I would have said it.

[@reefjames6302]

hahaha me too, my dad told me to shut up

[@mli3793]

@@squidblaster3327 Yes that process is called photosynthesis, its more complicated than that and has many stages but one of the results is that the carbon atom splits from the carbon dioxide molecule. Why can't I scream carbon because of that?

[@MiguelSabogal]

Just beautiful. Thanks for the rewatched.

[@solid-parker237]

"Hey, w-what's tha--" "I'M A TREE!" "Oh, well, ok, then"

[@rollinthunder1000]

Nobody: Tree: Time to *Super Succ*

[@ronitplayz]

:>

[@xeinrr]

i would not let them suck my... *_P I N G A S_*

[@GewelReal]

Honey? Where is my *super succ?*

[@kiwicami287]

:)

[@wojtekpolska1013]

saw u on TierZoo video about Tree tierlist

[@drdandy5680]

Vietnam uploaded: the trees are out to get you

[@CaptainOfGames]

When you hear the trees start talking it's already too late

[@gabedarrett1301]

Underrated comment

[@Sillimant_]

hol up

[@Menaceblue3]

*[Paint it black by rolling stones is playing in the background]*

[@LostConcept]

Thanks for showing me this! Congrats on 20 MILLION WOHOOO!!!!

[@oneworldmusicpodcast2369]

Biggest most beautiful project I've ever heard of. Truly proud!

[@sock-like5665]

"Why should there be a height limit?" Yeah Minecraft

[@johnpossum556]

"There is unrest in the forest, there is trouble with the trees for the maples want more sunlight but the Oaks ingnore their pleas" - Rush

[@loversandlosers]

John Possum nice

[@NoMereRanger73]

Yeees!

[@Zorzi98]

One of my favorite songs from the Rush :)

[@johnpossum556]

@@Zorzi98 A great, truly very imaginative band. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ-maWuud7WeocU

[@trentmorrison6074]

I like how in the thumbnail, he just smiles. As if he was secretly working for the trees to rule the world.

[@farifairis7388]

*"Super sucked!"* [Derek, 2019]

[@khun_chanel]

"you born from the stars and becoming a tree"

[@PerryStevPT]

OMG my mind blowned!

[@AKM-vo9lw]

@@flweb.design the circle of life. lol

[@arpitbehera3990]

Trees are out there to get you Frodo: Seen that

[@jamesdriscoll9405]

Merry and Pippin have entered the chat

[@emperoromulus3054]

Treebeard has entered the chat

[@flyte707]

More like saruman

[@nitrouspeed3583]

I’ve never had a teacher play one of your videos in class & today my chem played the wire through ice video & physics played the weightless flywheel. Today was an awesome day

[@runjettyrun3819]

AWESOME thank you for making this video & undertaking this tree project 💖

[@NanakiPL]

"This video is part of what is potentially the largest collaboration ever on KZbin" I have 12 videos about trees in my sub box with a green fundraising tag under them… and 1 that doesn't have that tag… yours. edit: there's also one that says it's not about trees - by Physics Girl :P

[@thevioletskull8158]

Nanaki it's going to get bigger,it just started so.

[@BeastBlack270]

Because he's in Australia And we dont have support to support the fundraiser directly through youtube If aussies needa donate we have to go to the website directly

[@randomguy263]

Oh, I just have like 4 videos.

[@PrincesaLunez]

Plus pewdiepie is supposed to post about it too, and I’m sure other big channels (like GMM and etc) who post videos on a schedule will post their later when it fits their posting schedule :) Also click #TeamTrees to see every video with the hashtag

[@smoothjazzfails]

Me: *Exhales* Tree: “Why, hello there” Edit: Whoa! Thanks for all the likes!

[@thel0n3lytramp63]

“General Kenobi”

[@jandajohnson9427]

Should I say it with a British accent?

[@thepope2412]

Phytoplankton generate more oxygen than trees

[@smoothjazzfails]

The Pope Phytoplankton: “Out of the way, tree!

[@pritambanerjee1377]

I loved your end-note. "In a sense, you're becoming the tree"....

[@REN92106]

"you are becoming the tree" Damn thats so true

[@nitroRadon]

Parent: what u want to become when to grow up child. Child: treeee

[@GajanaNigade]

You don't even realize

[@suthinscientist9801]

But tree isn't a job

[@GajanaNigade]

@@suthinscientist9801 🤦🤦

[@nitroRadon]

@@suthinscientist9801 hope u will get my comment one day... 😅😅

[@pogdog86]

@@suthinscientist9801 r/wooooosh

[@Puuppamies]

4:56『 S U P E R S U C K E D』

[@martiddy]

When your gf gives you head

[@MrCipasa]

S U P E R S U C C

[@uselesstaco7221]

sounds like a JoJo stand

[@hugebuffman3619]

@@uselesstaco7221 yes

[@genghischan69]

Wow, only at the very end it was revealed why trees are out to get us. Brilliantly done.

[@ethanp6059]

Thank you sooooo much for spreading team trees the community and mrbeast are thankful

[@jared6893]

8:48 Veritasium just bothering random people tryna swim with tree questions xD

[@gabrijelozimec759]

"Potentially the largest collaboration on youtube" Sounds like orc mischief to me.

[@jimmyostler8946]

The first 10 videos from my subscriber feed were team trees videos It might actually be

[@Danilego]

Yeah, I was like "hey, two tree related videos in a row, what a coincidence!" Then came a third, a fourth, a fifth. Then I noticed the hashtag lol

[@zamodana5541]

you know what, I am in love with almost all of your videos latterly I just hit the like before watching it :) great works

[@BentReality.369]

Cool, answers a few questions about trees I have had for years and dispelled older science about trees.

[@psychorooks]

It's encouraging to know that at least two of the tubers involved in this movement were already among my subscriptions. Please, keep up the good work!

[@theni3762]

I watched these when they first came out years ago, oh the nostalgia.

[@human6310]

How's the world by 2093?

[@IsraelCountryCube]

Well you’ll probably be dead by then or I will or we all will but I can remember the times I was a kid at 7 years old in 2008 I don’t know why but I loved that feeling nostalgia it makes me wanna cry but really were still in that time just wait until a millennium has passed! At least we won’t have to worry about it!

[@94XJ]

As long as we're being "nostalgic" about recent things, how about that moment when you wrote this comment? It was a totally different time!

[@theni3762]

for those of you who didn't notice the tree over 10 meters video was made 7 years ago

[@arieldelgado2583]

A tree is the result of deliberate and precise engineering. Even with our modern scientific knowledge we still struggle to explain how this "simple" form of life works. Great video, big fan!

[@Tiger1x1]

Guys like u and mark rober are a blessing to youtube and mankind.

[@fuseteam]

title: trees are out to get you closing lines: you are becoming the tree moral: plant trees or become trees the choice is yours

[@GeekyMino]

I love this guy! His videos are super high quality, educative and fun to watch!

[@elmarow2495]

Damn, I was in suspense the whole video wondering how the title was at all relevant to the content, but I mean... THEY’RE STEALING OUR MASS

[@DhanunjayaSrisailamTTT]

Where did you get that mass from, in the first place? :P

[@NishanGhoshgameshamelame]

The last sentence to sum up the title, brilliantly done.

[@sonicruled]

You shouldve mentioned that the trees take carbon from carbon dioxide leaving oxygen for us. I think thats an important motivation to make people value trees

[@acerrusm]

Also forgot to mention that trees release the carbon dioxide at night while during the day they produce oxygen

[@schuylerpablico8300]

Its actually proven false. The oxygen comes from water, H2O. They proved this using tracer oxygen

[@dracomalfoy2272]

@@acerrusm there's some trees that release 24 hour oxygen

[@megagatlingpea2322]

trees also use oxygen for respiration

[@solidsnake246]

Ppl nowadays are that dumb, they dont believe in oxygen.

[@MK73DS]

8:48 "The energy is not matter" Press F for Einstein

[@isaiahdobesh5109]

But, it takes so much energy to create even minuscule amounts of matter, it’s generally safe to not think about energy becoming matter. Especially at the magnitude that trees would need.

[@isaiahdobesh5109]

Also as an amendment, energy isn’t matter, matter is condensed energy 😉

[@Memeshi]

nuclear accelarators with high energy it is possible to produce matter and antimatter.There fore the answer is yes the energy can be converted into matter and vies versa (E=MC^2)

[@danrichards27]

@@Memeshi yeah but not by a tree.

[@purshotambohra2131]

@Babba Ganoush but fat isnt as dense as muscles so probably put on some muscles first hehe

[@tomarrohan417]

"You're becoming the tree." That's scary.

[@Faerandur]

Yeah, but then we eat vegetables, then they become us. ;)

[@abdel1213]

thanks for being part of the team trees

[@PapaNoahful]

Everyone: We're planting trees! Let's save the planet!! Veritasium: *w h y t r e e s a r e o u t t o g e t y o u *

[@c182SkylaneRG]

Probably the trippiest conclusion to an educational KZbin video that I've seen so far: "You're all turning into Trees" :)

[@DarXtalker]

Great vidéo ! I’m glad I now know these incredible facts ! Yet have two questions : 1. If we put air into a tree, does it boils ? 2. How’s your trip going ?

[@baileyjorgensen2983]

Why did you stop interviewing people? I liked that format.

[@baileyjorgensen2983]

@oldgolfcartspeakers Yeah but he stopped years ago. Look at his videos from 2019, he doesn't interview anyone like he used to (except in this, which is a repost).

[@August0Moura]

Same happens in the opposite way: when burning wood it leaves just a bit of ashes, most of it mass is released into CO2

[@MrTenad]

Lots of CO2 yes ...but also H2O.

[@cocobos]

That ashes is the carbon.

[@cocobos]

@@TheEclecticDyslexic oh right, the coal is, ashes is just the residue..

[@amojak]

so forest fires feed trees, OMG cannibals!!!

[@otso682]

Damn, his hair and beard color has really changed in a couple of years!

[@mansourq.689]

Too much studying and researching truly stresses the hair

[@perfectstranger1152]

Im sure he realized that when editing this together. Lol

[@billkiele5819]

THere's one step needed to complete the lesson. It's hinted at by at least one reader who noted that we get O2 back from the tree. You said so yourself. What stays behind in the tree, then? THe CARBON. It is then processed by the tree, along with minerals from the soil, (I couldn't guess the mechanism, but it's chemical) for the tree cells to produce NEW tree CELLS. THe tree may also keep some CO2 unprocessed, which adds some weight as well as reserves for when the sun doesn't shine enough to trigger all the reactions. THe other stuff you present in this recycled video amazes me utterly! Great video.

[@parthsarda2793]

Adhesion and cohesion helps as well in transporting water up a tree.

[@beactivebehappy9894]

I think that Derek was not busy and all but he was just trying to flex to his KZbin bois that hey I have already covered that topic before!!

[@hindsightpov4218]

Why trees are out to get you: Trees are trying to take the planet back.

[@TALKINGtac0]

Rise of the Planet of the Trees

[@NickRoman]

@@TALKINGtac0 , I was going to say, I feel a crappy disaster movie coming on.

[@nybye]

We live on a Plane , not a "planet"..

[@TALKINGtac0]

@@nybye If we live on a plane then where are the flight attendants hmm

[@nesss99]

@@nybye ahh.. you one of them

[@zoleroid7027]

Glorious beard. Also I have a new appreciation for nature's wonderful engineering.

[@minhsieuquay8164]

8:08 Derek: "Where did that stuff come from" That girl/woman: "magik."

[@utsavmanandharz156]

"Trees are out to get you" *Vietnam flashbacks*

[@thevoidlookspretty7079]

Sees someone eat an apple: YOU’RE EATING PEOPLE!

[@tibfulv]

It's a _cookbook!_

[@Nemozoli]

Soylent Green really is people!

[@4realGTFOH]

The twist at the end was brilliant.

[@souviksikdar1864]

I guess I already know this but I still end up watching the whole video. Great job.

[@AmolMahurkar]

"you become the tree." that's wonderful.

[@JohnyK07]

This type of stuff is what makes me marvel at the amazing way our universe works, down to the simplest things that we take for granted and never give much thought!

[@commanderkaos2922]

One of my favourite things in the world is when I see my favourite science personalities collaborating, so I was really excited when I saw Hank Green in the video!

[@meatballg8655]

"why the trees are out to get you" rose are red i can rhyme with ease the trees want my head and they speak vietnamese