Very well done! Holding camera steady? ✅ no frantic zooming in and out? ✅ no frantic panning side to side? ✅ and most importantly, NO screaming ohhh and ahhh? ✅✅✅ What a beautiful glacier and phenomenal calving. I really really want to go back, it’s been about 21 years.
I was lucky enough to see this glacier almost daily for work! What’s also awesome is the sights you see just getting out there from Seward! No place like Alaska, simple!😉👍
Yeah woo hoo so awesome at this rate we will never have to wear jackets again because when the worlds air conditioner is gone the next thing the sun will melt will be humans
@@Sigma_Sylum glaciers flow downhill because of the additional weight of new snow falling on top. When waterfront glaciers are pushed out over water, the calve. It's a totally normal process - actually the end result of climate change will be that eventually many of these glaciers will no longer have the weight to continue moving, stop calving, and at that point they will become "snowfields" instead of "glaciers"
Time Stamps - (PLEASE consider subscribing ! if I can get to 1,000 subscribers I can monetize my channel and that would mean a lot for me financially. Help me pay for college ! Thank you so much to everyone who's subscribed allready!) There is glacial calving occuring the entire length of the video, however the really massive calving event begins at about 2:35 and lasts the rest of the video. also notable at 2:00 a chunk of ice suddenly rises from beneath the water - kind of cool For size reference, the face of this glacier is more than 300 feet high.
@@scrappydoo7887 if you can find the money and time, coming up to Alaska is absolutely worth it - take a boat tour out of Whittier or Seward and chances are very good you'll see some glacial calving up close! :)
@@calvinjackson5306 Calving is caused primarily by the weight of new snow on the glacier pushing it downhill - when this happens to a waterfront glacier, it will calve as it is pushed over open water which cannot support the weight of the ice. So actually, the result of global warming will be that calving will stop as the glacier melts to the point that it no longer flows downhill. When that happens it becomes a "snowfield" instead of a "glacier". Calving is a natural process that has been occuring millions of years before humans, and is actually a sign the glacier is still moving and healthy :) This glacier is retreating however due to climate change - but that just means that more is melting from the glacier then new snow is falling. Most melting is not due to calving at the waterfront.
A la gente le párese divertido ver ese desprendimiento del hielo pero a raíz de eso están subiendo los niveles en los mares además que se descubre elnpemafros que contiene metano y es más contaminante del planeta. La gente se ríe pero no se da cuenta que está viendo los resultados d su propia destrucción ..
glaciers calve because they are growing glaciers grow until they hit the sea, then they break off and become icebergs this is a sign of global cooling, not global warming
Not necessarily. They will also increase calving when melting water reaches the bedrock under the glacier, lubricating the sliding surface and accelerating the advance of the glacier.
Global warming only happens in the summer, that's when ice melts. Climate change is in the winter it's cold ice don't melt. It's not any hotter in India then it is I America. You were made to believe Biden was going too fix America, high gas prices, Trump said before Biden became president... "if Biden becomes president gas will go $ 5,6,7 dollars a gallon, gasoline started going up biden's 1st day. Now inflation, going into a recession? Has the democratic party done anything for the black community? Has blm done anything for the black community? Quit buying into the democratic lie
Glacial calving is a sign of a healthy glacier ! The ice flows downhill because of the weight of the snow and ice on the top of the glacier, a natural process that has been occuring for millions of years. As the face of the glacier is pushed over open water, calving occurs! So celebrate! This video is a sign that the Aialik glacier is still alive and well for the time being. If calving stops occuring, that is actually a very bad sign for the glacier, as it likely indicates it's stopped moving and has become a snowfield, at which point it will begin to melt back from the water's edge. That having been said, Aialak glacier IS retreating (which means more melts than it receives new snowfall each year on average) and climate change is certainly a likely factor. So my advice would be - enjoy this show of nature's might with joy and admiration, but don't forget the climate crisis melting the ice away in under-ice rivers underneath, hidden from our gaze.
Agreed - the boat that was there before us was probably twice as close. I think she was concerned because of the reports of the glacier calving a lot that day so she decided to keep us a bit farther back. There are videos of people being injured by ice thrown from calving glaciers or vessels nearly sunk from the resulting waves!
A nice theory, but probably not, we were quite far from the glacier (more than half a mile), and there had been reports that the glacier was quite actively calving all day that day, which was why we stayed longer to hopefully see something.
AAAAHHHHHhhhhhh! The Earth is dying.... Man is DESTROOooying ittttt. You KARENs are a sad lot. Glaciers are NEVER static... they either AE growing or ARE retreating. Calving IS FOREVER a part of that cycle.
I don't mean this with any disrespect - but the correct term for the collapse of ice from the edge of a glacier is "calving" - this is glacial calving :)
@@mattsez2879 nope! An easy misunderstanding, but calving is when pieces break off from a glacier! A glacier actually can't flip because most of it is on land (the part breaking off is where it's pushed over open water). Icebergs "calve" off of glaciers, and then those icebergs can and do flip as you described (as they melt!)
The United Nations recently celebrated the International Mother Earth Day as a reminder to protect the environment. Heat waves, droughts, fires and heavy rains that cause severe flooding have become more frequent in many parts of the world due to climate change, which affects the entire worldwide population. The Earth is facing a “triple planetary crisis,” warn UN officials. Climate disruption, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste are the main areas of concern regarding the current state of the environment. This year, the Earth Day’s theme is “Invest In Our Planet,” so what would humanity's best investment for the planet be? We need to start by cleaning up the planet. There is no place on Earth where the air and water are clean, and that's a real problem. In theory, tackling this issue should be our priority when it comes to taking action to improve the dismal state of our planet. But let’s not fool ourselves. Such a plan alone will solve nothing. It will only help the international organizations to justify their own existence. They tick off "done" to raise as much money as they want, and that's it. If we do not improve relations between us, we will not be able to achieve the great and ambitious improvement in nature that we want and need to attain globally. We will never achieve a good result through bureaucratic, mechanical measures. There are a lot of people sitting in their comfortable offices profiting from the environmental crisis and demanding money and respect. They keep flying from one end of the world to the other on all kinds of missions to make a lot of noise with what they are "doing" and which everyone "needs to hear" as if that alone means something is happening, but in practice we see no real progress. The Earth must also be cleansed of them, of these people who engage in useless campaigns that only cause harm because they mislead the world, leading it away from the real solution. The cleaning of the planet should start inside out. If we do not clean the planet from within, and continue with our reckless behavior and the selfish nature of our hearts as before, nothing will change for the better. The immense sums invested in environmental initiatives should be directed to spreading an educational process aimed at improving the way we relate to each other. Humans are the most developed and influential factors of all of nature's levels: still, vegetative, animate and human. Since we occupy the highest level in nature, positively affecting the environment, the climate, and nature in general can be achieved by reaching positive relations among us. On the contrary, by letting our divisive drives tear apart human relations, we also destroy our surrounding environment, the very nature that our lives depend on. The more we humans are able to correct ourselves by changing our divisive attitudes toward each other into positive attitudes of mutual support, encouragement, mutual responsibility, and reciprocal concern, the more we will receive positive feedback from nature. And the more we develop without making this necessary correction, the more negative feedback we will receive from nature, as we have experienced in the form of natural disasters, pandemics. It is of utmost importance for us to organize our thoughts, desires and qualities so that we understand that saving the environment and a shift to a better future depend solely on changing our attitudes to each other: from antagonistic egoism to positive, compassionate and cooperative relationships.
Glaciers melt in May. Winter will be back in 4 months ! Winter cancels heat ! "Global warming "/ Climate Change " are insanely stupid notions ! DONT BE STUPID!
Massive, adjective - "exceptionally large" Given this is the biggest calving of the aialik glacier the boat captain had seen in 5 years and an entire 300ft face of ice weighing thousands of tons sloughed off (making it both exceptional and large) I think the person needing to learn that definition might be you ;)
We bore, with dynamite into our mountains we distroy our habitat, land, rivers and streams, we train, ship, rock to Japan, they train, ship it back a car to rust on top of our mountains.
There's no problem! Calving occurs year round (even when tourist boats aren't able to run) and on glaciers like this one, almost daily - it's caused by the weight of all that snow and ice pushing the glacier downhill, causing it to "flow" until it's over water. Since water cannot support the weight of all that snow and ice, calving occurs! Ailiak is a relatively fast moving glacier, so it's pretty active calving-wise despite being relatively stable.
Well, you could look at it two ways. Glacial calving has been occuring since the earth had ice - a healthy glacier "flows" downhill, pushed by the weight of new snowfall. This is a waterfront glacier - so irregardless of global temperature, as long as the glacier has not melted so much that it stops moving downhill and becomes a snowfield instead of a glacier (which would be grim indeed), then it will always calve as it is pushed over open water that, unlike land, cannot support the weight of all that ice. Calving is a sign that the glacier is still healthy and flowing downhill, so it's kind of a good thing and an incredible sight at that! On the other hand - this glacier is "retreating" which means that it is not getting as much new snowfall each year as it is calving off, which is obviously bad (and likely due to climate change). Either way, nature is awe inspiring in its glory and I think it would be follish to be so lost in thought over what is being lost so as to not enjoy the magnificent, millions of years old show is occuring before you, that you may never see again. These people are simply enjoying the outdoors and a spectacular display of mother nature's might, no need to be offended at the enjoyment or expense of others :) Please come up to Alaska and appreciate all the magnicence of the natural world that Alaska has to offer you! - perhaps you will find yourself silent in awe, or perhaps - you'll even catch yourself cheering in excitement a time or two!
cheering for something being lost that will never be rebuilt. its sad that this has become the tourism destination that it is. we as humans need to do better.
Hello Chuck! Glacial calving has been occuring for millions of years! (long before humans were around) It is natural and healthy (in my opinion) to cheer at Nature's might :)
Ya'll are funny. The earth 🌎 has been changing constantly for millions of years. The climate changed even before man was walking the earth 🌎 it will continue to change. We adapt with changes. Stop blaming this on humanity
We must be united to save us from the many many kind of Natural and sky disaster because it can eliminate human existence and there are no any police , court or jail for it 😭😭😭😭
We weren't narrating it for you :) I got to witness something special while enjoying time with friends and loved ones (and some strangers) and decided it was worth sharing. Please go be negative somewhere else
@@willplay1a *The VIDEO was cool!* Too bad you couldn't consider those who find foul language an abuse of the gift of speech. And how hard could it have been to edit out the oral defecation for the sake of young ones as well? And don't try to remind us that worse language is learned at school. Not a useful argument to excuse it in a public arena like TH-cam. Oh, by the way, I used every form of rotten language in my first 25 years. In fact I read material in an anthropology book that gave me even more 'colorful' expressions. I could have taught sailors how to swear. Been there, and came to an end after I grew up.
Remember everyone if we didn’t have global warming, we would be in the Ice Age from 14,000 years ago. However luckily it got warmer and the ice melted.
Calving occurs in all water front glaciers (irregardless of whether they are retreating or advancing) and has for millions of years. As snow accumilates at the top of the glacier, the weight causes the glacier to "flow" downwards. On a waterfront glacier, the glacier flows onto open water, which is not able to support the weight of all that snow and ice, causing calving. As for why people are excited to see it - witnessing powerful forces of nature is something I consider an important part of the human experience. We knew the glacier might calve while we were there, and we stayed extra time to hopefully not miss it. Everyone was excited that we were there to see the show :)
Well, it's a bit complex. Glacial calving it could be argued is a good thing, because it's a sign that the glacier still has enough weight and new snowfall to continue flowing downhill (being pushed over open water causes the calving). When a glacier stops flowing it becomes a snowfield, and calving will eventually stop entirely as it starts to melt back from the waterfront. That having been said, increased calving can be a sign of climate change, as increased snowmelt destabilizes the ice and water flowing below the glacier can lubricate it, speeding its downhill flow.
I bet you can go there at any given time and see this happen to one part or another. Our Glaciers are vanishing so subtly, yet consistently, to regular Joe's like myself, but not to scientists.They watch every second of whats happening to them. While they sure do look beautiful to see when they come apart, its horrifying to think of what the cost will be to humanity when they're gone. 😟
What good about it for you out there being happy on what is happening on that ice? Do you even know what is the big reason why it is happening? Scientist are crying and yet you are cheering.. What a insensitive reactions..
Glacial Calving has been occuring for millions of years. Glaciers flow downhill, and if they are pushed over water, then ice will break free. I care about climate change as much as the next person, but admiring a spectacular natural process is nothing to be ashamed of.
@@willplay1aperhaps it is natural millions of years before.. But what is happening right now isn't natural at all.. I admire sceneries in awe but i don't laugh when i see something brake apart because i know we are a part of it..
@@michaelnovela3469 it's your right to not enjoy nature's beauty and might if you so choose, but personally I believe that allowing the humanity's impact to ruin nature for you only draws you further from the natural world. The best way to get people to care about nature is to bring them to it, to have them feel the mist of the waterfalls, dance beneath the aurora, and watch in awe at the might of the glaciers. Your sense of moral superiority betrays you. My advice is to impassion yourself with the experiences of the natural world, and share those experiences with others. Worry more about teaching people to love and enjoy and protect nature, and worry less about how others experience it.
While climate change is certainly a concern, it's worth noting that glacial calving is natural and always occurs in tidewater glaciers like the Aialik Glacier, even in glaciers that are advancing. It's caused because glaciers "flow" downhill - and when it is pushed over open water pieces fall off. While the Aialik glacier IS retreating, the difference between a glacier that is "advancing" vs. one that is "retreating" is that a glacier that is advancing receives on average more snowfall than it looses to calving in a given year. So climate change aside (which can certainly produce larger and more frequent calving and reduce snowfall) this is a natural process that would be occuring even if we were in an iceage. So while I agree with your concern regarding climate change - in my opinion there's no harm in admiring a powerful, awe-inspiring natural process that has been occuring since long before humans inhabited this planet.
As long as snow falls, it will be compacted to ice which will slide down hill and fall off the edge of the land into the sea. What you're seeing is NOT the destruction of ice, but the endless cycle. HOWEVER, if Planet Earth and the air and water are warming up, then glaciers will gradually have less and less volume and the sea will have MORE volume. THAT is what we should worry about, not the continuous cycle.
@@simonmultiverse6349 I have read both sides information - the pro climate change & against. What screams total bullsh*t is the pro movement has become.. Why 1# no proof 2# adjusted data 3# final data unprocessed to raw data not close to matching = fake So I'd wouldn't take what paid for lobbyists (UN/NWO) acting as shills pushing a carbon taxation agenda for what they are... nothing. - the ones saying (fake) man made climate change is going end the world we know... really???? What total bunch of muppets ! 😆 If we want real change, lets start with China mainly get them to clean up their act... They ain't part of any reduction till over 2040 no fair ah? oh sorry but that will mean all those electronics & cheap goods will be no more can you live without them? Most can't !! You can then to India moving to 3rd world countries. After that you can talk about closing down western countries industry heavy/medium/small through the back door !!!
Nature gives us some of the greatest shows on earth, and admission is free.
Couldn't agree more!
Well not really free, unless your part of the crew
Very well done! Holding camera steady? ✅ no frantic zooming in and out? ✅ no frantic panning side to side? ✅ and most importantly, NO screaming ohhh and ahhh? ✅✅✅
What a beautiful glacier and phenomenal calving. I really really want to go back, it’s been about 21 years.
THANK YOU for holding the camera still!
I was lucky enough to see this glacier almost daily for work! What’s also awesome is the sights you see just getting out there from Seward! No place like Alaska, simple!😉👍
Life is all about timing and this was perfect timing. Incredible video
Oh wow, this is so beautiful. I have always wanted to visit Alaska, please share more. Thank you for letting us see Alaska through your eyes💗.
Yeah woo hoo so awesome at this rate we will never have to wear jackets again because when the worlds air conditioner is gone the next thing the sun will melt will be humans
@@Sigma_Sylum This is natural. Happens with or without humans.
@@Sigma_Sylum glaciers flow downhill because of the additional weight of new snow falling on top. When waterfront glaciers are pushed out over water, the calve. It's a totally normal process - actually the end result of climate change will be that eventually many of these glaciers will no longer have the weight to continue moving, stop calving, and at that point they will become "snowfields" instead of "glaciers"
wonderfully mesmerizing footage. Thank you for not zooming in/out like a rookie!!
You were so fortunate to be witness to this beautifully show of nature!
Crystal clear picture quality.
Great camera work.
Thank you! I appreciate it! ♡
Excellent video. But the title was a bit clickbait-ish!
Can you hear the terrifying sounds of ice cracking at 0:56... This literally sends shivers down my spine
Surely it should sent shivers *UP* your spine.
cannot
would ya go so far ta say it "shivers yur timbars?!"
no
@@chrismc.4437 OOOOoooooo AARRRRRRRRRR!!!!
Wow! Amazing! Thank you so much! Truly…🕊
Beautiful filming!
Thank you!
That is the most gorgeous shade of blue I've ever seen 💦💙🌎💙
Fantastic camera man and a beautiful sight to see
Да, чёткое разрешение у камеры, может профессиональная?
Do you have a longer clip ?
I have a slightly longer (10 minute) version, but that's it ^^' And there isn't nearly as much calving in the rest of the clip
Hi, you may thank gravity for this outstanding performance!!!
Right On thanks
Wow awesome, thank you so much for sharing.
Beautiful!
Yup. That's what icebergs do.
They melt and then rebuild themselves. A natural process of this planet.
Time Stamps -
(PLEASE consider subscribing ! if I can get to 1,000 subscribers I can monetize my channel and that would mean a lot for me financially. Help me pay for college ! Thank you so much to everyone who's subscribed allready!)
There is glacial calving occuring the entire length of the video, however the really massive calving event begins at about 2:35 and lasts the rest of the video.
also notable at 2:00 a chunk of ice suddenly rises from beneath the water - kind of cool
For size reference, the face of this glacier is more than 300 feet high.
This is an excellent video 👍 thank you very much for capturing a sight I will probably never see in person 🙂
@@scrappydoo7887 if you can find the money and time, coming up to Alaska is absolutely worth it - take a boat tour out of Whittier or Seward and chances are very good you'll see some glacial calving up close! :)
@@willplay1a I will be sure to do so if (the magic if lol) I can find the money. I'm in England so it's no small journey unfortunately 😌
What a beautiful video, thank you for that
Nothing beautiful bout global warming
Thank you! ♡
@@calvinjackson5306 Calving is caused primarily by the weight of new snow on the glacier pushing it downhill - when this happens to a waterfront glacier, it will calve as it is pushed over open water which cannot support the weight of the ice. So actually, the result of global warming will be that calving will stop as the glacier melts to the point that it no longer flows downhill. When that happens it becomes a "snowfield" instead of a "glacier". Calving is a natural process that has been occuring millions of years before humans, and is actually a sign the glacier is still moving and healthy :) This glacier is retreating however due to climate change - but that just means that more is melting from the glacier then new snow is falling. Most melting is not due to calving at the waterfront.
@@calvinjackson5306 inform yourself instead of repeating everything you hear
@@calvinjackson5306 This is what people call 'misinformation' these days.
There is so much history in there.
I know ! Incredible to think about.
What a catch!
A la gente le párese divertido ver ese desprendimiento del hielo pero a raíz de eso están subiendo los niveles en los mares además que se descubre elnpemafros que contiene metano y es más contaminante del planeta.
La gente se ríe pero no se da cuenta que está viendo los resultados d su propia destrucción ..
How about dragging these glaciers to hot regions like the coast of California/USA?
Patience pays dividends. Spectacular and entertaining video of glacier calving. Thank you willplay1a.
Wahouououou merci pour le partage 👍👍👍
Awesome video.
Surfs up!
Beautiful
Couldn't agree more
I cann't think anything
How i can life there
So beautiful place,but...
🙋🐈⬛❣️
Гениально❤
Bonito e triste ao mesmo tempo. ( Aqui Brasil )
Por que triste? Why is it sad?
Triste? Que?
This is an awesome video wow 👌
Thanks!
glaciers calve because they are growing
glaciers grow until they hit the sea, then they break off and become icebergs
this is a sign of global cooling, not global warming
Not necessarily. They will also increase calving when melting water reaches the bedrock under the glacier, lubricating the sliding surface and accelerating the advance of the glacier.
@@billbryce2538
still a sign of glaciers growing, not shrinking
Yes .
Three day of darkness Prophecy that is coming
How did they know exactly where it's going to happen Ö.ö
I didn't ! Spent a lot more time filming than the video reflects haha
@@willplay1a i meant the exact location
@@yesthisisme Just a guess from observing the ice! Looking where tiny pieces had been breaking off
Heat Wave in UK today!
Very cool footage! 👍👍
💔This hurts my soul!
Global warming only happens in the summer, that's when ice melts. Climate change is in the winter it's cold ice don't melt. It's not any hotter in India then it is I America. You were made to believe Biden was going too fix America, high gas prices, Trump said before Biden became president... "if Biden becomes president gas will go $ 5,6,7 dollars a gallon, gasoline started going up biden's 1st day. Now inflation, going into a recession?
Has the democratic party done anything for the black community? Has blm done anything for the black community? Quit buying into the democratic lie
@@greggalvan1378 Oh honey not today 🤬I am to old to put up with your nonsense! Fly your Trump sign and leave me alone!
Glacial calving is a sign of a healthy glacier ! The ice flows downhill because of the weight of the snow and ice on the top of the glacier, a natural process that has been occuring for millions of years. As the face of the glacier is pushed over open water, calving occurs! So celebrate! This video is a sign that the Aialik glacier is still alive and well for the time being. If calving stops occuring, that is actually a very bad sign for the glacier, as it likely indicates it's stopped moving and has become a snowfield, at which point it will begin to melt back from the water's edge. That having been said, Aialak glacier IS retreating (which means more melts than it receives new snowfall each year on average) and climate change is certainly a likely factor. So my advice would be - enjoy this show of nature's might with joy and admiration, but don't forget the climate crisis melting the ice away in under-ice rivers underneath, hidden from our gaze.
go and cry in your safe space
Karen, there is no reason this should hurt your soul.
So that's where crushed ice comes from.
massive is something else!
Golly Bob Howdy! Gee willickers!
Very cool...yet so scary too
Maailma tuhotuu jää markkinoilla paljon 30 vuofessa
Wow!
É uno spettacolo drammatico :-(
That was like waiting at the coin push machine for the big one.
En el 134 más que crujir .parece .sonido de un arma alto calibre.👽
ВЫ СМОТРИТЕ ПОСЛЕДНИЕ ГОДЫ ЖИЗНИ ЗЕМЛИ....ИДЕТ ЕЕ РАСПАД....
Skip to 2:36
Amazing? Don't you think that is terrible?
Sesuatu pemdangan yang bagus.tapi menyedihkan karena es berjatuhan karena efek suhu bumi yang makin panas
Man would have been so much more amazing if the boat captain would have been closer. Which I have seen them do.
Agreed - the boat that was there before us was probably twice as close. I think she was concerned because of the reports of the glacier calving a lot that day so she decided to keep us a bit farther back. There are videos of people being injured by ice thrown from calving glaciers or vessels nearly sunk from the resulting waves!
Parabéns muito bom mesmo Deus abecoi asu vida amei todos escritos amei 🤔😲😃🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👍👍👍
Thank you for not screaming like a little girl.
Quelle tristesse 😓😥
Doesn't start falling til 2:40 🤣
It's actually falling the whole length of the video, but if you read my pinned comment, I already provided the timestamp (2:35) for the big part ;)
Don't worry folks the experts at CNN say that climate change will be back next summer.
The fools who don't know when to be quiet ruin it for the others. It's a whole different experience with out the noise and swearing.
Probably due to the vibration of the boats engine/s.
A nice theory, but probably not, we were quite far from the glacier (more than half a mile), and there had been reports that the glacier was quite actively calving all day that day, which was why we stayed longer to hopefully see something.
What’s the likelihood of a big enough piece to fall and sink that boat?
@@prahfetts825 pretty low I think!
AAAAHHHHHhhhhhh! The Earth is dying.... Man is DESTROOooying ittttt.
You KARENs are a sad lot. Glaciers are NEVER static... they either AE growing or ARE retreating. Calving IS FOREVER a part of that cycle.
Вот почему везде в мире наводнения!
lol
Call it what you need, it's melting
that was not Calving....that was simply a collapse
I don't mean this with any disrespect - but the correct term for the collapse of ice from the edge of a glacier is "calving" - this is glacial calving :)
@@willplay1a i could be wrong, but I believe Calving is when the bottom become more buoyant than the top, and the ice turns over
@@mattsez2879 nope! An easy misunderstanding, but calving is when pieces break off from a glacier! A glacier actually can't flip because most of it is on land (the part breaking off is where it's pushed over open water). Icebergs "calve" off of glaciers, and then those icebergs can and do flip as you described (as they melt!)
Nice camera work. It just didn't seem that massive.
YAWN!!!!!!
The United Nations recently celebrated the International Mother Earth Day as a reminder to protect the environment. Heat waves, droughts, fires and heavy rains that cause severe flooding have become more frequent in many parts of the world due to climate change, which affects the entire worldwide population.
The Earth is facing a “triple planetary crisis,” warn UN officials. Climate disruption, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste are the main areas of concern regarding the current state of the environment. This year, the Earth Day’s theme is “Invest In Our Planet,” so what would humanity's best investment for the planet be?
We need to start by cleaning up the planet. There is no place on Earth where the air and water are clean, and that's a real problem. In theory, tackling this issue should be our priority when it comes to taking action to improve the dismal state of our planet. But let’s not fool ourselves. Such a plan alone will solve nothing.
It will only help the international organizations to justify their own existence. They tick off "done" to raise as much money as they want, and that's it. If we do not improve relations between us, we will not be able to achieve the great and ambitious improvement in nature that we want and need to attain globally. We will never achieve a good result through bureaucratic, mechanical measures.
There are a lot of people sitting in their comfortable offices profiting from the environmental crisis and demanding money and respect. They keep flying from one end of the world to the other on all kinds of missions to make a lot of noise with what they are "doing" and which everyone "needs to hear" as if that alone means something is happening, but in practice we see no real progress. The Earth must also be cleansed of them, of these people who engage in useless campaigns that only cause harm because they mislead the world, leading it away from the real solution.
The cleaning of the planet should start inside out. If we do not clean the planet from within, and continue with our reckless behavior and the selfish nature of our hearts as before, nothing will change for the better. The immense sums invested in environmental initiatives should be directed to spreading an educational process aimed at improving the way we relate to each other.
Humans are the most developed and influential factors of all of nature's levels: still, vegetative, animate and human. Since we occupy the highest level in nature, positively affecting the environment, the climate, and nature in general can be achieved by reaching positive relations among us. On the contrary, by letting our divisive drives tear apart human relations, we also destroy our surrounding environment, the very nature that our lives depend on.
The more we humans are able to correct ourselves by changing our divisive attitudes toward each other into positive attitudes of mutual support, encouragement, mutual responsibility, and reciprocal concern, the more we will receive positive feedback from nature. And the more we develop without making this necessary correction, the more negative feedback we will receive from nature, as we have experienced in the form of natural disasters, pandemics.
It is of utmost importance for us to organize our thoughts, desires and qualities so that we understand that saving the environment and a shift to a better future depend solely on changing our attitudes to each other: from antagonistic egoism to positive, compassionate and cooperative relationships.
Glaciers melt in May. Winter will be back in 4 months ! Winter cancels heat ! "Global warming "/ Climate Change " are insanely stupid notions ! DONT BE STUPID!
Show me one prediction made by the climate alarmists that has come true. Just one.
blablablablabla🤣🤣🤣
Good Grief.... KAREN.
🦕 Dinosaur 💧 water.
It can't take that much luck to see calving like this when on a ship with a large fossile engine producing vibrations.
Someone needs to learn the definition of "massive".
Massive, adjective - "exceptionally large"
Given this is the biggest calving of the aialik glacier the boat captain had seen in 5 years and an entire 300ft face of ice weighing thousands of tons sloughed off (making it both exceptional and large) I think the person needing to learn that definition might be you ;)
Menschen sind merkwürdig.
Americans acting as if they’re watching football
Actually, people from all over the world watching something much rarer and MUCH cooler than football :)
We bore, with dynamite into our mountains we distroy our habitat, land, rivers and streams, we train, ship, rock to Japan, they train, ship it back a car to rust on top of our mountains.
This seems to happen a lot when tourist boats are near by. I think these people might be the problem
9
There's no problem! Calving occurs year round (even when tourist boats aren't able to run) and on glaciers like this one, almost daily - it's caused by the weight of all that snow and ice pushing the glacier downhill, causing it to "flow" until it's over water. Since water cannot support the weight of all that snow and ice, calving occurs! Ailiak is a relatively fast moving glacier, so it's pretty active calving-wise despite being relatively stable.
@@willplay1a I was only joking anyway
@@Reprobus3 😅
@@Reprobus3 No you weren’t.🤦♂️
Cheering on the end of humanity.
Well, you could look at it two ways. Glacial calving has been occuring since the earth had ice - a healthy glacier "flows" downhill, pushed by the weight of new snowfall. This is a waterfront glacier - so irregardless of global temperature, as long as the glacier has not melted so much that it stops moving downhill and becomes a snowfield instead of a glacier (which would be grim indeed), then it will always calve as it is pushed over open water that, unlike land, cannot support the weight of all that ice. Calving is a sign that the glacier is still healthy and flowing downhill, so it's kind of a good thing and an incredible sight at that! On the other hand - this glacier is "retreating" which means that it is not getting as much new snowfall each year as it is calving off, which is obviously bad (and likely due to climate change). Either way, nature is awe inspiring in its glory and I think it would be follish to be so lost in thought over what is being lost so as to not enjoy the magnificent, millions of years old show is occuring before you, that you may never see again. These people are simply enjoying the outdoors and a spectacular display of mother nature's might, no need to be offended at the enjoyment or expense of others :) Please come up to Alaska and appreciate all the magnicence of the natural world that Alaska has to offer you! - perhaps you will find yourself silent in awe, or perhaps - you'll even catch yourself cheering in excitement a time or two!
cheering for something being lost that will never be rebuilt. its sad that this has become the tourism destination that it is. we as humans need to do better.
Hello Chuck! Glacial calving has been occuring for millions of years! (long before humans were around) It is natural and healthy (in my opinion) to cheer at Nature's might :)
You know that Chuck has to be a liberal and blaming this on global warming
It’s impressive at the same time being sad. We can feel both ways. I do.
GLACIERS CONTINUE TO GROW LIKE FINGER NAILS ! Don't be dramatic
Ya'll are funny. The earth 🌎 has been changing constantly for millions of years. The climate changed even before man was walking the earth 🌎 it will continue to change. We adapt with changes. Stop blaming this on humanity
We must be united to save us from the many many kind of Natural and sky disaster because it can eliminate human existence and there are no any police , court or jail for it 😭😭😭😭
drama queen 🤣🤣🤣
@@cleopatra1633 u r very good person I'm not
You might be on to something = maybe the boats cause them
Its ice breaking...
If that's the best language he can use to describe that event, it's wasted on them.
We weren't narrating it for you :) I got to witness something special while enjoying time with friends and loved ones (and some strangers) and decided it was worth sharing. Please go be negative somewhere else
@@willplay1a *The VIDEO was cool!* Too bad you couldn't consider those who find foul language an abuse of the gift of speech. And how hard could it have been to edit out the oral defecation for the sake of young ones as well? And don't try to remind us that worse language is learned at school. Not a useful argument to excuse it in a public arena like TH-cam. Oh, by the way, I used every form of rotten language in my first 25 years. In fact I read material in an anthropology book that gave me even more 'colorful' expressions. I could have taught sailors how to swear. Been there, and came to an end after I grew up.
Remember everyone if we didn’t have global warming, we would be in the Ice Age from 14,000 years ago. However luckily it got warmer and the ice melted.
Consequences are not written about here. Tragic loss of thinking.
Why are some folks saying yeeees! Not a good to see calving.
Calving occurs in all water front glaciers (irregardless of whether they are retreating or advancing) and has for millions of years. As snow accumilates at the top of the glacier, the weight causes the glacier to "flow" downwards. On a waterfront glacier, the glacier flows onto open water, which is not able to support the weight of all that snow and ice, causing calving. As for why people are excited to see it - witnessing powerful forces of nature is something I consider an important part of the human experience. We knew the glacier might calve while we were there, and we stayed extra time to hopefully not miss it. Everyone was excited that we were there to see the show :)
This cannot be a good thing. Isn't this part of what will make coastal areas uninhabitable due to sea level rise?
Well, it's a bit complex. Glacial calving it could be argued is a good thing, because it's a sign that the glacier still has enough weight and new snowfall to continue flowing downhill (being pushed over open water causes the calving). When a glacier stops flowing it becomes a snowfield, and calving will eventually stop entirely as it starts to melt back from the waterfront. That having been said, increased calving can be a sign of climate change, as increased snowmelt destabilizes the ice and water flowing below the glacier can lubricate it, speeding its downhill flow.
JFC... this IS normal... been happening... ebbing and flowing for MILLIONs of years.
go in that ice cave lol
Sait shin
The only ice cold glacier I ever climbed was my ex-wife
😁🤣🤣
Dude you should learn the meaning of massive that wasn't massive at all have seen better
😥
Omg it increased the sea level
Страшно😢
🤷♂️now we are going to start a continuous stream of our coal to China until we run out! We will probably wash it here first to be polite.
@@caesarg4711 once gone it's gone, it doesn't rebirth and once the ice is gone, we are gone. please prove me wrong
I bet you can go there at any given time and see this happen to one part or another. Our Glaciers are vanishing so subtly, yet consistently, to regular Joe's like myself, but not to scientists.They watch every second of whats happening to them. While they sure do look beautiful to see when they come apart, its horrifying to think of what the cost will be to humanity when they're gone. 😟
Keep drinking the liberal Kool-Aid.
@click this link Canada
stop your nonsens 🤣🤣🤣
@@cleopatra1633 Are you really THAT daft?
Gettagarip KAREN. CO2 hypocrite YOU and every one like YOU.
What good about it for you out there being happy on what is happening on that ice? Do you even know what is the big reason why it is happening?
Scientist are crying and yet you are cheering..
What a insensitive reactions..
Glacial Calving has been occuring for millions of years. Glaciers flow downhill, and if they are pushed over water, then ice will break free. I care about climate change as much as the next person, but admiring a spectacular natural process is nothing to be ashamed of.
@@willplay1aperhaps it is natural millions of years before..
But what is happening right now isn't natural at all..
I admire sceneries in awe but i don't laugh when i see something brake apart because i know we are a part of it..
@@michaelnovela3469 it's your right to not enjoy nature's beauty and might if you so choose, but personally I believe that allowing the humanity's impact to ruin nature for you only draws you further from the natural world. The best way to get people to care about nature is to bring them to it, to have them feel the mist of the waterfalls, dance beneath the aurora, and watch in awe at the might of the glaciers. Your sense of moral superiority betrays you. My advice is to impassion yourself with the experiences of the natural world, and share those experiences with others. Worry more about teaching people to love and enjoy and protect nature, and worry less about how others experience it.
Lighten up Francis😂. I’ve been up in Alaska for 40 years and seeing this in person is a thrill of a lifetime. Don’t be so jealous!
@@michaelnovela3469 you are absolutely incorrect.
Please learn before trying to educate.
This is nothing new
No amazing very bad..
That's global warming in action 😔
Please. 🤦🏻♂️
Really....it happens all the time....as long as theyve been around they fall apart
This is not amusing at the rate its going well no glaciers at all
While climate change is certainly a concern, it's worth noting that glacial calving is natural and always occurs in tidewater glaciers like the Aialik Glacier, even in glaciers that are advancing. It's caused because glaciers "flow" downhill - and when it is pushed over open water pieces fall off. While the Aialik glacier IS retreating, the difference between a glacier that is "advancing" vs. one that is "retreating" is that a glacier that is advancing receives on average more snowfall than it looses to calving in a given year. So climate change aside (which can certainly produce larger and more frequent calving and reduce snowfall) this is a natural process that would be occuring even if we were in an iceage. So while I agree with your concern regarding climate change - in my opinion there's no harm in admiring a powerful, awe-inspiring natural process that has been occuring since long before humans inhabited this planet.
Ice is being made just as fast as it's falling into ocean. Unless you're God to prove one wrong. SHUT IT
As long as snow falls, it will be compacted to ice which will slide down hill and fall off the edge of the land into the sea. What you're seeing is NOT the destruction of ice, but the endless cycle.
HOWEVER, if Planet Earth and the air and water are warming up, then glaciers will gradually have less and less volume and the sea will have MORE volume. THAT is what we should worry about, not the continuous cycle.
@@gettogo0159 How about you - have *YOU* done any research?
@@simonmultiverse6349 I have read both sides information - the pro climate change & against. What screams total bullsh*t is the pro movement has become..
Why 1# no proof 2# adjusted data 3# final data unprocessed to raw data not close to matching = fake
So I'd wouldn't take what paid for lobbyists (UN/NWO) acting as shills pushing a carbon taxation agenda for what they are... nothing. - the ones saying (fake) man made climate change is going end the world we know... really???? What total bunch of muppets ! 😆
If we want real change, lets start with China mainly get them to clean up their act... They ain't part of any reduction till over 2040 no fair ah? oh sorry but that will mean all those electronics & cheap goods will be no more can you live without them? Most can't !!
You can then to India moving to 3rd world countries. After that you can talk about closing down western countries industry heavy/medium/small through the back door !!!