Our Kelp Forest Has Sprung to Life! - here’s how we did it
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
- Our Kelp Forest has come alive this Summer after years of hard work and in this episode we cover all the progress we've made in bringing back this amazing ecosystem.
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⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 Intro
1:14 Kelp Forests
2:17 Spore bag Technique
2:58 Green Gravel
4:10 Producing Kelp
7:02 Picking a Site
8:48 Deployment
🔎 ABOUT THIS PROJECT
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Underwater forests are an immensely important ecosystem: they support biodiversity, improve water quality and sequester carbon. Despite their significance for marine life and the fight against climate change, the loss of kelp forests from coastlines worldwide has captured much less of the spotlight on deforestation. This is why since 2020, we have been working with SeaForester to restore kelp forests in Portugal where large areas of kelp have disappeared. We are building a kelp nursery to produce and deploy kelp that tests a new method called ‘green gravel’ with the potential for large-scale marine reforestation.
Read more here: www.mossy.earth/projects/kelp...
If you would like to support this project then please consider becoming a member :) You can do so here: www.mossy.earth/ If you are already a member and you would like to boost the project further then you can also go into the extra impact tab in your account and contribute exclusively to this project one off in the "fund extra" tab. Thank you everyone for helping us do this work. It is mind blowing we get your support to try and help nature! - Cheers, Duarte
Can you make a planting coral video? People are trying to remake coral reefs in Seychelles, Hawaii, and many more! Coral reefs are very important and are being killed by climate change and humans indirectly affecting the reefs.
Any recent updates? Wildfires happening and the Amazon summit hope Mossy Earth can help take part to help, also to give support to local people
Do the kelp have to hit a minimum size before they start reproducing or will the tiny ones start releasing spores their 1st spring?
Regardless, I think the "green gravel" method would maximize the returns if you artificially raised the kelp to a point where they are mature enough that you can drop them just before their 1st spawn. That way even if most of the dropped kelp doesn't thrive for whatever reason, they'll at least have a chance to dump their spores within a month or two of being dropped. That way it's like a "double drop"! Drop 1 with the "green gravel" and drop 2 of spores from the kelp! You also get an 'added benefit' since each kelp drops _multiple_ spores. This means you could possible end up with 3x the amount of kelp you dropped or more‼️ 🤝💯
do you have any projects in germany ?
Im so excited for this year's updates
I love that you're thinking not just of the visible forests and rewilding on land, but of the important sites like the ocean, too.
Exactly! There is a LOT of potential to restore marine ecosystems with a relatively low budget. - Cheers, Duarte
Let's trap that carbon underwater.
More important even, the ENTIRE food chain relies on the ocean in some form or another. We call it the green planet, but really it's a blue one. We have so much work to do.
@@MossyEarth so when do you plan on rewilding mars?
@@MossyEarth I would argue that in totality, it is impossible to fix one without fixing the other.
Publishing failure is important. It tells everyone else what not to do, unless they have a new twist on the idea. Succeed or fail, it's ALWAYS good data.
there should be a free to access catalogue of all techniques and their success rates for everything that anyone can submit to a review, similar to wikipedia. for example searching for this could be: artificial + kelp + reproduction + natural habitat = spore bag technique [low % success rate] vs + simulated habitat = green gravel technique [high % success rate]. also dealing with the stigma of publishing 'failure' in academia is a thing
Thank you for all the people that are part of this! You guys are real superheroes!
Thank you! I will pass the message to the team that has been working so hard on this :) - Cheers, Duarte
There is much to do and the work has started in many places around the world. This kind of thinking and doing is the seed that will grow and succeed! 🙂
I do work professionally on conservation (On south america) and can tell right away that you are working with a higher than most standard of results reporting, budget transparency and overall project quality. About the importance of sharing failed attepms, is sometimes dismaying seeing how far organizations go to forget their mistakes, so they and other organizations keep making the same mistakes year after year. Definitevely an organization worth contributing to
I am so proud and glad to be able to be part of the Moss Gang
Haha the moss gang! 😂 Thank you for the support David! - Cheers, Duarte
moss gang 5 life
Same!
@@MossyEarthhirt please. why do you guys have no merch?? #mossgang
I hope soon I can become one too!
With all these horrible records this year, we really need heroes like you guys to help nature keep fighting, while humans fix their shit. Really happy to be a yearlong supporter of your cause!! Much love from Norway!
Thank you Magnus! That support is well and truly what makes any of this possible. Thank from me and the whole team! It really means a lot for us to have the funds to work on this. - Cheers, Duarte
I honestly shed a few tears when I saw the first larger kelp sprouts, we know this summer is going to be the absolute worst test for them, and they might not make it. But seeing the potential of the (affordable!) method you have discovered already heals part of that ache. We will help the kelp.
Thank you for the kind words my friend! We are also super excited for what this project can bring! - Cheers, Duarte
And the more kelp forests rehabilitated and protected - the cooler things will stay/ become
I've never spent £5 a month on anything more worthwhile than my mossy earth membership! Amazing work guys, you're doing so much good. And I love the way you make us feel a part of it!
Kelp forests are the key to rewilding!!!
We think so too :) - Cheers, Duarte
"Build it and they will come" 😊
The wonderful thing about your work is that you put it out there for everyone to see. To get excited about rewilding and also to help other projects learn from your mistakes.
Thank you for the kind words! We try our best to showcase when things go wrong. Otherwise we can't all learn and get on with solving important problems. - Cheers, Duarte
i literally just watched a 1 and a half hour docu about british biodiversity, mainly marine life. because i'm in that kind of mood you know. and now you guys finally dropped an update on the kelp.
What a great day it is.
Hahaha not quite a one hour doco but 15 minutes of the best we can make about our own project :) Enjoy! - Cheers, Duarte
What doc did you see? I want to see
i think mossy earth is by far the most transparent reforestation group that i have ever seen. they publicize all their funding and expense, but also actively sharing their progress. keep up the good work guys👍
Thank you for all the hard work everyone!
I appreciate how honest you are about failures, and I agree that it is very valuable, and it shows that integrity is more important than clicks or somebody’s ego or whatever. You guys are very inspiring.
Thank you Avry! If we did not communicate our failures we would lose a portion of what makes us impactful. Not that the test was a failure, it was a test for a reason, but it is key to go write a paper about that and not just when things work. - Cheers, Duarte
Failure is just one step closer to success 😊
I'm crossing fingers and every other part of my body for these baby kelps to keep on growing! Great effort team!
Same here! Thank you for all the hard work helping with the filming :) - Cheers, Duarte
Marine habitat restoration makes me happy and I'm not even a beach person, nor do I like to eat fish. I think it's because it makes such a visable difference so fast.
Thanks for all your hard work! Not only do we get interesting educational content, but you are helping heal the earth. This channel is one I always look forward to seeing the uploads.
Can’t wait for more updates! So many non profits focus on restoring our land that the public does not realize there are efforts to also help the ocean ecosystems, and how important said efforts are.
Glad you enjoyed the video! We are doing our best both on the project front and also on the videos of course to communicate them properly. The ocean is ofter forgotten and also difficult to work in but very worthwhile. - Cheers, Duarte
Green Gravel makes a lot of sense, kelp is basically ocean trees, and we don't generally try to start a forest by yeeting a bunch of pinecone around, we plant already started saplings that will be able to take root and grow imeadiately
With all the distressing news about the climate lately it's really refreshing to see rewilding programs like this making changes for the better. We still have so so much work to do but I'm grateful for initiatives like this that help move us in the right direction!
Rewilding is a breath of fresh air for all of us that love wild ecosystems :) - Cheers, Duarte
Rewilding needs to be done on an even more massive scale, dare I say, an industrial scale.
Never been so hyped to see kelp grow. Awesome video guys!
:D Same! It is so exciting! - Cheers, Duarte
Never seen someone so hyped at finding a leaf on the sea floor.
Also love the transparency, both economically and about failures and dangers of the projects. Making mistakes is part of learning, and that's needed just as much as the improvements themselves.
1:38 spores
2:05 The way we tell them apart
2:12 wander
2:24 Sori
「Sorus tissue is the “pregnant” area at the center of the kelp blade containing the sporangia, which are cells that generate and contain the spores. 」‐AKUA
Sorus(singular)/Sori(plural) - ADF&G
4:31 Jan from SeaForester
5:06 put it in the bag
5:07 The amount we collected
5:11 but it will go a long way in our lab.
5:21 two... two full mesh bags full of material now
5:42/5:50/6:05 gametophytes
6:48 night and day cycle
7:21 relatively carefree
7:26 disappear from sight
8:12 we dove on
8:18 In the kelp forests, there was
10:48 grow into a forest
11:07 €88,551
13:38 get some kelp to grow
14:24 too much for a forest to easily develop
14:46 Mare IPLeiria
15:04 we are right there, so close
15:30 I can't say thank you enough. Until next time.
I left out some of the more minor things
I think you've already been unbanned, I can see your comment
@@tiago98bastos yea I can tell since it's getting likes, and also I can actually see it in my comment history
This is amazing work! I'm a teen and whatever career I'll choose later on in life, I really hope I can impact the world like you guys are! You guys are the real heroes
Thank you! We hope you end up working in Rewilding :) - Cheers, Duarte
These videos get better and better! Super excited about the results of this project so far, and looking forward to seeing it progress more
Fingers crossed everything keeps going well with the existing forests! It is a very exciting development :) - Cheers, Duarte
Thanks to everyone that supports Mossy Earth and the good work they do!
If the world only had more people like you and your team... Keep doing what your doing...you kinda give me hope that humans aren't all terrible
Hi Thom, hope is important! Glad to be able to provide you with some :) - Cheers, Duarte
So excited to see how this project progresses in the coming years. Ocean rehabilitation is such an important focus for the whole planet, and I'm happy my contributions are supporting this kind of work
Thank you Lagiacrus! Your support truly is the only thing that makes it all work. It is crucial! Thank you for the kind words :)
Every single video makes me admire you guys even more, the hard work you put into this projects, the excitement, the investigation, the heart that goes into every single place... it's just so special. Thank you for doing it and thank you for sharing
Hi Poliijc ! Thank you! That means a lot to the whole team. I know everyone reads these comments and it helps motivate them :) - Cheers, Duarte
Every Mossy video makes my day and this one even more. So lovely to see those little kelps growing. Keep it up team Mossy!
Thank you Dharmesh and thank you for all the help getting us to this stage :D - Cheers, Duarte
As usual, keep up the great work! It's always a pleasure and pride being part of this. It's always mind blowing seeing how such a small amount of money can go a long way. Billionaires are criminals, imagine what we could do if even only one billionaire gave 1% of his hoarded wealth to this (and other similar) organization!
Thank you so much! This mean a lot to us and your support is truly the only thing that makes all of this possible :) - Cheers, Duarte
So happy to be a mossy earth member! You keep the hope alive!
The results are so encouraging! I think Álvaro at the end nicely summarises how everyone involved is feeling about the next steps haha
Indeed! Exciting times!
Great work and I can't wait to see the areas' progress! The underwater footage is also incredible.
Well worth checking it out on a dive! Glad you enjoyed the footage :)
Well done Team! Im so proud to be part of this project. Videos are getting so much better. Please keep us updated on the progress of the kelplings and spore.
Thank you! It is people like you that make this work possible and that is such an amazing thing that it blows my mind every day :) When it comes to the video, it was a tonne of work to film and edit so it's nice to see that you noticed the bump in quality. - Cheers, Duarte
I’m so glad that this project is working out!!!!!
Me too :D - Cheers, Duarte
Also is so sweet that you guys comment to most the people that comment on your videos :)
How could we not! Its such a great place to get feedback and interact with amazing people :)
Looking forward to seeing how this goes in a few years!!
Same! Can't wait for to see how these areas progress :) We will keep you posted! - Cheers, Duarte
It can be so hard to stay positive about the enviroment in today's climate, especially with so many governments dragging their feet on regulations and enviromental spending, but in the immortal words of Mister Rogers, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."
Thank you all so much for being the helpers, for creating real change, for starting sparks of hope in your viewers, and encouraging us by your actions to do the same. It means more than I could possibly say.
This is the video I’ve been waiting for for months.
Well it is here now James! Enjoy :D - Cheers, Duarte
seeing the kelp growing after finding a technique that is effective is amazing
No one mentioned how much kelp absorbs co2 at 20x the rate of trees. It’s vital we protect and encourage our kelp forest for this reason too.
Thats also a very important aspect of kelp and producers in marine ecossystems in general
This makes me so happy to witness. I’m very hopeful that the kelp will continue to grow. Thank you Mossy Earth!
Same here! We are also really excited :) - Cheers, Duarte
Im eco committee in school this means so much what you do🎉😂🎉😂❤❤❤
Thank you for the support, we are glad these videos are meaningful to you :) - Cheers, Duarte
Thank you thank you thank you for taking care of our planet. Kelp forests are something I’ve cared about for a long time.
Thank you for the kind words! We love kelp forests too and really look forward to seeing them improve :) - Cheers, Duarte
Great work guys. We're so stoked to be able to be a part of this. Such an amazing project 👏👏
Thank you so much for the support! It is ultimately what makes all of this possible :) - Cheers, Duarte
As always, you're transparent about the successes and failures, and go for low cost high impact solutions! I absolutely love it! As a happy member I'm looking forward to your next update. You guys are amazing, keep up the great work!
It is so heartwarming to see such young, positive and energetic people caring so much for the environment!! People should just stop protesting in the streets where they achieve NOTHING and start rolling up their sleeves to do some actual work!! May you go from strength to strength and God bless you!! ❤ Much love from South Africa
As a member, it's so good to see all these great projects you're working on. I hope you're able to continue all this work for many years to come, and look forward to every one of your updates.
In Japan, "KONBU" has been part of the cuisine for thousands of years. We consume lots of it so we grow them. But it's usually hung vertically in the ocean.
Incredible! Been waiting for an update on this for so long.
Super excited to see where this goes, and let's hope we can upscale it even more!
Exactly! The exciting part is not necessarily what has been achieved in terms of restoration but more where it can go from here! - Cheers, Duarte
2:38 A null result is never a bad result, it allways helps to give valuable info on what does and does not work
Wow, I literally broke into laughing tears at 12:55 when they got so happy to see the baby kelp growing. Brings me much hope to see other people being so passionate about restoring nature. Much love to you all!
Really encouraging. I can’t wait to see how the kelp develops
Same! Really excited to see how it might look in a year or 2 if it works out.
Thank you to all the people involved in helping the kelp forest.
The progress is awesome! I hope the kelp babies make it so there can be more fish babies! And thank you for showing what didn’t work as well as what did. It makes the expectation more realistic 🌱🐟🦦
It is important so that others don't try the same idea and waste their time.🤞 Fingers crossed for the baby kelps and of course the baby fish and invertebrates :) - Cheers, Duarte
I'm so excited to see the progress being made and am glad to see more about the kelp forests!
Same here! As a diver, freediver and surfer this project is very close to my heart so it is amazing to see it progress! - Cheers, Duarte
Very glad to be able to support your fantastic work with a small monthly contribution. Your evidence-based approach is exemplary, as is the transparency of your reporting. Keep it up! :-)
Hi Thomas! That means a lot to everyone on the team and your contribution is truly the only thing that makes all of this work possible. Funding for rewilding is difficult to find so it is amazing to be able to connect with people like you. Thank you for being a member! - Cheers, Duarte
I've spent a lot of time researching and reading about kelp forest restoration, even went to a conference nearby last year. This is SO inspiring to see. And I'm so glad to see this is working. Hope you can scale this up soon and establish more kelp forests 💪
Love the content you guys make, I watch every single video. Hope you can eventually expand to other places and other continents. I live in Brazil and would love to see a project in my country! Of course there is the Amazon Rainforest and it is very important that we preserve it, but there are other incredible biomes and enviroments here. Have you ever heard about the Araucaria tree (Araucaria angustifolia) and the Araucaria Forests? They are critically endangered and near extinction! It would be awesome to see you guys do a project about it. It's probably not possible now, since it's in another continent, but keep it in mind for when you get bigger, ok? Love from Brazil.
Hi Marco! Thank you for watching all our videos! That is a big deal for us :) We are actually working on an amazon project! Although not in Brazil yet. More news in the coming months :) - Cheers, Duarte
I appreciate the impactful work you are doing for the planet, and I'm eager to follow a similar career path when I'm older. In 2 years, I will be starting college, and I'm curious about the studies you pursued to obtain your job.
Could you share maybe the
study that you completed to reach this job?
Great work guys 👏
Thank you! - Cheers, Duarte
thrilling to see the progress of this project, well done team! The underwater footage is also amazing!
Cheers Bob! Glad you enjoyed it!
So excited to see these results! Wasn't wait to see what the rest of the year and next year will bring for this project
Hi Hannah! We are also really excited to see where things go from here. We will let you know regardless of how things go! - Cheers, Duarte
Great work!
Thank you! - Cheers, Duarte
I always feel a little joy and hope whenever I see another video from another project from the Mossy Earth team. I also learn from it. I can't thank you enough for what you all are doing.
Love this channel and your work. Wish i could afford to support more than likes subscribing comments and sharing.
Hi Stephen! Likes, subscribes, comments and of course sharing go a really long way for us. Thank you so much for the support :) - Cheers, Duarte
I used to go snorkelling every year off the coast of Catalina and enjoy the incredible life in the kelp forests there. Then one year I went and after high sea temperatures, the entire thing was dead. Everything was white and flat and quiet and empty. It really broke my heart to see fish and seals and turtles and octopi lobster and eels and sea lions and so many amazing creatures gone like they'd never been there. It made me sadder that so many people would see it and not even know what they were missing. Videos like this give me hope that it's not all just a downhill slide into the abyss, and that even as things get bad, there are people in the world working to not only stop it, but reverse it. Thanks for the work you do.
Really hopeful and excited to see y'all reach a tipping point beyond the herbivory pressure and the kelp outperformin expectations for the heatwave this year! And if it doesn't, well, we have more data!
The quality of the videos continues to improve. Loving these 15 minute videos that cover a fair bit of updates
This is so inspiring! Thanks for all the hard work you guy do!
Thank you Zebra! - Cheers, Duarte
It was great seeing the little kelp growing and the excitement of the crew
Thank you from the San Francisco Bay Area, where we’re keenly aware of the need to preserve our coastal kelp forests.
I’m very impressed with your approach, particularly sharing your failures so that other teams don’t waste time on non-viable projects.
Those projects are like therapy for me. Restore the hope in humanity.
I love what you do, it's real nature conservation and climate protection and not the rubbish that politicians want to sell us
HURRAY! It worked!!!!!🎉 oh, i really hope this method pays off and other sites can be planned! So happy to have been part of that. Great job guys! I will be waiting on updates later to see the hopeful evolution of this tiny baby forest!! ❤
So nice to see that you're getting the results you hoped for. And so cool seeing known places. I did some kayaking around Peniche last summer. Keep up with the good work!
I did not expect to tear up over succesful kelp propagation tonight but here I am. I'm so happy for all the ecosystems that have a chance to flourish thanks to all these knowledgeable and passionate people.
Thank you all for your really great work ❤ So happy about the first results and we hope it will be turned out as good as possible.
Kelp forests was the first video that got me hooked all those many months ago. Your take on "mistakes" is so refreshing!
Glorious!
You mentioned at the end the kelp was being eaten - the baby kelp is vulnerable. I have seen a project fail in Berlin where they were re-planting reeds and grasses in large ponds, and it was impossible to protect them from being eaten. Even metal cages couldn't keep out the ducks and swans.
Have you thought about large cages or areas with chicken wire to protect the kelp grow into maturity?
I was so happy to see the little baby kelps growing from those rocks! Hopefully this proves to be a reliable way to do it and you can get to the mass production stage with this one. Would love to see the sprinkling of kelp stones all around the world for improving the ocean conservation even just a little bit. Keeps up the good work guys!!
The enthusiastic reaction of the team to the new baby kelp on the project reefs says it all! Clearly, you love what you do -- and so do we!
Seeing a few bites (but not too many) taken out is actually somewhat heartening. It means this kelp is a food source! This suggests a slightly higher planting concentration, so local fish damage doesn't overwhelm the plantings.
This is fantastic! Thank you for all of your hard work.
Thank you Emily! - Cheers, Duarte
If we care about the survival and prosperity of our loved ones in a thriving world, these things should be a fundamental pillar of our societies. In the same way that we respect and take for granted institutions like education, medical, law enforcement and courts, I hope to see the day that stewardship of the environment takes equal economic and social prominence. Your work is wonderful and inspiring.
Thank you for what you do, and I hope you keep expanding. I wonder if, in my lifetime, I will see a Mossy-Earth-style industry pop up in my area. I would absolutely jump at the chance.
This makes me so happy to see! Thank you guys for doing this!
How much we love Mossy Earth.
Its impossible to describe
This is why I’m a member to this charity over others, so many nature charities focus on conservation (which is incredibly important) but always feels sort of futile, like you’re only holding back the inevitable, meanwhile this is exciting! And hopeful! This is progress not just a halting of further regression
I had no idea that annual kelp existed. 🤷🏼♂️ The measure of a good video is the amount of follow-up research I do after watching it. This might help me avoid looking at the Autumn bulb catalogs. 😁
It is fascinating! That forest I filmed was not there the year before and was brought in by a storm. Really shows you how annual kelps work. Super cool stuff! - Cheers, Duarte
If you can buy a small town or naberhood and line the sides of roads with native flowers bushes succulents trees and mybe evon increase the amount of soil they have.
Also mybe fill the yards with native edible plants of any kind from barriers fruits and vegetables oh and plant it all from seed to see the effects.
Why well to see how it effects how much water is uses how fast they grow and see how much it reduces heat and energy demand on the grid.
Jedes von euren Videos macht einfach nur glücklich und gibt Hoffnung
This is remarkable 👏 Amazing project, team and video. Thank you ❤🎉👏✨️🙌
Thank you Seb! - Cheers, Duarte
Kelp afforestation is one of my favorite stories to see take place. Great job!
Hip hip hurray!!!!! Imagine if every country reproduces this nursery model!!!! We might save the planet in a year! Kelp definitely has given me more normal energy since adding to my diet
New Mossy Earth video! Today is gonna be a good day :D Also, first?
Haha cheers Patrik! One day maybe one day but I think there are some people out there with quick thumbs :) - Cheers, Duarte
@@MossyEarth Worth a try ;)
Indeed :)
This is just awesome, so pleased that you all are doing this.
Please keep us updated on the kelp. I was holding my breath when you went back out and the good results actually made me cry.😭
Thank you!
im thrilled to see the encouraging results in this update! it was mentioned in the first segment that focusing on the perennial would help for monitoring the trial of the gravel method at greater scale. i would be interested in seeing the health of a patch of both perennial and annual varieties together compared with a patch with only perennials. obviously this is outside of the intended scope of this trial but i would imagine that the quick growing annuals would give cover and time to the slower progressing perennials to establish themselves.
keep up the great work and thanks for this update
WOW! I've been waiting for an update forever and I LOVE this video ❤
Your work is fantastic!!! It is very exciting to know that there are people who care about nature and help protect it!!! Right now Greece has a huge problem with wildfires burning vast areas of pristine forests!!! Please consider helping us !!! We are in desperate need of your aid!!!