The Gulf Stream Explained
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The global conveyer belt is part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by differences in the density of the waters. It plays a key role in keeping the climate at balance and Europe warm. Global warming may change it forever with unforeseeable consequences.
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This is weird isn't this video over 5 years old
The greatest Chigone they post this comment on every video, to get people to buy their merchandise
4 people have liked this comment. I am one of them... the chosen four.
This comment is so sad
This guy’s voice has not changed in the last 7 years
He already went through puberty my bro
if yours did, welcome to high school
For good!
He’s 60 bro
It's like they've had the exact same recording equipment the whole time. I guess if it ain't broke don't fix it
Is that why Canada, despite being at roughly the same longeitude is colder than Europe?
Red Dawn yes
And Rome is the same Latitude as Chicago.
Peter Halloran some parts of Canada are
My family lives at the same longitude as the US stare of Maine and winters here have hardly any snow. It normally 5° on the coast so even frost is rare.
Not just canada, literally everywhere else in the world but europe.
I swear I have learned more from watching youtube that I have ever learned in school.
loshosorus Where did you learn to read and write?
loshosorus Schools are mostly concerned about propaganda.
***** If they are not,you will not care about country,but about earth...
loshosorus ikr hahah
Welcome to the club :3
I'm watching Kurzgesgt's old videos and it is fun to see how much their animation style has improved over the years. But these oldies are still good!
Oldies but Goodies. Nice.
I have started from the videos from 9 years ago and still the videos are PERFECT!
At least you know grammar
"...countless species..."
[shows rubber ducky and garbage]
D:
Simplifies the ocean
I noticed this comment when this part of video show'd
Interesting story about that- in 1992, a cargo ship spilled 28,800 rubber duckies into the Pacific Ocean. Most traveled via currents in the Arctic and ended up washing ashore in places like Maine and Ireland around 10-15 years later. I'd guess there are still some of those original duckies bobbing about...
I mean ok
@@batchestheeverskink293 i want one
It's weird seeing a kurzgesagt video without birds
Theres a bird in the intro :b
5:38 there are birds
@@Mice-stro huh
yup
I mean there is a bird in 4:16
0:33 I love how only Canada is whited out, like not Russia or anything, just specifically Canada.
it also had alaska,greenland,,iceland, and the islands north of russia
Actually that border is too low going down to the bottom of Iowa
Lol kurzgesagt cant even include the U.S.'s famous great lakes not to mention keeping it in the border
DauntingDays they were trying to keep it simple, and it is hard for a strait line to follow the path of a curved line, while still being strait.
+Master Staot crab
Im not talking about the curves, I'm talking about how they would take the time to draw lake Michigan, but still have it completely above the US border.
More of a CinemaSins sin than a nitpick
DauntingDays They didn't draw lake Michigan, that is Hudson Bay.
Coming here after watching Sabine Hossenfelders video. 🙂
1:21 Brexit has hit that map
lol
and Irexit
Dont get it
The UK is missing
r/mapswithoutuk
Everybody grab all your salt we're going to Greenland to keep the Gulf Stream goin!
Will this be enough?
*grabs 700000000000000000000000000000000000000 miles worth of salt*
or is this too much? ._.
+Alex Johnson *I dare you.*
+ROBLOX Sisters Its tooooooooooo much
you will have 612234 miles of salt
no. I'll have *700000000000000000000000000000000000000* worth
*****
just because i make roblox vids doesn't mean thats what i do all the time .-.
That was super useful! Just one thing: 2:26 the salt content doesn't rise by water evaporating (it's way to cold for that) but by water turning into ice which increase the concentration of salt in the water. It also increase in density turning into colder water as explained at the beginning of the video.
I love these Tardis's in every video
hes a fan of um
doctor who
y'know...
(Replying to deleted comment)
***** Just 'the doctor'.
Simon Anjou
yup, me too, doctor who everywhere 😂💔
@@Cheesemongle you still there?
@@rajeshwariumashankar8082 I'm always here. Waiting. Watching.
“Will change in ways we don’t yet understand”... happy music tinkles out
Um, okay?? Is that not terrifying??
hahaha
Hahaha
HAhaha
HAHaha
I swear the music in these videos is the only thing keeping us from having a heart attack
Too late the golf stream is collapsing
@@313boss Too true :(
I would love to watch a remake of this video! longer and covering all the interactions with each current, what theyre called, what causes them, what happens when two meet, etcetc instead of just the gulf stream, even if it has to be cut into multiple parts, its very interesting and there isnt that much information about it, even less laid out in laymans terms, thanks!
The best and only clear and concise explanation I've seen. So many news outlets talk about gulf stream problems but never explain the link behind it. Thank you
Anyone growing up in Europe is taught, formally or informally that the Gulfstream has a massive affect on our lives. Even when you are a very small child. Usually when all the jellyfish start rocking up on shore or hurricanes that never come your way all of a sudden like to glance past. Europe would be nowhere near as green and fertile and moderate compared to other parts of the normal northern hemisphere
So, warming planet leads to ice melt. Ice melt leads to lower salt levels in the polar oceans. Lower salt levels leads to a much weaker current that brings warm water/air. Weaker current leads to lower temperatures. Lower temperatures leads to ice build up. Ice build up leads to higher salt levels. Higher salt levels leads to stronger currents. Stronger currents lead to higher temperatures. Higher temperatures leads to more ice melt. And so on.
It takes thousands of years for them to reform, so yeah...
except, that the climate record shows, that it does not work that way.
katten elvis As well as thousands of years for them to melt.
Nothing special here.
*****
The earth will just change, distasters were always there.
*****
Just because the water level will rise and it will get warmer, it doesn't mean that humanity will be extinct.
At the moment there is a huge problem with humanity. The population. We are growing far too fast, too many people are on the planet. That's the main problem.
So global warming could possibly cause an ice age? Oh the irony...
Global warming may speed up the time it takes for a next ice age
It could cause an ice age (or at least, a much colder climate) in some parts of the world, and render others uninhabitable with heat all in the same time-frame.
That's why we call it "climate change" instead of "global warming" now. To many people feel fooled when you tell them that global warming will cause the temperatures in their region to go down. And then they just don't listen anymore...
You never watched the day after tomorrow?
Yes. And then we become mammoths and saber tooth tigers.
The tardis at 4:13
+Cedomir Salatic It's in quite a few of their videos, along with a dalek :D I find it quite amusing
+That Pixel AFAIK it's in every of their videos
+Cedomir Salatic i know
I spotted it as well, and I am from the US! :D
Cedomir Salatic
The time it's spotted on.
*4:13*
any homestuck's out there?
0:02 First kurzgesagt bird to have aver appeared
Me:"Ok ok, one more video" *Looks down at other video suggestion from In a nutshell, opens 10 more videos*
Many thanks for this useful tutorial! It helped me out so much in one of my college assignments to describe the energy transfer affecting the climate!
Very interesting indeed.
Wait. Did that thermostat say "DFTBA" on the bottom?
:D
Jared Long TARDIS at 4:13!!!!
Yup
+Irene Upadhya where? That mailbox robot looking thingy?
what's DFTBA
4:12 He really likes Doctor Who
In every damn video too
I'm going to find them all
Coz he is secretly a Doctor Who fan *shhhh*
Steve?
Pavlova Games Yes! His animation and accent make this channel stand out from other edutainment channels
10 Years Now. Still the same. Great consistency of content and delivery. Same tone, same voice. Kudos @Kurzgesagt
0:36 lmao Canada being covered in glacial ice xD I actually can't stop laughing. it's even more hilarious once you consider how quickly glaciers are retreating. xD
If I'd had these videos in high school, I never would have struggled as much as I did lol. Thank you for explaining all this stuff in simple terms for both audio and visual learners! You make science seem much more interesting!
@Deftlobe Music you still there?
My dad's a retired physics PhD with the UC system in California. He had a mainline into all forms of research going on for decades and he would share some of that knowledge with me. I remember back in the mid 80's he discussed the possible failure of the great heat pump and the causes/ramifications of that. That theory is STILL the same after 30 years. When humans finally destroy the environment, it's important to understand that we had ALL the time in the world to change and we didn't. Take that to the grave.
Hej man! I think we are now not many years away from your prediction! Its amazing to see how stupid we humans are. Best wishes to you and your father enjoy your last years before the climate collapse.
Legitimately my favourite channel on TH-cam now.
This is exactly what the "The Day After Tomorrow" shows. Everybody should go watch it.
Please don't use tha movie as an example of global warming. Imagine the complete time period that global warming will last. Now squish all of that into a week. Basically the whole movie does that.
Please watch The Day After Tomorrow for exactly the reason Valur mentions. Very exciting.
just said that to a later comment.
That movie sped up the process. In reality, it would only take a hundred years before a new ice age commenced if people don't stop heating up the atmosphere.
That movie was panned for its scientific inaccuracies. First it would happen over some decades instead of a week and secondly it wouldn't be as cold as they showed it and not in the entire northern hemisphere, but rather Scotland, Ireland, Iceland and most of Norway.
This video actually helps me for my course in university so much. Thank you!
I am here because of Sabine Hossenfelder.
The AMOC is not the same as the Gulf stream!
I come back here just to enjoy the old intro. So much superior in every way than the new ones...
haha, i love that the tardis is in this video at 4:13.
I absolutely LOVE how you always bring up counter-arguments instead of pushing one conception to the forefront =) Thank you for your ever insightful videos.
I love that they feature the TARDIS in all of their videos.
watching in August 2018 it shows how much you guys have improved and changed
You are one of my 3 favorite TH-camrs. Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to your next calendar.
Who else is here after reading about the possible collapse of the Gulf Stream?
Lowkey panicked EEEE
@@HT-lr1rs
Eh screw Europe.
We Finns call it "The Golf Stream." I am serious.
Eero Laatunen good
Eero Laatunen same in estonia
Eero Laatunen Valitettavasti
Czech republic, same here
Mister X 2893 interesting...
This taught me more than school about The Gulf Stream.
*Not Even Kidding.*
You could have mentioned that more than 3 million years ago, North and South America were not connected; and the Atlantic equatorial current passed between them into the Pacific which would have prevented or greatly diminished the Gulf stream.
Coming here from Hossenfelder, you mixed up AMOC with the gulf stream...
I love when I see the Tardis somewhere in these videos, it makes me smile
Currently rewatching your old stuff... Marvellous!
this video was shown in my geography class today. thank you Kurzgesagt, very cool
This is probably the only unbiased report I've heard on climate change. It's factual and concise. Great stuff!
and its not on climate change, but on gulf stream.
cats rule evolution
First episode with an opening, epic.
Literally what I thought😂❤️
I love this video! Already knew a lot about the Gulf Stream, but this is a great visual aid and explanation/teaching tool. It really illustrates why the Gulf Stream is so important for our climate, in the Northern Hemisphere. The fact it is connected to the Arctic seawater and currents, as well as now, the melting of Greenland's glaciers, which will inject freshwater into it, diminishing the salt content, is very concerning for our climate future. Because then, as the video explains, the natural heat pump that has kept Europe warm since the last Ice Age, may shut down. C02 in the atmosphere, from burning fossil fuels, is driving the glaciers to melt (as most people know by now), in both the Arctic and Antarctica. Can't overstate how important our oceans are to maintaining a livable, healthy climate for all living things here on our planet Earth.
Your videos r brilliant & your animations r amazing
Update people its actually slowing down this winter at unprecedented rates and as of today its at its weakest for over a 1000 years
The music is particularly cool in this one :3
Wow! What an improvement since this video. Even this one is nicely done. The new ones are awesome!
What a great easy to digest video. I will be using this demonstration in the future.
Great production. You should Make a video about interplanetary warming. Such as the global warning that is happening to all the planets in our solar system. That would make for a great watch.
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The Tardis at 4:14 lol
Good spot
I was watching and thought "What in the? No... Couldn't be." Backed it up and there it was.
Same here! Hahaha!
They're in a lot of videos. A _lot_ .
I had the same response :D
Gotta love it :D
This is officially the first video with the iconic bird in it.
What a comforting message on this tranquil sunday morning.....
THIS MUSIC IS IN MY INCREDIBLE BODY
Does it really count as a waterfall if it's underwater?
it is still water falling
If Spongebob can have a ocean together with a beach under water, we can have a waterfall under water.
+Lone Starr Don't forget the Snowy Mountains
Yes.
John Smith these are the real question
Man, I miss that old, simple intro Kurzgesagt had back in the day. Not saying the new ones are bad, but the old intro will still always be in my head when thinking about Kurzgesagt.
7 Years old and still amazing! Beats both my teachers and my learning books about geography.
Dat TARDIS tho...
XD
and there is a dalek 2
this is why north europe is warm sometimes even tho half of our countries are inside the arctic circle
And why southern Europe is warm too. I live in Portugal and I've always wondered how can our country be so warm when, looking at a world map, we are so far away from the equator.
i just love the music of this video
This was surprisingly informative and not preachy, well done!
Anyone else catch the TARDIS from doctor who?
4:14 there's a TARDIS in the background
Totally came here to say this. Good catch! :)
There's one in every video.
They're also probably Nerdfighters, since the presure meters all say DFTBA on it.
The explanation and animation brings so much joy
Old but gold.
3:01 DALEK!!!
4:13 Tardis
I sear to God my professor used this video to write his lecture.
... or the lecture wrote your professor.
Or the writing lectured my professor.
...or your professor lectured your writing so the writing could lecture you instead of him because while the writing lectured you, he went to the moon to lecture the lizard people about climate change.
Nadya K Mind blown
Nadya K omg....... it all makes sense now!
How to identify a Kurzgesagt video that is as old as time: there are zero birds in sight
I was already aware of a lot of this. But plenty was brand new and fascinating. Thanks a lot.
4:13 I see that Tardis there
Didnt anyone notice this was the first time the intro was played????
This is an AWESOME explanation for my high schoolers. THANKS!
It's really fascinating that the nature settled itself in this way cause it was probably 1 in a million chance and every slight change would have made a difference and maybe these days we'd be living in all year round ice cold weather and would never know what's summer.
I like how they put T.A.R.D.I.S. in their episodes. :D
RIP Gulf Stream 2021
It’ll be back alive in a thousand years
The earth is naturally trying to cool itself down. But yeah...things are going to keep changing. Hotter summers and colder winters... until things either balance more... or they don't.
Sound is one of the best. Great job.
Here binge watching all kurzgesagt videos.
Video number
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5% about the issue displayed in the video
95% about the tardis
sigh
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Pretty much all THE other things I
But Doctor Who.
@@miriambdhrgsyndrome3867 what
@@urmom5058 *nice*
I have an idea how we can use the Waterfalls for energy, build giant Turbines with dynamos, I know it's more complicated then that, but this is just a very short and easy way of telling everybody
The Hoovie well, it would stop the Gulf Stream
Forever Devillish Are you sure? I would rather say that it would only slow it down a notch
That slight slow will either screw up something, or the energy obtained from slowing it slightly isn't worth the extraction
As always, your videos are super good.
Very, very relevant video! More need to know about the Gulf Stream and the risk it's collapse poses to all of us. Thanks!
2:34 "the largest waterfall on Earth, the so-called..." ???
omnisc253 Chimneys
omnisc253 I found it, the video did not mention it's underwater waterfall, it's more like a waterflow not waterfall. www.cntraveler.com/stories/2012-11-26/underwater-waterfall-denmark-strait-maphead-ken-jennings
It's full of brine or salt which falls like a waterfall because it's denser than water. There's a similar waterfall off of Antarctica.
Question for a possible topic on climate change:
How does CO2 reflect the radiation back more than other gases or atmospheric effects such as ice particles in the upper atmosphere or influence climate in general?
Over many years I still haven't heard a proper scientific explanation for this. It would be awesome if you explained that effect the way you explain other sciences!
So far I am agnostic regarding CO2 as cause for climate change. There are much more plausible explanations such as El Nino, Earth's orbital change over time, ice particles in high clouds, natural fluctuation over long intervals, ocean currents, etc.
There is a lot of people who show graphs of CO2 in the atmosphere vs. temperatur, but .. Correlation does not equal causation, right?
Stephan Schuler I don't think reflect is the best word. I've mistaken it as reflecting incoming sunlight. Maybe scatter would be better because carbon dioxide absorb the outgoing heat from Earth, and releases the energy in all directions.
My understanding is that carbon dioxide absorbs the infrared emitted from Earth which cause it to vibrate. Carbon Dioxide then releases energy to stop itself from vibrating.
An observation that scientist made that shows a trend for temperature and carbon dioxide is Venus. The planet Venus is very hot and it has a much higher concentration of carbon dioxide then Earth.
As usual though, the study of Earth's climate is generally more complicated and complex, so there are certainly many factors.
Stephan Schuler CO2 is actually a minor greenhouse gas compared to water vapor and methane. But, the way it works is that greenhouse gases like CO2 are opaque to shortwave radiation such as visible light, but absorb longwave radiation. When a greenhouse molecule absorbs radiation, it increases its energy and thus the heat content of the atmosphere.
I am with you though in that, although the greenhouse effect is real, there's no evidence for any kind of catastrophic climate change, and effects such as El Nino dominate over CO2 over recent history.
@GWS, Methane is a very shortlived gas compared to CO2 however and generally is not a significant factor due to how comparatively little of it we release. Pretty much the only people using metane in the argument are vegans who use it to prop up their antianimal arguments.
DFTBA on the thermometer thing just made my day.
I love how the Canada boarder is like, "and now, snow."
Is there a Tardis hidden in every video?
Yes
+WisMicYal11 Well, theres no TARDIS in the "What is Light?" But, theres two in the "Addiction"
+Bat Book The second TARDIS is to make up for the absence of one in "What is Light?"
Canada has so much ice... Shouldn't Russia have some ice too though?
1) russia has lots of ice^^ 2) on the continental side, air is pretty dry, not much rain and stuft --> not that mich show. But there is still enuf snow in russia^^
Most of russian territory is a permafrost or tundra. its only the european side thats warmer.
Was looking for a gulf stream animation and the algorithm sent me to Vintage Kurzgesagt. Bloody TH-cam sure knows what I like.
Thank u so much we learned this in school and I never knew what it was in school and I thought to just find a video thank u so much pls do more
Russia be like: now you can finally walk in my shoes
lol, dalek at 3:01 and tardis 4:13. Someone's a doctor who fan :P
dude u should make more often for the vids, i love all your vids
It would be great to clarify here and make a new video that thermohaline circulation is related to AMOC, while the Gulf Stream is caused by the Earth's rotation and cannot be stopped. This video is about AMOC, so its title is misleading.