Is Earth's Most Important Ocean Current Doomed?

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    Ocean currents are our planet’s circulatory system, and they keep everything from ecosystems to the climate healthy. But we’re changing Earth in ways that threaten to disrupt and even break critical ocean currents like the planet-wide Great Ocean Conveyor. This could have devastating effects on our future. In this video, we explain how ocean currents work, how climate change is threatening to disrupt them, and what we can do to stop that from happening.
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  • @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692
    @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +441

    Another thing to add to the "screwing up before we understand" List.

    • @sciencetroll6304
      @sciencetroll6304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good call.

    • @gurjotsingh8934
      @gurjotsingh8934 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please disclose the complete list

    • @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692
      @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@gurjotsingh8934 TH-cam has a character limit

    • @sciencetroll6304
      @sciencetroll6304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gurjotsingh8934 Chernobyl, Fukushima, GM food, AI computers. Autonamous cars, just off the top of my head.

    • @kaushikmalepati2495
      @kaushikmalepati2495 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gurjotsingh8934 literally what's causing the temp to rise. Manmade emissions front coal and oil. It's a result of over exploitation and greed. No thought for sustainability.

  • @indelibleink5577
    @indelibleink5577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1559

    I can't believe they just let all that perfectly good water run amoc

    • @epidemicrage4337
      @epidemicrage4337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Ba Dum tiss

    • @lpepano7935
      @lpepano7935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I see what you did there

    • @BoofGalls
      @BoofGalls 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Nice

    • @meggiem4685
      @meggiem4685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I didn’t get it until 6:57 haha
      Well done

    • @diceman199
      @diceman199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Stop being so salty about it....

  • @meggiem4685
    @meggiem4685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    At 1:53 I expected the pun explanation to be, “Get it? Com-OCEAN! You know... because we’re talking about oceans...”

    • @HungerGamesFan88
      @HungerGamesFan88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      the rare double-pun!

    • @varunachar87
      @varunachar87 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This would have made it an actual pun. "Co-motion" isn't a pun at all, because the idea expressed there is literally the meaning of the construction of the word with its Latin prefix.

    • @monticarlo6307
      @monticarlo6307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Cum ocean

    • @felixmoore6781
      @felixmoore6781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@varunachar87 I think he did that on purpose.

    • @irimac1806
      @irimac1806 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      thought that too xD

  • @foxyboiiyt3332
    @foxyboiiyt3332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +416

    I live in Ireland, we like our gulf stream, please save it! The example I like to use is we are at the same latitude as the Kamchatka peninsula in East Russia. Its frozen for like half the year. We don't want the same fir Ireland

    • @jacko666
      @jacko666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I live in Calgary. I wish we had ocean 😭

    • @foxyboiiyt3332
      @foxyboiiyt3332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @Dirty Magic11 Normal cycles that take millenia to occur, not in 50 years. Yeah the world is gonna change terribly and billions will die. That's tough alright 🙄

    • @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718
      @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Even Siberia and Antarctica will thaw out if it gets hot enough. I say keep the CO2 going and ban all natural ice and turn the poles into farmland and new trade routes. 8B people is too many anyway, 1B is more than enough. Fewer humans = less CO2, so it will all work out by itself eventually.

    • @TheGreatCornholio.
      @TheGreatCornholio. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Just like how Chicago is on the same latitude as Rome, and we went below 0 a few times a week this winter, give us an ocean

    • @foxyboiiyt3332
      @foxyboiiyt3332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Dirty Magic11 Why would I believe in these utterly extreme scenarios? Climate change will make areas that are currently full of people almost unlivable. Leading to huge social upheaval and minimum millions of deaths. I'm sad to see that outcome doesn't cause you a second thought

  • @CapriUni
    @CapriUni 3 ปีที่แล้ว +610

    You know, you could have said: "Thanks to our Patrons, who keep this channel *afloat*" ...I'll get my coat.

    • @IHateUniqueUsernames
      @IHateUniqueUsernames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I sea what you did there!

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You mean you WON'T be here all week? LOL

    • @geostyma
      @geostyma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or boat ?

    • @somefuckstolemynick
      @somefuckstolemynick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A pun AND a rhyme?
      What is this, Christmas?

    • @CapriUni
      @CapriUni 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@somefuckstolemynick Well, no. But it's either your birthday, or your un-birthday, so either way, you're due for a gift. :-)

  • @LadyCaspar
    @LadyCaspar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +766

    I feel like these are made for middle schoolers but at 35 I’m learning so much! 😝

    • @durwin114
      @durwin114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @James Taylor Oof U killed her :/

    • @immko
      @immko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      @James Taylor Maybe you could be more thoughtful and consider this wasn't even known 20 years ago?

    • @nooblysm5556
      @nooblysm5556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@durwin114 well mko murdered him again

    • @hiiamelecktro4985
      @hiiamelecktro4985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @James Taylor they also teach social skills at school but I guess you didn’t listen to that. Practice what you preach.

    • @titan_fx
      @titan_fx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      You never be too old to learn something new 😉

  • @Shaathurray
    @Shaathurray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    "Yeah. Take that AIR"
    I Should not have laughed as hard as i did

  • @kayceeengelbrecht5387
    @kayceeengelbrecht5387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    It would be great if channels like this had the same fan base and support, that celebrities has,it would make a huge difference in mankind as a whole

    • @lucasetten
      @lucasetten 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I agree. I sometimes look at what TH-cam has as "Trending" videos and slowly lose faith in humanity.

    • @ikocheratcr
      @ikocheratcr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@lucasetten Maybe YT algorithm needs a push, to put first stuff that matters, instead of the crap one sees in "trending", but the YT algorithm only reflects what people see, so you can get an idea of what people are really interested in there. If you asked, it is sad, very sad.

    • @nataliacoretraining
      @nataliacoretraining 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I’m with you here guys. Let’s not give up though and cultivate sustainable practices in our homes and be responsible for our daily choices.

    • @Max-kd2gh
      @Max-kd2gh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ikocheratcr it is a business and kids are the biggest user base on TH-cam... nothing sad just a reality

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Max-kd2gh doesn’t mean we shouldn’t question the business interests behind the priorities in the algorithms. In fact, it means we have even more of a reason to do so.
      Remember the scandal when it was giving kids hours of auto-generated plotless featureless bland CGI, which toddlers lapped up through autoplay and going “ooh, colours”?

  • @robinhahnsopran
    @robinhahnsopran 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I haven't had nearly enough tea this morning to adequately deal with how much the red water/blue water demonstrations blew my mind.

    • @BritneyLaZonga
      @BritneyLaZonga 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Funny enough, i get a very similar effect when i make fruit tea. As long as i don't dip the tea bag, the red layer is perfectly visible

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BritneyLaZonga do you add the tea(bag) in after the water? I pour my water over the tea (/fruit/flowers) and it’s even from the get-go. (I have a glass teapot because I like to watch.)

  • @tridecalogism935
    @tridecalogism935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    I read that coral can get stressed and bleach. I asked myself what coral had to be stress about?
    Then i realised. Current events.

  • @premnaren8675
    @premnaren8675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    1:53 I expected better Joe, an opportunity for Com- Ocean was right there! This close!

    • @3jyeet332
      @3jyeet332 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not where my brain was going but ok

    • @milo2547
      @milo2547 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought that one too and was lowkey upset when eh said "co-motion"

  • @Its_Your_Local_Loser_Baby
    @Its_Your_Local_Loser_Baby 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Came here after that report by the University of Copenhagen, and you explained it even better than they did. Thanks, Joe!

  • @ClimateAdam
    @ClimateAdam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    Was so amazing working with you folks to write this vid!

  • @davysamir2289
    @davysamir2289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    When you made that Co-Motion joke youtube instantly cutted in with 2 ads like even TH-cam doesnt find your jokes funny which made me mad because I actually laughed about the pun

    • @kiir0whei23
      @kiir0whei23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I looove his jokes!

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The AI knows when you are distracted and loves to backstab you with totally hateful ads.
      I think Capitalism should be destroyed only so we can enjoy ad-less videos.

  • @MyShinobiWay617
    @MyShinobiWay617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Was not expecting a Calgary name drop. You darn right we're colder 😂

  • @kahotamac9931
    @kahotamac9931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    People don't like to admit this, but ending climate change cannot happen without a global change in the economic structure and our daily lives

    • @bsanders1
      @bsanders1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Us military = greatest offender, while California bans gas mowers 😂

  • @capsilver85
    @capsilver85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    a VSauce like transition at 0:39

  • @lisasantos2667
    @lisasantos2667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    VERY ENGAGING FROM BEGINNING TO END, A YEAR FROM NOW YOU'LL EITHER BE HAPPY THAT YOU STARTED WORKING ON YOUR DREAMS OR WISHING THAT YOU HAD STARTED, GET STARTED NOW AND DON'T LIVE WITH REGRETS! You can do it!

    • @bajgt5088
      @bajgt5088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One day or day one Your choice, Regardless, businesses and investments are the most clear ways to make money.

    • @damianjunior1643
      @damianjunior1643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      People will be kicking themselves in few weeks if they miss the opportunity to buy and invest in Bitcoin.

    • @luisenrique6547
      @luisenrique6547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Obviously, I decided to trade cryptocurrencies but was put off by the market uncertainty.

    • @mathewdior6798
      @mathewdior6798 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@luisenrique6547 If you trade with a skilled trader such as Mr. John Scaparrotti, his trading strategies are very good, that won't be a problem and bother you.

    • @lizbethfranco5503
      @lizbethfranco5503 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have worked with 4 traders in the past but none of them is as efficient as Mr. John Scaparrotti, His trading strategies is awesome!

  • @rheiagreenland4714
    @rheiagreenland4714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    50% of comments: You should have done "Com-OCEAN"
    50% of comments: People who think they know more about science than thousands upons thousands upon thousands upon thousands upon thousands of climate scientists who know that climate change is real

    • @Void84276
      @Void84276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Its because the people against this, the people that would lose the most money for themselves made it political. When you make something political they know you'll be on your "side" of things no matter how wrong you are. We treat politics like a sport.

  • @shramo
    @shramo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can't tell you how refreshing it is to scroll down and not find a pinned comment or an extra advert.
    Thanks for everything you've done, mate. have a good one.

    • @pinned_by.optionables7180
      @pinned_by.optionables7180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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      +•1•(9•7•1)•2•3•8•3•7•2,5.

  • @DjMinz0818
    @DjMinz0818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "did you build my universe?"
    "ya & it's the size of a Lobster tank, it's whack"
    haha rick and morty that tank reminds me of. the zeep and rick fight scene.

  • @adamemac
    @adamemac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Not sure what to comment, so I'll just.. wave. 👋
    Get it? Currents.. waves? Ok, never mind.

  • @kimberlymonsini2604
    @kimberlymonsini2604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    I dare say that being smart is not just o.k., but it's actually cool to be smart!!

    • @justinpyle3415
      @justinpyle3415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      my how times have changed.... lol

    • @kimberlymonsini2604
      @kimberlymonsini2604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@justinpyle3415 It took damn long enough! It is about time! Finally, we can stop hiding how intelligent we are and begin to be revered for it!

    • @justinpyle3415
      @justinpyle3415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kimberlymonsini2604 Soon, maybe. A paradigm shift in information exchange is happening, to be sure. But, if the dissemination of information becomes concentrated in a proportionate few instead of homogeneously, it could be very bad, as intelligence is seperate from morality, as most people understand it.
      I wish they would teach the principles of Eudaimonia in school, but i had to seek out aristotle and the like on my own.

    • @amuaiz
      @amuaiz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, it's essential

    • @zoopdterdoobdter5743
      @zoopdterdoobdter5743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of the things standing in the way of 'being smart' being celebrated these days is the politically inconvenient reality of biological and cultural factors influence on people's tendency to become #smart.
      To take the least-possible socially controversial demographic as an example: I wonder how we might better tap the impoverished population of Appalachia for hidden brilliance.

  • @jesru101010
    @jesru101010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I always come here for my current events

    • @pinned_by.optionables7180
      @pinned_by.optionables7180 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      F•o•r f•u•r•t•h•e•r I•n•v•e•s•t•i•n•g g•u•i•d•a•n•c•e
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      +•1•(9•7•1)•2•3•8•3•7•2,5.

  • @eskanderx1027
    @eskanderx1027 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The Day After Tomorrow...
    Love that movie!

    • @setcheck67
      @setcheck67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah but that movie was off the rails psuedoscientific. They just straight up invented cryo hurricanes that are so cold it freezes gasoline.

    • @horizon319
      @horizon319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Came here for this. This movie, while not exact on the science, still brought a visual that we may need to use to get it though our collective minds that we’re destroying our planet.

    • @eskanderx1027
      @eskanderx1027 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@setcheck67 Well it wasn't a documentary as far as I know... 😅

    • @salohcinuno1192
      @salohcinuno1192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can, probably say, and may, or might, likely, say the chance of the sky falling, is possibly, maybe, bull$#/¥!

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When I read your comment, I thought "The Day After", which was an 80s cartoon on what happens if nuclear war ensues. Then I realized I'm just getting old.

  • @hayley9
    @hayley9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As an oceanography student it’s really upsetting when lecturers basically tell you we’re fucked

  • @precumming
    @precumming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    In the UK our average low to average high temperatures year round is like 2 to 23 while same latitude in Canada it's around -15 to 23. Winter is so much easier to deal with when we only get snow 0-4 days a year.

    • @miche13curry
      @miche13curry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm at that latitude in Canada and it's more like -30 to +30 :( but part of that is our continental location. It's not so fun.

    • @precumming
      @precumming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@miche13curry Based on data on Wikipedia under climate for Calgary

    • @TAP7a
      @TAP7a ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yup, which is why we should be on the bleeding edge of combating climate change - we stand to suffer dramatically at the hands of the weather if the gulf stream is disrupted

  • @Londronable
    @Londronable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    As somebody living near the North sea, the "colder water sinks" is the reason it's a bad idea to dive say, a meter or 2 deep. You basically get hit by that colder water. Staying on the surface is hotter.

    • @OstapVasilevschi
      @OstapVasilevschi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Very true indeed. Hi from Trondheim!

    • @pinned_by.optionables7180
      @pinned_by.optionables7180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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      +•1•(9•7•1)•2•3•8•3•7•2,5.

  • @kolowski13
    @kolowski13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Now I'm just imagining a sci fi book about how some intergalactic civilizations would break planetary AMOCs to cripple enemy civilizations.
    Awesome video!

    • @jamespotter1436
      @jamespotter1436 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Both then, what would be the driving force of these AMOCs?
      Maybe solar wind?
      But then space is mostly empty

    • @alang5032
      @alang5032 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      AMOCs, Plural? Where is the next planet at? Oh, and with the hugh mass involved, I doubt can be or will be stopped suddenly. If it did I think a lot of big bumps and gigantic whirlpools (way bigger than refrigerators) would become very evident.

  • @hyrunnisa997
    @hyrunnisa997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Literally taught this last week in my environmental science class.

  • @tinyredbeetle4675
    @tinyredbeetle4675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    11:16
    Me: I really want to put a lot of salt in that cold area and see what happens

    • @seraphina985
      @seraphina985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I am really not sure we have the salt mining or transport capacity to pull that off we are talking about thousands of cubic kilometers here with even more water that will flow in to replace that if you are even partially successful. You would probably need easily billions of tons of salt to make even a modest temporary difference. Bear in mind here that the global production of salt is only around 280 million tons annually. Also with our largest bulk carriers only having a capacity of around 400,000 tons and we only have 68 of that size transporting the billions of tons of salt into the middle of the ocean even if we had it would be an issue. In short, the ocean is simply vast and the quantities of salt that would be needed to rebalance the system are almost unfathomable certainly beyond our industrial capacity to deliver.

    • @philiprose5895
      @philiprose5895 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It would sink and even colder water float up doh!!! It is only 3C on ocean floor.

  • @princecaspiangw796
    @princecaspiangw796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We basically treat the Ocean as a big garbage dump. We probably think that as long as it isn't discovered, its fine.

  • @johncerpa3782
    @johncerpa3782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This video is gold, it's so sad what's happening

  • @lukam8815
    @lukam8815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Reminder that 70 percent of all emmisions are produced by the top 100 companies

  • @stax6092
    @stax6092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I miss HotMess, This would have been a good episode to have there.
    Anyways, the problem is, It's never not Humans.

    • @gnanay8555
      @gnanay8555 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sometimes it is. Making generalities is a good way to remember a concept without using too much energy for it.
      But the price is its truth.
      Seeing the problems we're facing today, making generalities about humans creating problems may not be a really good idea.

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes! I was just thinking about Hot Mess. Did that one actually get cancelled, or is it just happening to not have any episodes for a long time? Anyway yeah, people who like this episode should go check it out.

  • @TSZatoichi
    @TSZatoichi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Ohhh, I'm sure it'll be fine, maybe we can look into it in a few years. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some forests to clear for that new coal fired power plant, progress waits for no man and all that.

    • @pinned_by.optionables7180
      @pinned_by.optionables7180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @toncizizic
    @toncizizic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love the Mafia bit

  • @arabellalovelace
    @arabellalovelace ปีที่แล้ว +8

    We literally have a chapter in 8th grade about ocean currents and it covers the exact same topics that you covered, so this video helped me a lot!

    • @rizzobitz
      @rizzobitz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did they help explain why it's called global warming if it's leading to an ice age? The cognitive dissonance is getting to me.

    • @arabellalovelace
      @arabellalovelace 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no but I wish they did, it would help us be more educated about an actual crisis, it was just a chapter on info about the ocean currents and from where they flowed

    • @akinpaws
      @akinpaws 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@rizzobitzThe entire planet is warming. If the AMOC stops, it stops carrying heat to Europe, Europe gets colder, but the heat doesn't go away, it just builds up faster in the areas the AMOC had been picking it up from.

    • @paulomilan515
      @paulomilan515 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@rizzobitzthey actually did

  • @wjm1319
    @wjm1319 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This 'Low Probability, High Impact' event is now turning into a 'High Probability, High Impact" event. Thanks, Politicians & oil CEOs.

  • @naj_pederson
    @naj_pederson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I love watching your videos. You teach while keeping a sense of humor. I love it!

  • @joseluisblanco8074
    @joseluisblanco8074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I live in northern Spain, in the same latitude as Vladivostok. AMOC please don't go!

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't worry, it was fine even in the worst of the Ice Age, when it was some 5º colder but there were bisons and woolly rhinoceros so pretty much like Sweden or Poland today, I guess. We have more to fear from uncontrolled warming than from cooling.

  • @neelroy2918
    @neelroy2918 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Magnificent episode. Glad I decided to watch it. I would love if you could make a video detailing what you meant by "such complxity" that would include actual models, number of variables, computation power required and so on. Maybe even publish agenda first and take suggestions. Its high time we learned what does it mean when scientists say "its complicated".

  • @bderevnin
    @bderevnin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Where do you find these detailed animations of ocean currents? I'm trying to learn more about these currents and winds from a sailing perspective. Thanks!

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I believe oceanographic organisations produce them.

    • @jeffgold3091
      @jeffgold3091 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      government pilot charts show global currents , winds and weather . ...the Gulf Stream is not slowing

  • @kirandeepchakraborty7921
    @kirandeepchakraborty7921 ปีที่แล้ว

    The most practical video on Climate Change I have seen on TH-cam.

  • @jordanwilliams9300
    @jordanwilliams9300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Maybe the Romans wouldn't have empired as much." LOVE it! 😆

  • @mollyroughan1154
    @mollyroughan1154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This sounds very interesting!

  • @meteor2012able
    @meteor2012able 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent presentation!!! ❤

  • @nathanielmcmayrheebalaba205
    @nathanielmcmayrheebalaba205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im loving the new meme-y presentation style, not to take anything away from it, it's still very good quality editing

  • @gappy10123
    @gappy10123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much for this video 🙏🏽 I always wondered this, this was so informative!

  • @marshferguson4737
    @marshferguson4737 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    2 years later and they say the current will stop by 2025 😢

    • @frankieseward8667
      @frankieseward8667 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      2025-2095. But yeah this is gonna be crazy.

  • @critiqueofthegothgf
    @critiqueofthegothgf 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this is why i love Be Smart. i've watched several videos on the AMOC and this is the only one that featured such an easy to follow, in depth explanation on what the AMOC actually is (the scientific process behind it). good science communication is invaluable.

  • @themoralshow902
    @themoralshow902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you❤️
    From Sri Lanka 🇱🇰😍

  • @UtraVioletDreams
    @UtraVioletDreams 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We are aware of this since the 90's. If this process stop, we have problem!

    • @whiteraven550
      @whiteraven550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Looking at the bad Covid response in many countries we are absolutely doomed in regards of climate change

    • @user-pu7nf3ef9x
      @user-pu7nf3ef9x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@whiteraven550 I agree... Nature always finds a way.

    • @pa28cfi
      @pa28cfi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My question is, if the AMOC ceases, and the temperature dramatically drops in the northern hemisphere, wouldn't that temperature drop then cause ice to reform over Greenland, restarting the AMOC?

    • @beth8775
      @beth8775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pa28cfi The correction takes a long time, and there are still the other climate factors to account for.

    • @UtraVioletDreams
      @UtraVioletDreams 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pa28cfi I don't know. However. When the convection stream stops. Oxygen and salt will not be replenished. All life in our oceans will die. Also our planet is warming up. So I doubt the north pole will freeze up. At the other hand. There are theories that say global warming can cause a new ice age, so you might be right..........

  • @williamnthala5942
    @williamnthala5942 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Spent two weeks searching for information or an article like this for my assignment which is due tomorrow, finally got my hands on this. Great work!! This has even me given more enthusiasm for this field to make a difference.

    • @madd5
      @madd5 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're bad at googling

  • @joelandres4029
    @joelandres4029 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I .like . I am 53
    And I enjoyed The class . Great way tu explains. Thanks Joe and PBS.

  • @Schnitzelbrot0009
    @Schnitzelbrot0009 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I just watched 3 other videos but i didn’t understand much, because I wasn’t able to focus with my adhd. This video was great tho, it was funny, conveyed the information really well and made it possible for me to focus finally :D I gotta study for my Abitur in geography and this was pretty helpful

  • @katelynpatterns9611
    @katelynpatterns9611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is such an awesome video! I didn’t know there was so much going on with other currents. I know a little about the east Australian current which is possibly getting faster and making the finish times for the Sydney to Hobart shorter and the circumpolar current around Antartica, I’ve heard that scientists thought it was super good at stopping anything from getting through but then they found a bunch of micro plastic and stuff. I’d love to see an episode on this if I wasn’t obvious enough already 😅

  • @frandukie
    @frandukie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I had to check to see how old this video is😂 2 years after this video was made (2023) scientists say the Amoc could collapse as soon 2025 😢

  • @Azivegu
    @Azivegu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alright, I just have to give a shout out for the use of Doom fire effects. That is just so well applied to the context xD Bravo!

  • @YourGamingTeam
    @YourGamingTeam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I visited a city i north of Norway (Tromsö). By driving a way from the city ca 30min the temp was -20. and when entering the city it was only -2. The water current was worming up the air. So amazing.

  • @ItsHenrik
    @ItsHenrik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The moment you realize that the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" is actually a documentary of the future.

    • @michciara32
      @michciara32 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You are being fooled 😛😛😛 by movies

    • @ReaperEOD
      @ReaperEOD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A futurmentary?

    • @tunturikuningas5393
      @tunturikuningas5393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A Documenture?

    • @jacko666
      @jacko666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A giant chuck of one of the Larsen ice shelves broke off a few years ago 😂

    • @matthewlofton8465
      @matthewlofton8465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I prefer real science movies like The Core and 2012, thanks. The overexaggerated and dramatized crap in The Day After Tomorrow just muddies up the waters like a Fox News report.

  • @mmeggnn
    @mmeggnn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “probably not gonna happen soon” haha….. hahahha… oh it hurts watching this now lol

  • @georgiapapapa
    @georgiapapapa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:57 is the single best editor cut I’ve seen in my over 13 years of video streaming

    • @georgiapapapa
      @georgiapapapa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And 3:12 is the best quote I’ve heard in my entire life

  • @just_tammy
    @just_tammy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here i was just trying to learn about ocean currents for my class but ended up learning so much more.

  • @patrik5123
    @patrik5123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video, as always.
    But I'm so tired, man. I'm tired because none of this will ever get fixed. We've been trying to get people to understand for nearly 3 decades now and it hasn't worked. We will never clean up our act, our atmosphere, nor our oceans.

    • @JarieSuicune
      @JarieSuicune 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It would help if people better understood the problem and those who are best in positions to make the biggest efforts did so, but we also need to keep in mind that the concept of "fixing" the situation isn't really an option, it never was.
      To the best of my understanding, what is happening is basically an acceleration of the natural order of things. The events and consequences are totally natural, it's the rate at which it is happening that is "unnatural". So even if overnight we somehow "fixed" everything we've done, it wouldn't undo the progression thus far, it would just remove our factor of the acceleration. However, that also doesn't mean that it would just revert to the past rate either, as the rate of change takes time as well.
      In short, while we totally need to work to stop accelerating things, we also can't expect it to not keep progressing regardless because it isn't just going to reverse to the old "normal". Change comes, accelerated or not, and those who choose to ignore it will be surprised and unprepared when it affects them. Like a thief in the night, either you are ready or you are not and then it is too late.

    • @JarieSuicune
      @JarieSuicune 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also, even 30 years isn't as long as it seems, especially with trying to make change on a societal level. Though we certainly want things to progress faster (seeing results always feels good), there has been progress regardless.
      Raising the current and coming generations to love and care about actively doing good and actively avoiding bad will make some of the biggest changes we can do, but that takes time and a lot of dedicated honest effort. And it starts in families, not government.

  • @jonathanmatthews4774
    @jonathanmatthews4774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The sad thing is, we (collective) don't even look after ourselves.
    Despite knowing how bad junk food is for our arteries, we continue to gorge ourselves on high fat/high sugar foods, clogging our circulatory system. The amount of "largeness" is continuing to increase, despite everybody knowing the negative effects.
    So if we can't even look after ourselves, what hope is there for the ocean?
    Yeah, I just depressed myself. Good job me.

    • @WeissM89
      @WeissM89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And the carcinogenicity of meat, dairy and eggs. If people don't care about themselves, imagine caring about something as "abstract" as the planet SMH Go plant-based for your health and the planet!

    • @arturintete2461
      @arturintete2461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And meat. Not just ‘junk food’.

    • @tyrellarson
      @tyrellarson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thing is, I would wager that we don't ALL know. Not even close. The amount of ignorance of a lot (most?) people is actually astounding. The US is the best example, but it's a global trend. People, somehow, know much less than they should about a whole array of topics.

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tyrellarson Yeah never underestimate humanities capability of willful ignorance the ability to forget ignore and or fail to internalize information that is unpleasant i.e. doesn't conform to our internalized narratives. It seems that humans have evolved enough eusocial characteristics to reach the point where these internalized tribal narratives are more important than our own existence. Tribalism is a both a fascinating and terrifying evolutionary imperative that seems deeply wired into our brains. And we have maximized our species capacity for such toxic self destructive behavior by developing sorting algorithms allowing like minded individuals to find each other and form narrow minded tribes of willful ignorance and delusion.

    • @tyrellarson
      @tyrellarson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Dragrath1Very well put. Scary, yet fascinating.

  • @rox4884
    @rox4884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Small changes make a big difference, that's why, I think,, if they made the pipeline to take water from the Great Lakes, I think Superior was proposed, to California it would be a disaster.

  • @Nick-sd7um
    @Nick-sd7um 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When seeing stuff like this it defies belief that people simply dismiss global warming as some hoax without giving any consideration to one of the many catalysts such as explained in this video.

  • @EveloGrave
    @EveloGrave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    12:19 Yeah, but how do we get those in control of governments to actually do something about it?

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sadly the possibility of a peaceful resolution seems to grow weaker year by year....

  • @ceili
    @ceili 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The fact that this is not a national emergency is scandalous

    • @luker.6967
      @luker.6967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A scandalous lack of scandal.

  • @brentvanlith5105
    @brentvanlith5105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Other interglacial periods have ended with the final ice sheets melting. The AMOC is the only current explanation we have for glacial cycles starting up quickly as seen in past records. Stopping this from happening will stop the current ice age we live in. Only people could mess that up so much.

  • @jewdd1989
    @jewdd1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic documentary, discussion and very revealing!!! Thank you and more pls

  • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
    @PremierCCGuyMMXVI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was a great video
    #protecttheoceans
    Think of the fish

    • @WeissM89
      @WeissM89 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep. Save the fishes. Don't eat fish. Watch Seaspiracy on Netflix.

  • @nani.banana
    @nani.banana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    i was about to sleep but then i got this hmmp inch a resting 🤨☝🏻

    • @pinned_by.optionables7180
      @pinned_by.optionables7180 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      F•o•r f•u•r•t•h•e•r I•n•v•e•s•t•i•n•g g•u•i•d•a•n•c•e
      w•h•a•t•s•a•p•p d•i•r•e•c•t•l•y
      +•1•(9•7•1)•2•3•8•3•7•2,5.

  • @rupertpupkin27
    @rupertpupkin27 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great info ....Thanks 👍

  • @diegooland1261
    @diegooland1261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a good one. I like how everything is totally scientific except the cold blob. Hey what should we name that? How about HBCWDII2? Naw, how about cold blob and we call it a day? works for me.

  • @Ironmat98
    @Ironmat98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You should do a collab with Matpat, you both make learning fun and explains it more enjoyable

  • @brana1646
    @brana1646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was a really cool explanation of how temperature and solute gradients can have large scale effects. I was just wondering if we can negate the effect of excess freshwater dumping into this current system by dumping salt to compensate for the melting of ice caps.

    • @ericredbear425
      @ericredbear425 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dig a canal from the Dead Sea down to the Red Sea?

  • @WonderMagician
    @WonderMagician 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this informative report. I learned alot!

  • @annefoley6950
    @annefoley6950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greenland does not get enough credit for how weirdly important it is in global rhythms.

  • @kaiko-san
    @kaiko-san 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Take that air!" got me 😂😂😂

  • @evansokolson9221
    @evansokolson9221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is the best incentive for stopping climate change I’ve ever seen

    • @rickkwitkoski1976
      @rickkwitkoski1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No matter how much YOU are convinced there are a lot of people who would just look at this, say "meh", and continue on...

  • @Hawk-qn2zk
    @Hawk-qn2zk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm actually sitting in that same IKEA chair watching this video 😀

  • @hickyxnicky411
    @hickyxnicky411 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this video, this has been amazing, I have learnt so much!

  • @pepitaj13
    @pepitaj13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So climate change could temporarely lead to cold temperatures in europe?

    • @collinbarker
      @collinbarker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes. Fluid dynamics is fun isn't it. Cooler in eurpoe, but an average globally of warmer. Think less of slowly pushing a pool of water, more like dropping a hammer in it. Earth can deal with slow changes, not quick ones, even if they deliver the same energy overall.

  • @Jagdishtemkar1
    @Jagdishtemkar1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those were some pretty incredible graphics... never seen such clear explanation of ocean currents before!

  • @fangugel3812
    @fangugel3812 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If it is ok to be smart, then it is ok for the presentation to be. The presentation is at a level for people who would not be curious enough to watch it. If they were, they would already know what density is.

  • @Celis.C
    @Celis.C 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I do have two more questions about this interesting and easy-to-follow explanation:
    - Does increased ocean acidity affect the thermohaline currents?
    - What would the disruption mean for ocean-dwelling algae? They are already under duress by the increased ocean acidity, but if this is another major stressor for them, we'd lose 70% of nature's oxygen sources, meaning we'd have to make do with the remaining 30% (that we keep cutting down at a rapid pace). Human women can no longer give birth to live babies if oxygen levels drop to 50% and lower.

  • @anhthipham8430
    @anhthipham8430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    wow am i early, and WHY U GOTTA POST WHEN IM BOUTTA GO TO BED WTH

    • @nick.3455
      @nick.3455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know that this is a joke but why did you click In the first place🤣

  • @dubsar
    @dubsar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The swirly patterns of ocean circulation look a lot like those found on the dense atmospheres of gas giants.

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Indeed that is because fluid dynamics is driving the time evolution of both systems

    • @bsanders1
      @bsanders1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly what I thought of, Jupiter.

  • @mehewara
    @mehewara 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video !! Thank you so much ❤

  • @kein_indianer
    @kein_indianer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    9:49 There are more and more independent scientists who are saying clearly that the probability is high and not low!

  • @thatpilatesguy
    @thatpilatesguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wonder what happened at the end of the last ice age when the laurentide and norther Europe ice sheets melted.

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is the aforementioned most recent collapse of the AMOC known as the younger Dryas a name which again implies that it was not the first such event.

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      At first it got warmer, because the process was gradual (it had sharp peaks anyhow but relatively gradual), however at some point, when temperatures were almost as today, some catastrophe happened, some say that an ice dam collapsed in North America pouring massive amounts of fresh water to the Ocean all of sudden, others that it was a meteorite impact. Whatever the case Ireland went from a normal warm spring to a never ending freezing winter of a thousand years. It was so bad that some people began eating grass, almost literally... and then invented bread out of it, it's called the first Neolithic.

  • @MathPhilosophyLab
    @MathPhilosophyLab 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Terrifying. Don't break!

  • @natty2760
    @natty2760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is also flowable water layer covered the earth, it is cloud of moisture & rain.
    The atmosphere has also difference of temperature, cold at the shelter atmosphere/outer space & warm near the earth plates.
    We should see how the entire system of turbulent liquid mass, the cloud & the ocean works.

  • @kateclark7250
    @kateclark7250 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, Joe, for the information.

  • @ronaldyeo8277
    @ronaldyeo8277 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really like this video.
    So I agree with everything mentioned in this video. Will the effect of colder winters in Europe a permanent thing or will it be cancelled out by trapped carbon? I am looking at this climate modeler and it forecasts warmer winters by 4 degrees Celsius for Europe.

    • @mustwereallydothis
      @mustwereallydothis 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not all climate models take all pertinent factors into account. They can only be as good as the data they are given by the people who designed them. This is likely to change in the near future with AI coming online and becoming more advanced.

  • @beth8775
    @beth8775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yet my mom and brothers cannot be conviced that climate change is real or that climate and weather are different things. 😣

  • @leehayward8609
    @leehayward8609 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Literally this week, scientists have reported early and unexpected signs of the amoc breaking down in which wouldn't have been expected to occur this century. So yay us! /s

  • @filzaimran9888
    @filzaimran9888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So glaciers are the heart of this circulatory system