Why planting trees WON'T stop climate change
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Could planting trees be the solution to climate change? With the climate crisis gaining recognition around the world and climate strikes in full swing with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets in a plea for action against climate change, I figured it would be good to look at what might be the best solution to climate change: trees. Trees capture and store carbon, reducing the amount of CO2 in the air. Recently a study looked at the amount of trees we could plant on Earth, which lead to a lot of people thinking we could solve the climate change issue by planting a trillion trees. But this isn't exactly true. Find out why in my latest video!
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Aspect Science, you said you‘d put the link to YTers for Earth down below...
Where is it?
Naj Renchelf in the description
Aspect Science, I feel like it got longer since I asked... 🤔
thank you. 😉
So, I dont know if you knew this but countries that have net growth on their forests yearly (almost every single first world country), are only able to do this because they use fossil fuels for heating their homes and giving them electricity. And you find data for this almost everywhere, some countries, smaller developing ones, either swear never to use fossil fuels or just don't import or have access to them. In all of those countries people have to use wood to heat & light up their homes, and also cook their food. Its literally because of fossil fuels that we even have an environment to save, if we were to have this number of humans on the earth and zero fossil fuels, the planet would face ecological destruction within years. Also did you know that as more carbon has been going into the atmosphere, plants have been on average growing faster? It scales directly, and it makes me as well as others think that if we were ever able to come out even on carbon emissions, eventually plant growth would catch up. Almost like debt.
Hey Genius, you can also just use ecosia as search webmashine, instead google!!😎
Ecosia planted over 70000000 trees🌿🌿
Best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago.
Second best time to plant a tree? NOW!
#TeamTrees
#TeamTrees #Ecosia
You better stop breathing. Eat less and you will produce less carbon
@sised Yeah but Its really complicated to make that fuel. melting thorium is 3,300°C. Its not economical.
@sised just like ifcyou hold your heart in your hand. You've got a lifetime of a heart
4:59 *slaps roof of tree*
This baby can store so much carbon
@philip Trevor it is, and this "huge" number amounts to a miniscule % of scientists altogether. I don't even know why you made this comment out of the blue here
Ptaku93 my comment sections on this video and the recent TeamTrees videos are like a beacon for these sorts of comments to come and find a home...bit annoying aha!
This is how many dollars I will donate
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@philip Trevor that's not true whatsoever. there are many things that can be argued against that.
could you elaborate?
Did anyone ever say that trees are gonna completely stop climate change?
No. We really need to do something about our Industry, make them run on renewable energy or Nuclear power. Along with a whole plethora of Regulations.
Hector Vega nuclear power is better it’s clean too. It’s just the word “nuclear” alarms people
@@libertyprime9477 Yeah I know about Nuclear. It's a very important ally of Renewable energy. It can supply the Demand for when renewable energy can't supply on.
@@libertyprime9477 Yeah, while uranium is somewhat dangerous, thorium isn't. Countries are already planning to make thorium plants.
@Hector Vega yes Nuclear power plants would be good but you still got to remember what happened to Chernobyl and how many people died, and then if it did happen again that would most likely cause another elephant foot to be made. If you don’t know about the elephant foot then look it up it’s very dangerous
But we already failed at saving trees, this is the second best option.
there's plenty of trees in the world my guy.
we haven't failed at saving trees.
waluigi the prophet the amazon forest was burning a couple weaks ago
TrePlex360 spoilers alert: forest fires have been happening for thousands of years
TwoPhases true dat but we can still plant more trees to rebuild it even if it is just 1%
@@waluigitheprophet4406 we have failed
I encourage everyone to look up Ecosia! 🌳
its bing tho
+1
@@BelgianNoise And?
@@marcussmithereens-smithert5409 i like my google
@@BelgianNoise Yeah but Google don't plant trees boi
For those who only comment and didn't watch the whole video,
The important point of this video is you can't just save the planet by only planting new trees, but also by protecting the already existing forests. DO BOTH
You’re great! Thanks for taking the time to watch the video and understand it! It’s a shame a lot of people are simply just reading the title
@@TommoCarroll you're welcome ;)
Me: Breathing onto the tree
The tree: Wtf
It’s good for tree actually
Yes, it is. But it’s like breathing on someone’s neck, it’s weird should I say.
@@brandonvue2647 😭😭
deflex that’s so cute
Lmao
Aspect science: Its expensive
Mr Beast: Im boutta end this mans whole career
Mr. Beast and 20 million trees is nothing. That is like give a dollar to 50 homeless people and then claim that you solved world poverty.
@@reineh3477 STOP RUINING TEAM TREESSS!
@@reineh3477 no we r epic gamers and we gon save earth with an epic tree don't stand in our way
Reine H at least he’s trying
@@reineh3477 leave you fortnut player
Of course saving trees is way better idea than planting them since it takes a lot of effort to grow them (and they quite often don't even make it into "adulthood"). Saving the trees we already have is good for us personally right now, planting trees is good for our grandchildren.
Btw, love the topic and the format of the video, great job!
That's true, however if we don't plant any trees then there won't be as much CO2 being sucked from the atmosphere because the old trees won't be growing as much as the younger ones.
No this is unexact please check your sources. Young forests tend to absorb more CO2 : planting new forests is highly efficient. Of course protecting old forests is also top priority.
@@SuperKiki93 My point excactly!
@@olivergunter6247 it was for OP
@@SuperKiki93 No worries 😄
2019: planting trees
2020: cleaning the oceans
HELP SPAM!!
Someone already do that it's caled 4ocean.com search
sal baiatu There are other organisations that are cleaning the Ocean, but you‘re right 4Ocean is one of them. I would always pay a bit attention by donating money, you never know if they realy use the money to help ☺️
czcams.com/video/sZxqUnVpeA4/video.html
But are they known not really if a influencer was to like team up with them a lot more people would donate
planting enough trees to end all our issues is impossible
cleaning the oceans completely is impossible
This Video uploads
MrBeast sees it
MrBeast: 20 MILLIONS TREES IT IS THEN
Mr: planting 20 millions trees with the help of the entire CZcams community.
This guy: I’m about to end this man’s whole career.
20 million trees is nothing. 20 billion trees would be a good start.
i mean, it’s better then nothing
@@reineh3477 atleast they tried
You guys are just like that, always about numbers, not the action, just for once have a bit of positivity on people's actions. It's like filming a random person helping a beggar and people saying he's wasting money on things that shouldn't matter, geez you guys are harsh
It’s a waste of money lots of the trees might not grow just cause u plant a tree doesn’t mean it will grow
A. Science: You can't just plant trees for stop the climate change
Mrbeast: No.
@Obi Dark uhhh shovels? Isn't that made out of wood and metal?
r/ihadastroke
Obi Dark im more worried that you use emojis
Obi Dark also lets just forget about volcanoes
Obi Dark volcanoes have produced more C02 than humans have done in half a century (correct me if I’m wrong), also emojis are just a thing I’m not a fan of.
Aspect science: trees won't help
MrBeast: hold my sapling
Me: who decided that?
Team trees planted 1/100,000th of the trees needed to stop climate change. Its a nice gesture but planting 5 trees one time doesn't help. I spend about $40 a year to offset my families carbon footprint, and thats more the type of thing thats needed, but I doubt that will ever happen. People rather complain and pretend than act.
This was a very interesting video! I have two tangential points to make regarding the topic.
First, planting/saving trees is good for dealing with carbon already in the atmosphere, but ultimately humanity will also need to cut our carbon emissions. That is, we can’t use planting trees as an excuse to keep emitting more carbon. After all, the Earth only has a fixed amount of surface area where trees can be planted, so this solution will eventually stop scaling.
Second, trees can only remove carbon, not other pollutants (e.g. toxic waste, plastic, other greenhouse gases), from the environment. While removing carbon is a great step towards fighting the climate change aspect, protecting the environment as a whole requires even more effort.
Francois Roewer-Despres it will reduce carbon but i agree it can’t stop plastic and such
Trees can't stop plastic that's for sure but I prefer you to do some research on it. In my information trees store poisonous gasses too to some extent. Reply after searching that topic plz
Ashas Shahid just do it yourself
Mr. Beast never said it will help
Trees don't remove carbon, they store it then release it when the die . At least that's what I heard .
The quality of this video is amazing. The visuals are stunning, keep up the great work! Hope this video blows up as it's a trendy topic.
The quality of all of his videos is amazing.
The quality is umm yah
Me: *breaths*
The Tree: Your breath stinks bro
Can we get a t-shirt with "bring on the trees"?
Haha sure!
And a shirt saying plant more trees
Or as SNL has said... "You put your weed in there..." Grow CANNABIS instead. Or as Bart would say... "Where are all the weed women at?" :-)
Sorry fore the textwall, please read
Really great video but I, at least would really like if you sited some sources
I believe all that you say since it seems like you've done your research but I would still really like some sources since I am a big nerd myself and am sometimes really over sceptical. thnx if u read through this textwall and have a great day c:
(Edit): Sorry for my bad spelling [:
You make a really good point. Source it, or you didnt even say it, I always say.
You're right .
Great video as always👍
Never thought about actually saving existing trees instead of planting new ones😁also great collab!
Who cares it's still a positive thing to do, than doing nothing it'll still have some form a positive effect on this world.
Ah yes feeling good about yourself is a better idea then actually trying to fight and stop climate change
@@radiantsquare007jrdeluxe9 there’s nothing wrong with trying to heal the earth
@@mr.x2567 But the fact is that more trees ≠ saving the planet. Today we have much much more trees than what we had 100 years ago. Still the effect of Global Warming is more evident now then ever.
MEH.I'm still gonna plant trees.
At least better than NOTHING.HA!
Honestly
@@_blank-_ you dont know that
@@_blank-_ Then let's ban planting then if it doesn't matter
Neutral Player Of LoL why would we ban it that makes no sense
@@TMMGamez I can tell sarcasm is not your forte
MrBeast knows that xd... He just wanted to do it. He stated “I know that this won’t help climate change” or something like that
Different than title
e non bro i found it by ssearching up #TeamTrees
It's so good to see you so happy in making video's! Keep up the good work
Cheers dude!
Aspect Science: " Trees are not going to stop climate change"
Mr beast: " Hold my beer"
original comments and science have left the chat
6:20 I can see the Kurzgesagt human space era calendar there :)
Such a good video man! I knew about monocultures but this was still an eye opener!
Thanks dude! Really glad you liked it! Was a bit rushed with everything else I had going on but seems like people are liking it!
Great video my man! Def something I’m going to share around and talk with my students about!
Really glad you liked it! That’s awesome! Let me know what they think :)
Aw man, that kinda made me depressed. Thought this was the golden solution to this problem.
Don't be depressed! There's still A LOT of other solutions.
@@TommoCarroll like what?
It is, trees will work, just way more are needed.
@@turnr3326 ok,
But just increasing taxes will not stop climate change
We need better solutions
Psst the solution is nuclear energy
Planting trees won’t guarantee in stoping climate change. With the amount of damage we’ve already done to our environment, it’s unfixable. BUT it will help.
Well
Givr it another century while protecting the already existing forest.
O think we can kinda fix it
I can tell you put a lot of work into your videos and I really appreciate them. 👍👍 from me!
Thanks a lot Emily! It's nice to hear that! :)
Thanks for having a sort of uplifting tone to the video, and for having a good sponsor segment.
No problem at all! I want my videos in 2020 that are to do with climate change and ecosystems to have a bit of optimism, so I'm happy you found it in that video! New video in a few days!
Good recordings! Your camera must have a really wide dynamic range
craggolly not bad, but this took a lot of masked adjustment layers!
@@TommoCarroll a for effort
31k? 👀
Was that already a thing last video? 🤔
If not, then congrats! 😊
Naj Renchelf haha 29k last video! Thanks! :)
Thanks for the great video! Super informative and top notch production as always 👌
Thanks a lot! :)
Great video as always mate, really interesting. Nice sponsorship too bud 👌🏼
Thanks buddy! Glad you liked it :)
No one said this would completely stop climate change. This is the second best option because *your* generation *didn’t* do anything, so be appreciative that we are actually trying to do something.
Kitty_Katty_pie it’s just a way to click bait
Thank you Kitty-katty
Your generation didnt do anything..... His generation is literally your generation.
what are you 10 years old?
True
We need to enter a completely new epoch of human living,
Specifically on the matter of carbon sequestrations, trees are your long term storage and a precious building material. In the short term along side massive tree planting we need to replace all fodder crops with those such as native american switch grass, which can feed animals but also can be turned into carbon rich soil for land regeneration. The great thing about those types of grasses is that in winter in pulls all of the nutrients out of the plant and into the roots so when you harvest the carbon husks, your not wasting mineral, so the land seldom, if ever needs fertilization.
for us to use nature as the solution, we have to come at it holistically. we need to start transforming our agriculture land to permaculture style food forests. looking at what the native animals eat and what can grow in that region for human food. we also need to blend in lumber production trees for local building and crafting.
we need to start thinking about simpler lives, where we form villages at the center of these permaculture zones, our economies could become local and mainly about keeping us with a full belly and a solid roof over our heads, said roof being log cabins and earthship style housing. we need to start living and breathing the natural world as our daily existence.
whats it all for eh? we work our asses off for expensive housing and all the toys to try and stop us being miserable along the way.
why cant people just be happy waking up in a lovely wooden lodge that you and your community built, that you will probably pass on to your children. spending some of your days working on food production and helping the community build itself, spending a few days studying to better your knowledge at the communal solar/shallow geothermal/wind powered internet 'library', and the rest of your time simply enjoying the good life.
if enough of us turned to this way of living, with the help of experts in permaculture and ecology to guide our works, we could be living an almost utopia of simplicity and abundance. we make life hard for ourselves in the name of progress and growth. well I say we can live in harmony and let our growth hold for a while in the realms of acedemia. we rush to fast to implement everything we discover and its killing the world, lets just chill. local living and working and food production so we dont need to travel and shop at range. we need to learn to live with less of everything, but we gain time to enjoy health and clean air and water and abundant food and knowledge.
this will help hold our species in check whilst we get serious about space colonization. were burning our bridges on the way. space will be lonely if we kill off all the plants and animals.
Giga Bane yes
So communism?
With this pretty much 100%. Land use is so critical yet so wasteful in America. A great field crop is hemp, which can provide human food & livestock feed at the same time while also being a building & clothing material which uses less fertilizer & pesticides than the cotton, corn, and soy which it replaces.
Super interesting dude!! Learnt a lot. Was talking about planting some trees recently but will certainly be doing my research before I decided how to do it 🌲
Nice one man! Hopefully the point came across that I'm 0% saying to not plant trees, just that people should be careful where their money goes!
Research trees native to your area, they're more likely to survive and be strong (:
I've never not enjoyed an Aspect Science video. Great work!
Aw that’s really nice of you to say! Thanks!
well, this is awkward
Well, MrBeast should have seen this...
Haha! Don’t get me wrong - the mrbeast teamtrees is AMAZING and I’ll be getting involved. But yeah, that $20 mil could be doing good in another way with trees too. Maybe that’s for the 2030 TeamTrees reunion!
Aspect Science maybe they could split the money or something? Half for protection, half restoration?
@@tea-sus8722 That's great, now go tell him
So glad I found this channel :) well researched, cohesive, and not too opinionated.
I'm glad you did too Isabela! Thanks!
Very interesting and informative video. Thank you for taking the time to make this. 👍🏻
Trees are cool
Agreed!
They're not cool, they're beautiful masterpieces
1:03 they forgot 1000m² of my land!
Umm that's good that you want to use your land some people dont. Care :)
I didn't receive a notification when you uploaded this video, again! So weird, I've got the bell turned on...
:( it's pretty random how this happens! Hopefully next time you'll get notified!
@@TommoCarroll I hope so too!
Awesome, informative video! Learned a lot and it really put things in perspective for me. Kinda missed some links to organisations who do the whole tree-planting thing right though. Or maybe some organisations who invest in protecting the forests that are already there. It would be nice to end the video with some links to organisations/websites/donation pages where people can immediately take action. Maybe keep that in mind for a next video like this :)
Yeah I'll hopefully do that next time - I simply ran out of time for this video with other work I had to get done to pay the bills!
Yeah I'll hopefully do that next time - I simply ran out of time for this video with other work I had to get done to pay the bills!
@@TommoCarroll No worries, still an amazing, relevant and very informational video! 😁🌳
Why trees won’t stop climate change
Mr Beast: Are you sure about that?
Yes
Did u know new trees grow every day with out humans help its called mother nature
But due to climate change, instead of trees, we get shrubs
@@neutralplayeroflol5722 was about to say that lol
Human activities caused polution, introduction of invasive species, deforestation, and the global warming has made some droughts and wildfires. Also most soild that doesn't have trees, hardly grows one without help
Earned a sub buddy. Keep doing good!
Welcome to the Aspect Herd! Thanks for subbing :)
amazing content and script. everything is done really well
Thanks a lot Fazar! :)
*20 millions of trees planted*
Businessmen: Thats free real state
Can any of us could stand up against these greedy nerds?
*sad algae noises*
its not meant to STOP climate change its meant to help stop it
THANK YOU for this video! I agree with this 100% and that's rare for me when it comes to nature and especially plants. I am an aspiring botanist and value a good future highly. I am donating, hoping we can start to live a more sustainable way!
Another idea- use tree planting search engine--Ecosia.
Lots of people know it and they are stupid saying its not legit or wr shouldn't use because of bing.
That stresses me
Either this video came out 4 weeks too early, or you are a trend setter. Either way, great video!
You can also use Travelinho.com when planning your trips.
Trees are planted with every booking (hotels, flights, trains, buses...)
Let’s not loose hope guys! We can do this! We can (at least try) to save the earth!
I am Groot!
Language!
We are groot
Video need update.. #TeamTrees
We may not able save the trees but we damm sure we will avenge them
Hey, I like the format very clean and informative. Altho you're making a lot of statements with very little to back up what you're saying. I would love to see you cite more research in your videos. Keep up the good work
Nobody:
Aspect: *Look at this tree!* 👌
Jack Manete haha just the way it’s gotta be 🌳 👀
@@TommoCarroll you know you had to do it to em.
Aspect Science: Planting trees will not stop climate change.
TeamTrees: I'll pretend i didnt hear that..
He knows that already
This was so helpful. Ty!
As always, great work mate. Sliiiiick. X
Thanks mate! :)
“Takes too much Time and physical Effort”
Me: wut you mean too much time and effort that’s how life works
Now a days dumb people just rather not work to save the plant they want it to be just given to them you made a good point Abigail
In shorter words
3 Trillion Trees + 20 Million Trees= Still 3 Trillion Trees
3 trillion trees + 20 million trees = 20 million more trees
How are they preventing illegal logging on the land they're trying to preserve? I remember reading about someone who tried something similar and the land experienced a bunch of illegal logging on the property. To stop it, they would need a small security team.
That’s an important area that causes the expenses to start to rise
And where exactly are you plating them, on who's terrain.
Last year in my area a large section of forest was illegally logged.
The police tried to find those responsible, but after several months of investigation all they could say was they were stumped.
"This video was made possible by Skillshare"
Aaaah! Every youtuber's classic intro! :)
I was worried this would be a pessimistic video. I’m glad you provided solutions.
Thanks for the comment! So many people finding this video recently aren’t actually watching it, so you’re great for actually giving it a chance!
But! Trees and plants have a psychological effect on us! I did a study on how plants can affect your mood. They can help reduce stress & depression
Notification squad member here!
(Nice clarification video btw ❤)
Yo! Thanks for ringing the bell 🔔 ! Glad you liked it, next video won't be another clarification one haha!
It’s because calimate change is a natural thing we just speed it up
True and we can even show it down.
The very important point not made here as to whether we should plant or protect is that by protecting trees not only are we protecting the trees but probably more importantly we protect every life form that walks, climbs, crawls, fly's or otherwise in that forest or jungle... Great vid Tom, thank you.
6:20 Love the cheeky Kurzgesagt 12,019 calender in the background! 👌
Mr beast: *I'm about to end your whole career-*
Great videos as always! I know Mr. Beast is trying to get quite a few trees planted. Send him this!!
Yeah I completely forgot until after filming this video! Probably should have included a mention. Feel free to send it his way!
@@TommoCarroll it's cool that right now he is close to 17 million trees
Lemme tell you something guys. One of the most largest forest ever to be known is the Amazon Rainforest, but the thing is 60% of it is in Brazil.
And Brazil’s president isn’t doing anything about it. He’s actually telling farmers to clear most the forest. And the Brazilian farmers usually do this by burning trees down btw. Anyways Brazil’s president was offered 20 million dollars to protect the forest. He denied it because according to some sources he wants to make more profit. So he instead took the bigger offer that has nothing to do about the Amazon. I’m kinda happy that people are now realizing that we need trees. Fun fact, the Amazon works as a cooling station for earth because of how big it is. (which is half of Canada)
Last year I decided to become a forest technician because climate change is an issue that legitimately scares me so much it gives me anxiety attacks. I'm currently getting my degree and with it I hope to get a job protecting and looking after the health of current forests as well as planning out forest extension projects for tree planting initiatives
Sounds like a great use of your degree!
Can I ask, what specific aspects of the climate change issue leads to anxiety attacks for you?
@@TommoCarroll Its usually a feeling of powerlessness. I feel like the only people who can save us are the ones who are making money off the destruction of the planet and have no motivation to stop. But getting my degree and finding a job that protects nature is something that I hope will put me more at ease.
@@WHO_is_on_first I hear you! I'd just say: don't get TOO anxious about everything, because we honestly have no idea exactly what will happen.
Long time no see
Busy month! Back to every 2 weeks from today!
At this point, we need to be looking less at stopping climate change (because, at this point, that's impossible) and more at what we can do in terms of damage control.
"The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
I am Groot!
Another way to go about this would be to donate money to your local conservation trusts to buy conservation easements. If there’s already a conservation easement it likely becomes more likely that a future landowner will outright sell the land to the land trust at a very pretty discount.
We planted about 20.2 million trees at December 21, 2019
At 2:48
"Don't donate to plant trees"
Mrbeast: Imma end this mans career
Don’t make up fake quotes. In my most recent video I literally offer to donate to team trees on behalf of people than can’t afford to 🤦🏻♂️
Wait, so why are a lot of people preferring wooden products because it's greener if it cuts more trees down...
Plastic pollution. I’d be pretty confident in saying that most of those plastic replacing products come from wood from fast growing species like pine or bamboo from plantations as opposed to old growth forests.
Humans are currently on there last stand against global warming and pollution
I don’t see you doing anything
At least it will help
Aspect science:says that planting trees won’t work
Also Aspect science:gets sponsored by skillshare were YOU can LEARN how plant trees
So ironic
Saving trees > Planting trees
To those who seem to think he is trying to scare you or tell you that planting won't help: He giving different scenarios and explaining other ways we could help preserve our world and keep our species on this earth longer than intended. Protecting the trees in incredibly important just as his stated, mainly because should they be chopped down or burned that removes more than we can replace, all of what he talks about is to help explain how we can keep this planet on a kicking along with everything on it. This video deserves more recognition and his points need to be stressed all throughout the media. Protest if we must, he's telling us what we really need to do if we wanna keep this earth blue and green. Preferably a bit green but let's hop to it!
One of my favourite comments on this video. Thanks for taking the time to write it. You’re spot on with everything you said! Have a great holiday season if you’re celebrating it!
so what trustworthy website(s) do you suggest we donate to
I’m pretty we aren’t planting trees to stop it but to slow it down since climate is just a huge earth season
A whisper of reason on a planet full of hysteria. Good vid.
That’s exactly what I hoped to achieve with this video. Thanks for that!
Very important point.we seem to be treating the symptoms instead of the disease and it might cost us in the end.