The Terrifying (but Awesome) Science Behind Red Tides

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  • čas přidán 21. 07. 2020
  • Maybe you already knew that deadly algal tides discolor ocean waves, deplete the water of oxygen, and release toxins that can kill a huge range of ocean critters, but did you know that the tiny organisms that cause red tides are also an extremely important part of our ecosystem? In this episode of #Untold, a new #CZcamsLearning series from ACS, PBS, and CZcams, we dive into the science behind this somewhat terrifying, sometimes glowing phenomenon.
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    Credits:
    Executive Producers:
    George Zaidan
    Hilary Hudson
    Producer/Editor:
    Darren Weaver
    Writer/Host:
    Alex Dainis, PhD
    Assistant Editor:
    Brett Kuxhausen
    Animator:
    Shea Lord
    Coordinating Producer:
    Samantha Jones, PhD
    Fact Checker:
    Bob Hunt
    Archive Producer:
    Annalea Embree
    Scientific Consultants:
    Leila Duman, PhD
    Michelle Boucher, PhD
    Lora Fleming, PhD
    Michael Latz, PhD
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Komentáře • 168

  • @ACSReactions
    @ACSReactions  Před 4 lety +55

    Harmful algal blooms are popping up in new areas, partly because of changes in ocean temperatures--just one effect of climate change.

  • @husnainhaider3781
    @husnainhaider3781 Před 4 lety +119

    Im blown away by the quality of the video and the comparatively low view count.

    • @drbrianmicheal
      @drbrianmicheal Před 3 lety +1

      This is a good video!

    • @dhgzebraa261
      @dhgzebraa261 Před 3 lety +1

      Most people just see information on tik tok and take that for what it is. Instead of looking it up and learning as much as they can on the subject. They just don’t even bother lmao. But their loss I guess

    • @segads
      @segads Před 3 lety

      @@dhgzebraa261yea my dad use tik tok as a news source

    • @bonbonnom30
      @bonbonnom30 Před 3 lety

      Kinda just a typical youtube video with bunch of stock video bro. There's a thousand channels just like this lurking about. Science fact channels are a dime a dozen.

    • @karlomarkovic3278
      @karlomarkovic3278 Před 3 lety +1

      Likewise sir likewise

  • @Wayne_Robinson
    @Wayne_Robinson Před 3 lety +9

    As a Gulf Coast resident, I appreciate this information. It's been a very bad summer for swimming in the Gulf! I now want a t-shirt with the molecular diagram of brevetoxin overlaid by the international "no" symbol.

  • @jalapaeno
    @jalapaeno Před 3 lety +7

    I own and operate a watersports business in South Florida and this is the best video I've seen online explaining what we are experiencing on our coast and local waterways.

    • @tylerzammuto8423
      @tylerzammuto8423 Před 3 lety +1

      Companies dumped chemicals into the bay... its not all natural. its because they polluted

    • @mafarmerga
      @mafarmerga Před rokem

      Then you should be hounding your elected officials to clamp down on the excess fertilizers that trigger these algal blooms.
      Over a decade ago the Florida government was supposed to start buying back sugar cane fields and letting them return to natural wetlands (without fertilizer) but the politicians in charge of Florida have not done this, to protect their wealthy donors in the sugar cane industry.
      Algal blooms are natural, but blooms in March (lie we are having this year) are man induced and are preventable.

  • @DominikJaniec
    @DominikJaniec Před 4 lety +20

    Wonderful video, informative and interesting :) It is nice to learn how those algae glow in the night.

  • @KenLS
    @KenLS Před 4 lety +14

    Great job ! Really interesting, good for curious people, thank you !

  • @Adventurewithnhia
    @Adventurewithnhia Před 3 lety +8

    Thank You for this, I was just fishing in Santa Cruz California on my kayak and wanted to understand red tides as it was a red tide that I was out on. Fish don’t bite and fish were mostly gone but your video made it very enjoyable and easy to understand. Thank You!

  • @CHMichael
    @CHMichael Před 3 lety +3

    Did I miss the party where she mentions that it is made much worse by the fertilizers we flush into the ocean. Look at that beautiful lawn

  • @Michael_MW
    @Michael_MW Před měsícem

    I have a shore house on the NJ shore. One year the tide was really high due to stormy weather and the moon cycle. It caused the water level to rise over the shoreline and everything flooded. In the following days/week we had an algae bloom that wasn’t really visible to the eyes. But at night if you disturbed the water, it would light up bright! I didn’t understand it entirely at the time, but I do now thanks to you. I appreciate that.
    Wish I could have shown you all how cool our boat looked at night. The entire wake (the bubbly streak of disturbed water behind us) was glowing green like a glow stick. It looked like we were a comet. :0

  • @MrPdecarvalho
    @MrPdecarvalho Před 4 lety +32

    I'm loving these series

  • @oyanezg
    @oyanezg Před 3 lety +6

    OK You got a new subscriber, great voice, pronunciation diction and great info.

  • @ericvilas
    @ericvilas Před 4 lety +11

    Wait, the fact that seaweed and kelp are algae _isn't_ well-known in English-speaking countries? In Spanish, the term for seaweed _is_ algae, to the point where I was actually surprised when I first learned that algae referred to a whole group of organisms, not just seaweed. So basically, the opposite mindblow.

    • @McPhysX
      @McPhysX Před 4 lety +6

      yeah and in french any green thing in the water = algae, even aquatic plants

    • @IanGrams
      @IanGrams Před 4 lety +5

      English was my first language and I definitely did not realize they were a type of algae before this video. Pretty interesting how language can impact our thinking so much. I suspect this falls under the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

  • @Saitaina
    @Saitaina Před 4 lety +9

    I am trying very hard to learn, but it's hard when all you hear is ”dino flatulence”

  • @dwaynezilla
    @dwaynezilla Před 4 lety +6

    This was so damn good. So much good stuff delivered perfectly. Wish it was so much longer, hahaha.

  • @selenaurie
    @selenaurie Před 3 lety +4

    Thank you for this video! I just went to the beach and there was red tide so I wanted to understand why that was.

  • @miguelatambucho748
    @miguelatambucho748 Před 3 lety +2

    Very well done video. Living on the Florida water I am suffering this red tide badly. Thanks for the great information ;)

  • @AngryKevin2o11
    @AngryKevin2o11 Před 3 lety +4

    This was beautifully done. Thank you!

  • @tomjen6110
    @tomjen6110 Před 3 lety +1

    Dont look now but there is a spider on your screen ...Great series

  • @genehudson6636
    @genehudson6636 Před 3 lety +2

    First time seeing this channel. What an amazing video, and looking forward to more.

  • @devinyoung5735
    @devinyoung5735 Před 4 lety +1

    Really enjoyed this one. Keep up the good work.

  • @Mr_gamer0003
    @Mr_gamer0003 Před rokem +2

    Nice explanation 🥰
    Loves from India🇮🇳😘

  • @shubhamshinde3593
    @shubhamshinde3593 Před 4 lety +5

    Very informative and entertaining! Hopefully it catches everyone's attention

  • @jenniferking4682
    @jenniferking4682 Před 3 lety +6

    I wish I had played more attention in science in high school. I ended up dropping out which I regret but due to some family issues I moved out and started working at 16. Now that im in my 50s it's subjects like this that interest me very much. If I had a teacher that was as good at explaining things as she was I definitely would of paid more attention! She was very articulate and kept it very interesting explaining everything so well even this high school drop out understood it!

  • @htopherollem649
    @htopherollem649 Před 3 lety +3

    can you also share information on the green/ black algae tides on the western coast of Florida and the effects of breathing in their toxins ? such as the link to dementia and alzheimers

  • @edprestwood5885
    @edprestwood5885 Před 3 lety +1

    Very high quality video and excellent presentation. Thank you!

  • @sandeep10
    @sandeep10 Před 3 lety +2

    Really good video. Thank you. Best wishes..

  • @MHMencken
    @MHMencken Před 2 lety +2

    Awesome video! Very well done. It would be helpful if the CC were edited at 3:15 to read, "ichthyotoxin" rather than "exotoxin".

  • @K-Choi
    @K-Choi Před 3 lety +1

    That photosynthesis part was a plus and I only knew now how bioluminescene work.

  • @Camilaheartz901
    @Camilaheartz901 Před 2 lety +2

    Nobody: the spider on her computer chilling🕷

  • @nobleinnovator
    @nobleinnovator Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent work.

  • @douglashawkins9918
    @douglashawkins9918 Před 3 lety +1

    Well Explained. Kudos Doc!

  • @elaztic
    @elaztic Před 3 lety +2

    Perfect presentation!

  • @marcusdavenport1590
    @marcusdavenport1590 Před 3 lety

    Great video!

  • @nobu9705
    @nobu9705 Před 3 lety +1

    What a boatload of information! Wow! 👏👏

  • @guillermomendoza1096
    @guillermomendoza1096 Před 3 lety +1

    Its an awesome series!

  • @JohnSmith-nc9ep
    @JohnSmith-nc9ep Před 4 lety +7

    So that's why Florida is so crazy!!!

  • @jeanlanz2344
    @jeanlanz2344 Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent explanations incorporating many chemical concepts with great graphics. Thank you and God bless you.

  • @skipsassy1
    @skipsassy1 Před 3 lety +1

    bio-weapon expert here......decayed fish on your new beach house. No wonder this video is hidden with complicated chemistry and a smile.

  • @nicholaseachus5937
    @nicholaseachus5937 Před 5 měsíci

    Thanks for the info!

  • @oibdbeu28xn69
    @oibdbeu28xn69 Před 3 lety +2

    Nature is so magical 😍🥺

  • @yohanvuignier1270
    @yohanvuignier1270 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you very much for this video: i get on her accidently and that’s very interesting, well explained and nicely showed
    And this speaker is absolutely cute
    Keep doing, that’s awesome👍🏻

  • @penelopeplimsoul3617
    @penelopeplimsoul3617 Před 3 lety

    Very interesting! Subbed.

  • @SeeMeRolling
    @SeeMeRolling Před 11 měsíci

    I almost drowned as a kid in "red tide" not knowing the algae were poisonous and I swallowed a lot of water, I remember having diarrhea right there on the beach and feeling horrible

  • @ryanm9513
    @ryanm9513 Před 4 lety +3

    This series has been great! I have a question about acids and bases, though. Can things become acidic or basic because of ions besides H and OH? I don’t know if it’s something special about those ions, or if it’s just because they’re so much more common because of their size and because of water that we don’t have to worry about other ones, or if there’s a whole lot more about how it works that I don’t know yet.

    • @cliff8459
      @cliff8459 Před 4 lety +2

      @Ryan M water and h+,oh- ions are more common than other ions,they influence the acidity or basicity. Other ions effect is negligible because they arent common

    • @ACSReactions
      @ACSReactions  Před 4 lety +7

      Check out Lewis acids and bases... it'll blow your mind.

  • @ThomasJHorrego
    @ThomasJHorrego Před 3 lety

    awesome, awesome stuff!

  • @karlam3407
    @karlam3407 Před rokem

    It's awesome but scary, there should be a way to content sargassum's bloom because many fish is dying and people is getting sick from it. It doesn't sounds well 😕 I hope the government and scientist could work together to solve this worrying situation in Florida... So, the video was very informative, I like it. I was watching news about sargassum's bloom in Florida and I was thinking oh, it's very dangerous that people keep going to beaches because this seaweed is toxic and can cause throat irritation and red eyes, the video says that they can pollut shellfish 4:20 government should forbid to eat them, to avoid that people get sick.

  • @icdkenshin404
    @icdkenshin404 Před 3 lety +1

    This is better than my biology teacher

    • @2genders-tk2ue
      @2genders-tk2ue Před rokem

      They are too busy trying pushing progressive politics on you

  • @matthewmena6390
    @matthewmena6390 Před 3 lety +2

    Ok but you still havent explained why the fish killing algae is necessary in the food chain

  • @nategood505
    @nategood505 Před rokem

    Ģreat explanation and varied opinions on fringe relationships ......subbed in a heartbeat 🤗

  • @janneplanman6433
    @janneplanman6433 Před rokem

    I have never thought how 'sophisticated' ways there are the sea being that dangerous😗😳

  • @cj-bd3ql
    @cj-bd3ql Před rokem +1

    Don't forget my favorite green allergy

  • @susanlynn6545
    @susanlynn6545 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for your videos 🙂

  • @erinzervos3112
    @erinzervos3112 Před 2 lety

    This is so cool and interesting I love this video and it will help me for my silence class

  • @notquitehim
    @notquitehim Před 2 lety +1

    Well guess I'm not eating shellfish again

  • @reetachauhan613
    @reetachauhan613 Před 4 lety +1

    Hope this would last longer.

  • @pepegarcia9470
    @pepegarcia9470 Před 3 lety +2

    Cause of the spill at piney point in Florida let’s shut em down

  • @greedskith4036
    @greedskith4036 Před 3 lety +1

    Thnx i think it understand atoms a little more now!😅

  • @COREL_1127
    @COREL_1127 Před rokem

    I therefore conclude that, there's always skittles at the end of the rainbow.

  • @danielross9057
    @danielross9057 Před 3 lety +1

    Every time some industry dumps waste into the ocean they call it red tide dead fish disaster red tide how convenient

  • @samsalamander8147
    @samsalamander8147 Před 3 lety +2

    I know people in Florida who live on Del Ray beach and they are chronically sick with some type of respiratory illness. There dog died and there cat is sick and dying both with some type of respiratory infection. It’s obvious to me what the cause of there are sickness is it’s at it’s worse when the red tide is at it’s worse but they are poor not very smart. They don’t have the money or enough commen sense to leave.

  • @rjcangygil6186
    @rjcangygil6186 Před 3 lety +1

    Oh no...spider on the screen😰😰

  • @jonathanturek5846
    @jonathanturek5846 Před 3 lety +2

    I would grow all different colored algae in some of my aquarium s... My favorite was purple..

  • @drvinson8947
    @drvinson8947 Před 2 lety +2

    The 3rd vial of wrath in revelation will be global.

  • @indridcold8433
    @indridcold8433 Před rokem

    I think will not live within 1.62 kilometers of the ocean. I have never understood the charm of it.

  • @73gmiller
    @73gmiller Před rokem

    I live on the Gulf Coast and red tides are as familiar as rain.

  • @martinhirineo-ortiz1105

    Is this something to worry about this summer ?

  • @RangryHaccoon
    @RangryHaccoon Před 2 lety

    red tide is a micro-organism, sometimes things like clams or muscles can filter the organism into itself. Since it doesn't die, the red tide cab remain in the flesh of the filter feeder, for a long time after its death.

  • @phillipjones8099
    @phillipjones8099 Před rokem

    I saw a television movie
    Los Angeles 2017 AD about pandemic toxic algae blooms which killed off the human species. The survivors had to live underground and were facing extinction. Philip Wylie wrote the screenplay and the science fiction novel. Could toxic algae blooms get that bad and do that much? I'd like to know your point of view and reaction. Maybe you could do a program about the television movie and novel.
    Thanks, Phillip Jones

  • @forrestl5597
    @forrestl5597 Před 3 lety +1

    i have a friend that is not allowed to watch this video. as soon as you started describing the symptoms, she'd start feeling them...

  • @zeusbolt58
    @zeusbolt58 Před rokem

    Dinoflagellates are algaes I never knew thankd

  • @skipsassy1
    @skipsassy1 Před 3 lety

    real estate agents never mention this.......on the Gulf Coast of "Flawda"?

  • @wessieclack
    @wessieclack Před 3 lety

    Anybody know where 4:59 is at?

  • @TM-iq6sx
    @TM-iq6sx Před 3 lety

    Can removal of some red algae? To helps reduce the amount of die off?

  • @K-Choi
    @K-Choi Před 3 lety

    5:05, where is this?

  • @MrNick-
    @MrNick- Před 3 lety

    One time I saw a blue tide, but later found out it was just the ocean color.

  • @user-xy5yg6se1k
    @user-xy5yg6se1k Před 5 měsíci

    1:16 how can algae be part of the plant kingdom and not be a plant??

  • @ediseverywhere
    @ediseverywhere Před 4 lety

    7:05 - Uh, I think that stock footage had its rainbow added in post. Notice how the red is on the inside?

    • @ediseverywhere
      @ediseverywhere Před 4 lety

      @@faenethlorhalien Thanks, that one always gets me.

  • @tommygaltman
    @tommygaltman Před 3 lety

    She reminds me of that cute receptionist from the office

  • @blackhorror3178
    @blackhorror3178 Před 2 lety

    Wow AHS in a story on this?

  • @jayyork1707
    @jayyork1707 Před 3 lety +1

    Don't forget about toxic runoff that's certainly not helping thing's

  • @Peachykirx
    @Peachykirx Před 3 lety +1

    This is why I don’t eat seafood yall trippppppin

  • @feudiable
    @feudiable Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks for the great video! Small riddle: How many clues can you find that the rainbow at 7:05 is fake?:)

    • @user-user.user-user
      @user-user.user-user Před 4 lety

      At least it's inside out. It might be a secondary rainbow, but it's way too bright for it. Plus the area where it appears does not seem to contain many water droplets. Anything that I missed?

    • @feudiable
      @feudiable Před 4 lety

      @@user-user.user-user Well spotted:) One more thing is the lighting direction and the direction of the rainbow. At least if it is supposed to be illuminated by the sun, the rainbow should be on the opposite direction of the sun, so if you're looking at a rainbow the sun should be behind you.

    • @user-user.user-user
      @user-user.user-user Před 4 lety

      @@feudiable You're totally right! How could I miss that! Arghh! ;-)

  • @hemanshukolapte3436
    @hemanshukolapte3436 Před 2 lety

    Machi kharvad dayala deu. 😂😂😂 same weapon.

  • @geoffreyvonmarkirada8823

    Can somebody's tells me what is at 7:46. It looks cool.

    • @rodofj1206
      @rodofj1206 Před 3 lety

      Pretty sure that’s yellow stone national park

  • @joshspry1
    @joshspry1 Před 3 lety +1

    A year later it aged well after what's happening in florida.

  • @missbutts73
    @missbutts73 Před rokem

    Isnt this where shrimp n lobster n flamingos get their colour from.. there colour is from the algae

  • @nahrobwrhan9493
    @nahrobwrhan9493 Před 2 lety +1

    san you fere mach dide😇😇😇😇🤔🤔🤔🤔🔥

  • @JenNotZ
    @JenNotZ Před 3 lety +1

    Who’s here after leaving Pass-a-Grill beach? Lol

  • @immortal_coil
    @immortal_coil Před 4 lety +2

    Really great video!
    Just a tiny comment: at 10:26 you refer to OH-anions as hydroxyl-ions. According to IUPAC-convention, the OH-anion should be to referred to as hydroxide. The "-yl"- suffix should be used for the OH-radical.

  • @bbffmuyy
    @bbffmuyy Před 3 lety

    Is this a first date? lol

  • @simsational...
    @simsational... Před 3 lety

    Thank piney point reservoir for the views in 2021...so sad

  • @swdupree1
    @swdupree1 Před 3 lety

    It sounds like a yeast infection

  • @zookeeper997
    @zookeeper997 Před 3 lety

    I like the ideas, but i feel the videos are rather jumbled of vague information and extremely detailed information orded by time mentioned and not relavence.

  • @glennquagmire1747
    @glennquagmire1747 Před rokem

    The red tide in Florida is caused by farmers overuse of fertilizers and ends up in canals

    • @2genders-tk2ue
      @2genders-tk2ue Před rokem

      It may make it worse but red tide has been around for a very long time

  • @honeybadger7320
    @honeybadger7320 Před 3 lety

    Dino Flatulence?

  • @aishaal-amin5492
    @aishaal-amin5492 Před 3 lety

    there is a spider didnt you see

  • @michellekohlhof4445
    @michellekohlhof4445 Před 3 lety

    Who heard of the 400 pound grouper dead by of red tide on the beach

  • @zelexi
    @zelexi Před 3 lety

    you have a spider on your screen, just FYI

  • @valeriesanchez3074
    @valeriesanchez3074 Před 3 lety

    Damn preload ads

  • @operationhotshotinc.6887

    Beautiful- the wildlife
    Deadly - greedy humans