Invasive Species Are Riding Plastics Across Oceans
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- When debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan started washing up in North America, scientists knew they had a mystery-and a potential environmental disaster-on their hands.
In this episode of Weathered, we explore a “mass rafting event” that carried colonies of invasive species across the Pacific, revealing ominous new changes in how our oceans function.
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It's incredible to think that while dealing with the devastating consequences and loss of the tsunami, the Japanese people had the humbleness and will to send money and citizens across the globe to clean up the mess they felt they were responsible for. Kudos.
Yeah, theyre getting pretty darn good at paying reparations.
The US should have politely declined the money but when you’re already in debt what’s a country to do I suppose.
Such respect and class.
Makes you wonder how many Americans would be in Japan cleaning up if it was the other way around.
@@SoundboyStrange u can count in fingers
"humans are killing the planet with fossil fuels"
*meanwhile some crab just rode a harley 4500 miles across the ocean*
Yes humans are leading to endangered species but these sopose scientists trying to protect the habitat execute these lost species, I feel they should focus thier energy on something else
This in a way is actually how some animals were dispersed into new land areas or islands since a long time ago. But instead of rubbish or garbage their mode of transports would be floating coconut shells, leaves, barks and branches.
Yep. The main thing that separates these invasives compared to those from ages past that you're referencing is the time those things have had to establish to their new environment (and the time their new environment has had to adapt to their new presence).
I love whenever Vice does an episode on “Invasive Species”. This is some of the most important stuff going on on our planet, yet we hardly hear about it. Thank you Vice.
Agreed. And 99% of it is caused by us, of course. But it's long down the list on the minds of most politicians.....Mankind is a festering parasite.
@@fiftyhunnug Pretty sure you're human as well buddy and just because we are all fundamentally broken in one or MANY, MANY ways doesn't automatically mean that people can't go out, attempt their best efforts and try to reform themselves to a more acceptable and positive outlook as well as serve as an example for those in need around them.
Thanks vice I would much rather watch this than watch you filming a guy relapsing.....
@@fiftyhunnug nah.. comes from China not even from the earthquakes.. look up pics of garbage island.. comes from china and India and Pakistan
@@Lucky14970 i love this guy
Kind of funny that the most invasive species in the world are concerned about the less invasive species
there can only be one!
invasive to other native species not to human. did you really watch?
Ukrainian ✊🏽
a shame this is your thoughts after such a video
@@marytom7213 I'm not following, could you explain that?
This is eye opening … 10 years later
Right? That’s what I’m confused about. Vice doesn’t usually do stuff like that. Atleast not that old of an article
“Life finds a way” is such a real statement.
I don’t think many people realize how frequent stuff like this happens on a smaller scale yet constantly due to localized flooding
Thank you, finally, common sense prevails!
And a larger scale
And, shouldn't we be concerned about soil saturation levels in areas that have been experiencing increased flooding? The water draught areas isn't getting may be destabilizing arable land in other regions.
Yo that guy in Alaska returning items to people back in Japan is so cool 👍🏼
A lobster trap tag of my dads made it all the way from the coast of massachuetts to kerry ireland it was lost in october 1991. And found in 2016. The lady qho found it on a beach had contqcted me via facebook asking if it was mine. About a year ago i had contacted her asking if sje still had it. Whixh to my surprize she did and was kind enough to shi9 it to me. The look on ny dads face when i randomly placed it in h8s hand was amazing it was j7st crazy to tjibk of how far that tiny lobster trap travelled
Liar
woah....haha! thats amazing ! ... whoever made that Cage, should use your story, for advertisement purposes
@@vandango5439 I dunno man, sounds like a terrible investment. His testimonial would be, it broke loose and didn't catch a single lobster in 25 years at sea. 😜
Unbelievable !
"Sure, this is probably the first case of an arthropod riding a motorcycle across an entire ocean. But it is far from the first time an animal booked their own long distance trip by sea."
Damn these were some amazing(ly unexpexted) comedic relief.
its good lmao
"These docks are exceedingly well-made"
That's Japan for you, baby
Clinging on for dear life to something floating, traveling thousands of miles to arrive on land, then to be fried with a blowtorch.
If I was one of those little critters that would piss me off immensely.
What an amazing result to an already wild natural event. I do find it amusing how the one scientist admitted how wrong his assumptions were regarding the ability for certain marine life to be incapable of surviving a trip like that. He was baffled that his entire career, he was wrong. Then others go on to speculate how primates made the trip millions of years ago and then evolved. I think we all assume way too much for our own good. We should be curious and investigate, but never make assumptions into facts.
Damn, I wish everyone agreed with your final sentence....
The power of oceans and seas is astounding
As extreme weather events increase, the world must pass the global plastics treaty to avoid the travel of toxic, non-biodegradable plastic across oceans; 173 countries have already signed on to this treaty.
TOO LATE !
Microbes evolving to eat the plastics, this planet will fix itself..
When the human cancer finally exterminates itself.
Vessels and ships are still allowed to dump garbage and waste in the ocean... Even many chemicals are allowed to be dumped... and the kicker is, even if you change the rules how are you going to enforce what a ship does hundreds of miles out in the ocean with no other vessels around?
I'm sorry but that treaty won't stop plastics going into our oceans. Many regions on the coast are so poor they really don't have the luxury to discard plastics from their daily lives, or setup recycling facilities to ensure there is a place for all their garbage/recycling to go. Not to mention a vast majority of those plastics are from global fishing industry... Lines and netting are pretty much all made from plastic these days, and there is no valid alternative for fishing vessels that wouldn't cut into their profits or their ability to fish most effectively.
That treaty is something politicians (around the world) will use to add onto their list of credentials to further themselves in politics and create the mirage of ethical, green, clean energy candidate... But expecting people everywhere around the world to just stop depositing plastics into the ocean at the same time? The impact there will be minimal at best.
The focus shouldn't be on how to prevent the problem because that is too unrealistic, the focus should be on how to clean it up.
So great of them to send people to help clean up! Great job Japan 🇯🇵 👏 👍
Yea, really applaudable. They should be proud of themself.
boot lick much?
The beautiful part about this is when people reach out to help and comfort each other. Much love and prayers ❤️
Kudos to the Japanese people as a whole! Their attitude on this and many other things is amazing!
Yes hear no evil see no evil, continue to leak radiation into the oceans.
expect their own society
I like soy sauce
Now if only the culture could be more accepting of people who do not conform to social norms.
I'm Japanese, I love lots of Japanese people. But the culture in that country is downright archaic... "The nail that sticks out gets hammered down" is really not a great way to raise your kids or treat your neighbors
@@kryptocake I understand why they might think that way.. Look what originality has done to America lol
AT 16:00 minutes they said "we are connected as people because of the oceans" . This content was about the environment but I also took away a new persepective on Japan and its people very different from the one I was raised with. Thank you for a great report.
What an incredible story! Thank you Vice for always shining light on environmental issues. We need more of this!!
You’ll believe anything. Fools
Wow.....for a tiny crab, catching the 4:15 plastic plate to the U.S. must be one looooong trip!
Cleaning the beach is noble.
Returning personal items is very sweet.
Why would you sink a ship? Take the thing. Out off the water. So much for cleaning the planet up
C'mon bruh, murica loves gunning down stuff.
Dude are you aware of how many ships are on the bottom of the ocean? One more aint gonna change a thing.
It makes sense to me why it was surviving on Japan's Coast in its own mini ecosystem so they had everything they needed to survive like a floating reef so floating in the ocean was the same as on the coast and would explain why you're not seeing them invasive because once they're took out of that ecosystem they die
Life finds a way .
@JEREMY THE WICKED! a lot of them things have been introduced by humans much like Kudzu in Georgia or the Asian crawfish see in lot of streams in America or snakeheads that were brought over from by humans
Man that dock came from not far from where I used to live in Japan when I was stationed there in the late 90s. God I miss that place we used to surf maybe a mile north of the fishing port where it broke loose.
This is a really good coverage!!!! Thanks a ton.
"this do k is exceedingly well made" tells you how much pride and quality control the Japanese people put into their work
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Invasive species are now outsmarting scientists 😂😂
Pretty cool documentary! Also it’s really cool the people finding and returning the items to people!
A very good report!
Thank you VICE. :)
The most invasive species drives cars and flies planes
Humans irritate me. They should give everyone 6 months off so that we can all go clean the oceans.
Who are they?
Didn't you guys just say that the "dock" which landed(floated all the way from Japan to the shores of OR) in Oregon weighed 180tons? Then the narrator tells us, there was over 100tons of sea creatures attached, clinging onto, in and around the wayward Japanese fishermen's dock.
So maybe someone can help un-confuse me. Does this actually mean that the dock only weighed 80tons or is it 180tons(dock) + 100tons(of marine ocean surfers) = 280tons overall(dock + creepy ocean clingy hitchhikers)
My vote goes for 280..
@@einienj3281 so does mine, but at the end of the day Who cares ??? Lol why does it matter the exact weight of the thing ? The actual weight of it is ITS BIG. pretty sure thats the point they were trying to get across.
@@jaketoffen2454 I don't know? He asked, I gave my opinion.. 😁
My theory is that the quote on the weight of the dock was an estimate of the actual manufactured weight. Nothing to get excited about here.
@@jaketoffen2454 The person asking the question cares and asked the question which you answered.
Mother Nature always finds a way. 😉
Enjoyed the film very much. I appreciate the work. Thank you.
Amazing info.....i love these types of videos !!!!! Thank you😍
What is really amazing is to hear an intellectual somewhere honestly admit they are wrong.
@@SomeoneGreenPlane lol yep its definitely up there!
@@SomeoneGreenPlane yes cause intellectuals arent prone to biases or are entrenched in their ways.
This is so amazing to see those things, so heavy, did not sink but keep drifting away and up on the U.S. beach. That vessel, that Harley, that football, etc. were so remarkable to look at. Also those invasive species came so far away..
Amazing! Thanks for the knowledge.
Truly awesome and eye opening video.
Wow imagine that, a country paying a debt based on the goodness of their hearts.
COOL!!! Love this episode
Spreading love to Japan from Oregon ❤️
The fact that they put the engine sound effect on 6:57, made me laugh my ass off!
And i Love it
That dock must've been a floating death trap to other ships for 15 months while on sea. And two are still missing. That's frightening.
Kinda sad that invasive species are the reason to take actions against plastic in oceans. We destroy their living environment with plastic and now that our environment is endangered we start thinking about it.
Great stuff as always
Thank you for your clean up efforts 🌎 & returning the items
I love vices channel always something so random but truly amazing
1 fish. The round goby . torally messed up Lake Erie. Dont get me started on the Zebra mussels....😠
When a scientist says some things it’s impossible you know they are old and outdated
Feel free at any time to enlighten all of us "outsiders," including any and all of these "old and outdated" professors/deans/professionals who dedicated their lives to concentrate on complicated narrowed-in subjects that they will specialize in... If ANY of these so called clueless individuals might have even the slightest clue or believes that we might ever achieve something like how to travel at the speed of light through what's considered "normal space."
Sure maybe at some point we might "beat" the speed of light(currently known as the "cosmic speed limit") if scientist can somehow figure out the physics and energy required for something like the concept of a worm hole to even be created; as well as we should all try and aim to reliably utilize these "cosmic short cuts" in order to travel the unimaginably long distances in space. Maybe something like trying a tactic such as pumping damn near unlimited amounts of energy into a VERY concentrated and focused area in space.
Good freakin' luck with whoever tries entering a worm hole first, never mind where and when you might get sent into this immensely vast and unimaginably large universe/reality.
I mean, if we could only find feasible way to get worm holes working reliably then whatever brave f'n soul tries out going through that bad mama-jamma first might end up getting sent half way across the universe( halfway to our "cosmic horizon") which afterword's I guess it would be super fantastic that we figured out how to do something like easily "spread the seed of humanity/life itself" across this universe.
Unfortunately communication at that point will take an ungodly amount of time to send back and fourth so good luck figuring out how to communicate with a vessel(s) that traveled into and through a worm hole.
But hey, who knows, maybe humanity will get lucky and figure out a way to use physics and quantum entanglement to maybe send either a "real" or morse code like messages to where ever the (now)missing space ship went.
@@Lucky14970 yo were talking about marine biology here not space travel.
@@jaketoffen2454 Oh, I had no idea that the word scientist was owned and uniquely linked to marine biologist and not anyone else who studies STEM
Shoutout to the lone goldfish who stayed in the floating debris at 0:45
These natural occurrences have always happened and will continue to. The ones that SHOULD CONCERN us most, are the Preventable ones. Like the introduction of ZEBRA MUSSLES into the Great Lakes in the Ballast water of ships.
This video was awesome, marine life is so interesting.
Very cool to see this documentary, I’m local to the area and was able to go visit the massive dock on display. Never knew about the hitchhiking critters tho.
The world is supposed to be like this... Helping each other not WAR. Stop producing weapons and start producing peace in every way, shape & form !
Did not expect this to end on such a positive note! I need a little hope these days!
The Japanese have been through so many cataclysmic events, including several tsunamis over several thousands of years, and have had two of their cities nuked. Not too many countries can even come close to having experienced anything close to this collection of macabre times. But the Japanese people always manage to get through the worst times and come out shining. Third largest economy and they manufacture goods so high quality, that others can only imitate their methods, usually unsuccessfully. Their crime rate is close to zero, and you don't hear of their citizens entering a drugstore with a bag bigger than Santa's and filling it and shoplifting dozens of products. What has gotten into some of these young people nowadays? How do people justify taking things from another without just compensation for the items? The world can learn much from these people and their version of civility.
Culture, pride, morals, quality of life make a huge difference.
They don't have that low a crime rate, they just release people they can't convict to keep a 99% conviction rate. Its low for most countries tho.
It's because of diminished opportunities. No free university, no jobs that offer livable wages, no drug treatment programs, no affordable housing and no hope. The USA has the money to turn this around but the people who have money and power do not care enough to help their fellow human beings!
@@jeanniewarren4643 You are absolutely right. Drug treatment programs have been dwindling since the late 90's, rents and home prices have done nothing but increase, the good jobs require a college degree or specialized education at a for-profit school (nursing schools, chemical plant processes, etc.), and even the vo-tech schools are trending towards charging tuition. Solutions will evade as long as we maintain trillions of dollars in federal debt, with no way out.
@@johntaranto29 they really do I have lived in Japan they have low crime it helps having a monoculture
Oh my goddddddd...Japanese People are VERY generous...I can’t believe how they felt responsible for something they didn’t cause by paying Canada 🇨🇦 and the US 🇺🇸 millions so they can deal with washed up stuff and They even sent their people to help clean up North American Shores....I’m just speechless
Pearl Harbor thee end
@@SunnyandNova
That has nothing to do with previous wars
@@thezebrafinch4650 oh aight bottles up my friend
Gawd is a joke
Japan's always been cool af
What a goooood story VICE!!! Thank you thank you for sharing it! ❤❤❤
that three point turn was so clutch
Aren’t we as humans, an invasive species? Every life just wants to survive & thrive
We’re the worst ones really
@@SweetAven00 True
Why you hating on immigrants like that?
@longhornmed She’s talking about the human race hun
@@longhornmed white people* consumerists*
every country could learn something from Japan, after not on;t enduring the tsunami themselves, they went across the world to clean up it's mess too
"The US Coast Guard opened fire on an empty fishing boat..."
Of course they did.
USA USA USA!!!
Awesome report.
Finally we can talk about plastics! We need to really get rid of single use plastic. And we need to give it a carbon tax because it’s too cheap for companies to use. Most of it doesn’t get recycled and goes to landfills while the rest is missing in the ocean.
If you torch the underside of a boat to kill all the clams and only the fire resistant ones survive, did you just unintentionally breed a new species of fire proof super clams?
Wouldn't that be the case for literally any system of clearing them off though?
Superclams are unavoidable
14:38 these stories bring a whole new meaning to: if you love something set it free and if it comes back it’s yours
Strange they did not say anything about ships balance tanks that they pump water in one side of the world then realise on the other same thing happens they pick up hitch hikers
The presenter makes this seem like a school project.
I see humans playing gods again, when knowing damn well. The creator does what he wants with his creation. 🤦🏽
Yap
Katie is one of my favorite reporters on vice. This was an intriguing watch.
Good for them those adventurous little fellas. Nice to see a feel good story on Vice.
*species have been migrating and moving throughout the world, via ice passages, ships, insects on birds, ect., since the dawn of time.
The earth and everything around us are dynamic, not static.
if humans brought something to a new place then it can become invasive, if something spread in to a new place by itself then it is just a natural process. rafting over oceans is the reason why there are new world native primates and rodents.
if i saw old stuff bring back from tsunami ( i think i will cry )
is like a memory of trauma of love on had gone.
I knew from the title that this would be another dope Tutrone vid!
The problem is this is actually part of the natural part of life and if they hadn’t come over on docks or debris then it they would have come on trees that had fallen in the ocean and made the trek naturally
Great documentary.. scientist always say things can't happen 😊... always impossible until something happens,💫✨
😳Here is sometthing very few peopl(s)never thought of! The oil spills, the garbage, ....but how many thought of THIS!?
Thank you for the informative/useful video. ✌
Ballast tanks on ships have been doing this for a long time.
This was a nice break, and nice to see how a whole ocean can bring people together - because of the ocean.
Meanwhile in Ukraine, and their bordering neighbour...
This is exactly how evaluation works... and the only ecological impact that do the most destruction are us as human beings. Which is why we are the ones that should be the one's informed on how can we make a positive impact on our environments ecological ecosystems and habitats for our generations to come and call habitation.
Thank you for this video ❤️✌🏾✌️✌🏿✌🏼
How nice are the Baxters, what a lovely couple.
I wish them all the best
This is why nobody should say things cannot be based on "expert" information. This world is amazing and we as humans are destroying it as if we have somewhere else to go.
We would be a heck of a lot more educated and well-informed if we were to show these videos by Vice, Vox and the kind to kids in schools and universities.
PS: More so to the politicians and lawmakers. But I have no hope for them.
@HunterBidensCrackPipe Both left and right is good for kids to watch. It means they themselves can research, discuss and choose what to believe and follow.
Awesome video .. VICE always the best
This was a very fascinating video. Me and my friends hung out in a smoky room and watched this.
Hahaha, yeah. And ships, and planes, and balloons. One really rich one just made a rocket and traveled to space. They create companies and subjugate other "invasive species."
I love how everything they have been taught is so wrong
I wish I could say what I know, but the truth is so shocking to people, they just silence you and act like it can't possible be true. BUT IT STILL IS.
Well to a certain extent if it means stretching the truth because the chances are never zero
Ok it's not "everything" just to understand this, but there are details that will change as new data comes in. That's what's happened here. Honestly I never thought such a thing *should* have been considered impossible. Sadly this still isn't the most popular way of having invasive species come to our shores, that distinction still belongs to exotic animal and plant importers, but we've had plenty come in by hitch hiking on ocean going vessels, like zebra mussels. That's why I really can't understand why any marine biologist would have doubted this possibility.
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Yeah, I bet You know everything! And You are the only one who is always right.. I'm almost at the end of this video, and I'm still waiting for All the wrong info, which You are talking about.. I guess, there's a typo in the credits or something? One guy, doesn't make up the entire field..
This may answer some of our questions about how species moved around the Earth millions of years ago.
This couple sending the things back to the owners warms my god damn heart!
The fact that we get free documentaries on CZcams by VICE News is truly a gift 👍 👍 👍
Amazing video. Love it all. This would allow me to be so creative 😍🙏🏽
EXCELLENT!! 👍🏼👍🏼
It is very cool that people returned things to owners!