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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  • @indelibleink5577
    @indelibleink5577 Před 3 lety +1561

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

  • @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692
    @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692 Před 3 lety +441

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

    • @sciencetroll6304
      @sciencetroll6304 Před 3 lety +1

      Good call.

    • @gurjotsingh8934
      @gurjotsingh8934 Před 3 lety

      Please disclose the complete list

    • @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692
      @FIRE_STORMFOX-3692 Před 3 lety +7

      @@gurjotsingh8934 CZcams has a character limit

    • @sciencetroll6304
      @sciencetroll6304 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @kaushikmalepati2495
      @kaushikmalepati2495 Před 2 lety

      @@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.

  • @foxyboiiyt3332
    @foxyboiiyt3332 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +13

      I live in Calgary. I wish we had ocean 😭

    • @foxyboiiyt3332
      @foxyboiiyt3332 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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. Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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

  • @meggiem4685
    @meggiem4685 Před 3 lety +176

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

    • @HungerGamesFan88
      @HungerGamesFan88 Před 3 lety +10

      the rare double-pun!

    • @varunachar87
      @varunachar87 Před 3 lety

      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 Před 2 lety +5

      Cum ocean

    • @felixmoore6781
      @felixmoore6781 Před 2 lety +2

      @@varunachar87 I think he did that on purpose.

    • @irimac1806
      @irimac1806 Před 2 lety

      thought that too xD

  • @LadyCaspar
    @LadyCaspar Před 3 lety +766

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

    • @durwin114
      @durwin114 Před 3 lety +13

      @James Taylor Oof U killed her :/

    • @immko
      @immko Před 3 lety +93

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

    • @nooblysm5556
      @nooblysm5556 Před 3 lety +18

      @@durwin114 well mko murdered him again

    • @hiiamelecktro4985
      @hiiamelecktro4985 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +46

      You never be too old to learn something new 😉

  • @Shaathurray
    @Shaathurray Před 3 lety +43

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

  • @CapriUni
    @CapriUni Před 3 lety +611

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

    • @IHateUniqueUsernames
      @IHateUniqueUsernames Před 3 lety +25

      I sea what you did there!

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @geostyma
      @geostyma Před 3 lety +2

      Or boat ?

    • @somefuckstolemynick
      @somefuckstolemynick Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @CapriUni
      @CapriUni Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @kayceeengelbrecht5387
    @kayceeengelbrecht5387 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +43

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

    • @ikocheratcr
      @ikocheratcr Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L Před 3 lety +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”?

  • @tridecalogism935
    @tridecalogism935 Před 3 lety +186

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

  • @ClimateAdam
    @ClimateAdam Před 3 lety +315

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

  • @robinhahnsopran
    @robinhahnsopran Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety

      @@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.)

  • @Its_Your_Local_Loser_Baby
    @Its_Your_Local_Loser_Baby Před 11 měsíci +11

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

  • @premnaren8675
    @premnaren8675 Před 3 lety +68

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

    • @3jyeet332
      @3jyeet332 Před 2 lety

      Not where my brain was going but ok

    • @milo2547
      @milo2547 Před 2 lety

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

  • @capsilver85
    @capsilver85 Před 3 lety +106

    a VSauce like transition at 0:39

  • @lisasantos2667
    @lisasantos2667 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @damianjunior1643
      @damianjunior1643 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @luisenrique6547
      @luisenrique6547 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @mathewdior6798
      @mathewdior6798 Před 3 lety

      @@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 Před 3 lety +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!

  • @MyShinobiWay617
    @MyShinobiWay617 Před 3 lety +36

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

  • @jesru101010
    @jesru101010 Před 3 lety +46

    I always come here for my current events

    • @pinned_by.optionables7180
      @pinned_by.optionables7180 Před 3 lety

      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.

  • @kahotamac9931
    @kahotamac9931 Před 3 lety +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 Před 10 měsíci

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

  • @shramo
    @shramo Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +1

      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.

  • @davysamir2289
    @davysamir2289 Před 3 lety +24

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

    • @kiir0whei23
      @kiir0whei23 Před 3 lety +1

      I looove his jokes!

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz Před 3 lety +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.

  • @rheiagreenland4714
    @rheiagreenland4714 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @hayley9
    @hayley9 Před 3 lety +7

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

  • @kimberlymonsini2604
    @kimberlymonsini2604 Před 3 lety +124

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

    • @justinpyle3415
      @justinpyle3415 Před 3 lety +3

      my how times have changed.... lol

    • @kimberlymonsini2604
      @kimberlymonsini2604 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +2

      No, it's essential

    • @zoopdterdoobdter5743
      @zoopdterdoobdter5743 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @eskanderx1027
    @eskanderx1027 Před 3 lety +16

    The Day After Tomorrow...
    Love that movie!

    • @setcheck67
      @setcheck67 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @salohcinuno1192
      @salohcinuno1192 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz Před 3 lety +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.

  • @precumming
    @precumming Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @TAP7a
      @TAP7a Před rokem +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

  • @adamemac
    @adamemac Před 3 lety +25

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

  • @tinyredbeetle4675
    @tinyredbeetle4675 Před 3 lety +23

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

    • @seraphina985
      @seraphina985 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @DjMinz0818
    @DjMinz0818 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @CobetcknnKolowski
    @CobetcknnKolowski Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety

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

    • @alang5032
      @alang5032 Před 9 měsíci

      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 Před 3 lety +38

    Literally taught this last week in my environmental science class.

  • @Londronable
    @Londronable Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +3

      Very true indeed. Hi from Trondheim!

    • @pinned_by.optionables7180
      @pinned_by.optionables7180 Před 3 lety +1

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  • @princecaspiangw796
    @princecaspiangw796 Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @lukam8815
    @lukam8815 Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @johncerpa3782
    @johncerpa3782 Před 3 lety +7

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

  • @TSZatoichi
    @TSZatoichi Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +1

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  • @neelroy2918
    @neelroy2918 Před 2 lety +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".

  • @joseluisblanco8074
    @joseluisblanco8074 Před 3 lety +11

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

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz Před 3 lety +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.

  • @toncizizic
    @toncizizic Před 3 lety +8

    Love the Mafia bit

  • @arabellalovelace
    @arabellalovelace Před rokem +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 Před 11 měsíci

      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 Před 11 měsíci

      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 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@rizzobitzthey actually did

  • @stax6092
    @stax6092 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety

      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 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @bderevnin
    @bderevnin Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +5

      I believe oceanographic organisations produce them.

    • @jeffgold3091
      @jeffgold3091 Před 2 lety

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

  • @mollyroughan1154
    @mollyroughan1154 Před 3 lety +18

    This sounds very interesting!

  • @naj_pederson
    @naj_pederson Před 3 lety +21

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

  • @gappy10123
    @gappy10123 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @williamnthala5942
    @williamnthala5942 Před 2 lety +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 Před 11 měsíci

      You're bad at googling

  • @jordanwilliams9300
    @jordanwilliams9300 Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @Azivegu
    @Azivegu Před 3 lety +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!

  • @critiqueofthegothgf
    @critiqueofthegothgf Před 8 měsíci

    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.

  • @UtraVioletDreams
    @UtraVioletDreams Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @whiteraven550
      @whiteraven550 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @user-pu7nf3ef9x
      @user-pu7nf3ef9x Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @pa28cfi
      @pa28cfi Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @UtraVioletDreams
      @UtraVioletDreams Před 3 lety

      @@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..........

  • @brana1646
    @brana1646 Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety

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

  • @just_tammy
    @just_tammy Před 2 lety

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

  • @YourGamingTeam
    @YourGamingTeam Před 2 lety +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.

  • @frandukie
    @frandukie Před 10 měsíci +4

    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 😢

  • @marshferguson4737
    @marshferguson4737 Před 11 měsíci +4

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

  • @meteor2012able
    @meteor2012able Před 6 měsíci +1

    Excellent presentation!!! ❤

  • @nathanielmcmayrheebalaba205

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

  • @katelynpatterns9611
    @katelynpatterns9611 Před 3 lety +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 😅

  • @nani.banana
    @nani.banana Před 3 lety +12

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

    • @pinned_by.optionables7180
      @pinned_by.optionables7180 Před 3 lety

      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.

  • @kieramarie614
    @kieramarie614 Před 3 dny

    Great video! Thank you for breaking it down & using red and blue dye to show the difference in water temp, very cool!

  • @rox4884
    @rox4884 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @EveloGrave
    @EveloGrave Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @pepitaj13
    @pepitaj13 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @collinbarker
      @collinbarker Před 3 lety +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.

  • @WonderMagician
    @WonderMagician Před 2 lety

    Thank you for this informative report. I learned alot!

  • @hickyxnicky411
    @hickyxnicky411 Před 3 lety

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

  • @patrik5123
    @patrik5123 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety

      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 Před 3 lety

      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.

  • @kaiko-san
    @kaiko-san Před 3 lety +7

    "Take that air!" got me 😂😂😂

  • @rupertpupkin27
    @rupertpupkin27 Před 3 měsíci

    Great info ....Thanks 👍

  • @wjm1319
    @wjm1319 Před 10 měsíci +2

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

  • @mmeggnn
    @mmeggnn Před 11 měsíci +2

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

  • @Jagdishtemkar1
    @Jagdishtemkar1 Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @jewdd1989
    @jewdd1989 Před 2 lety

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

  • @kateclark7250
    @kateclark7250 Před 3 lety

    Thank you, Joe, for the information.

  • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
    @PremierCCGuyMMXVI Před 3 lety +5

    This was a great video
    #protecttheoceans
    Think of the fish

    • @WeissM89
      @WeissM89 Před 3 lety

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

  • @anhthipham8430
    @anhthipham8430 Před 3 lety +10

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

    • @nick.3455
      @nick.3455 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @MehewaraEducation
    @MehewaraEducation Před 11 měsíci

    Awesome video !! Thank you so much ❤

  • @Schnitzelbrot0009
    @Schnitzelbrot0009 Před 28 dny

    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

  • @Ironmat98
    @Ironmat98 Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @beth8775
    @beth8775 Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @brentvanlith5105
    @brentvanlith5105 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @georgiapapapa
    @georgiapapapa Před 3 lety

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

    • @georgiapapapa
      @georgiapapapa Před 3 lety

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

  • @thatpilatesguy
    @thatpilatesguy Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @dubsar
    @dubsar Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @bsanders1
      @bsanders1 Před 10 měsíci

      Exactly what I thought of, Jupiter.

  • @dragons_hook
    @dragons_hook Před 2 lety

    6:02 I never realized that the current is probably cutting into the ocean floor. That's a pretty cool visual!

  • @Nick-sd7um
    @Nick-sd7um Před 2 lety +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.

  • @ronaldyeo8277
    @ronaldyeo8277 Před 2 lety +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 Před 10 měsíci +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.

  • @evansokolson9221
    @evansokolson9221 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @rickkwitkoski1976
      @rickkwitkoski1976 Před 3 lety

      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 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @ext1013
    @ext1013 Před 2 lety

    thank you so much for this knowledge.

  • @MathPhilosophyLab
    @MathPhilosophyLab Před 3 lety +3

    Terrifying. Don't break!

  • @ceili
    @ceili Před 3 lety +7

    The fact that this is not a national emergency is scandalous

    • @luker.6967
      @luker.6967 Před 3 lety +3

      A scandalous lack of scandal.

  • @kirandeepchakraborty7921

    The most practical video on Climate Change I have seen on CZcams.

  • @themoralshow902
    @themoralshow902 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you❤️
    From Sri Lanka 🇱🇰😍

  • @jonathanmatthews4774
    @jonathanmatthews4774 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +4

      And meat. Not just ‘junk food’.

    • @tyrellarson
      @tyrellarson Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Dragrath1Very well put. Scary, yet fascinating.

  • @NRMblessed
    @NRMblessed Před 3 lety +3

    Any Eureka fans out there...? It might just be me but does anyone feel like Joe is Fargo’s older, cooler brother?.....🤣

  • @matthewdrummond1340
    @matthewdrummond1340 Před 3 lety +1

    We made positive changes to save the ozone layer. We can help the ocean next. 🙂

    • @Richard_Gonda
      @Richard_Gonda Před 2 lety

      see exactly, yet people cry about it and thinking the world will end, bunch of L-s they are

  • @Filzkiiz
    @Filzkiiz Před 3 lety

    YesSiRr!! How to get smarter everyday sent me here!! Lol!! Awesome stuff Mate!! Very interesting and very informative. Thankz for sharing!! Stay Bless and Stay Safe out there!!

  • @krzysiek6514
    @krzysiek6514 Před 11 měsíci +3

    It's funny that everyone is talking so much but no-one is actually doing something. Big corporations don't care so the governments don't care.

    • @frankieseward8667
      @frankieseward8667 Před 11 měsíci

      Karma will fet them soon enough

    • @markae0
      @markae0 Před 11 měsíci

      "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." We are all burning fossil fuels , so don't say no-one is doing anything.

    • @krzysiek6514
      @krzysiek6514 Před 10 měsíci

      @@markae0 I believe that we don't have that much of an impact as regular people, but if we could just stop being such idiots, we might actually save our planet by reducing the need for getting new stuff. But the era of consumerism...

  • @junegameart2866
    @junegameart2866 Před 3 lety +7

    The amount of climate deniers in the comments is just depressing.

    • @ChosenPlaysYT
      @ChosenPlaysYT Před 3 lety +3

      At 10:10 he literally says it happened 12,000 years ago, but if it ever happens again it’s humans fault… I think everyone is in agreement we should do our best to better the environment, but the earth is going to experiences cycles and changes regardless of anything we do.

    • @varunachar87
      @varunachar87 Před 3 lety

      @@ChosenPlaysYT not that if it ever happens again it's our fault. But that there's a good chance this one time it's happening because of us. And that's bad enough and in our control enough that we should do something about it.

  • @_valor
    @_valor Před 3 lety +1

    I've been wondering about this, I find it so cool that something that sounds straight out of a fantasy novel exists in the real world. Thank you for the video!
    Edit: ayt, the implications of ruining the amoc is terrifying. Yet another reminder to do what I can to help slow down climate change

    • @beth8775
      @beth8775 Před 3 lety

      Did you ever see "The Day After Tomorrow"?

  • @robinwilson3081
    @robinwilson3081 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you so much for a great show. On your show on ocean currents you mentioned how the gulf stream warms Western Europe. I think this warming influence goes all the way to Moscow in Eastern Europe. The things you said about London are also true of Moscow.