You are spot on. This liberal narrative just makes my skin crawl. These ppl want to choke out the plantlife on this earth. The very thing that needs and will regulate the CO2 they will kill killing mankind. Western society will implode and all the rest of the countries that watched it happen will laugh and take us over. Russia, China and many many countries are not on this sky is falling bs. They will be the survivors not the west that are stifling the farmers, killing their animals, don't fertilize the crops, eat bugs, meat is evil. Getting Conservatives back in for 20 years can't reverse the damage liberals have done
I'm sorry sir or person the ONLY way to fix this is to STOP this insane notion that we must save capitalism free market system at all cost will cost us the planet you simply cannot have continued growth & consumerism on a planet with finite natural resources and anyone who tells you we can fix this with spraying acid or sulfur in the atmosphere is 100% telling you pure falsehoods we have monkey fucked this planet to death in the geologic blink of an eye . Bravo well played congratulations to the Robber Barons & the titans of industry while you certainly amassed great family fortunes you did so at great cost to the overall planet bravo sir maybe you can eat your money when we can no longer grow food....
Exactly what I was thinking about. All the areas that have been deforestated must be replanted with new trees (especially the Amazon forest). Cities will also need trees in their streets and lots of parks to make up for the space taken by cities (look at Mexico city for example)
I find it insane how no one talks about the magnitude of the rain forests throughout the world that corporations cut down. Those trees removed the CO2 and cooled the planet. When I was a kid this was a huge concern. Now in today's world the corporations have deflected the fault to each individual on this planet. Each tree that was cut down prevented how much CO2 from being removed from the atmosphere? How many trees did it take to change the natural weather patterns that kept us cool? The corporations need to restore what they destroyed before pointing the finger at me. As a consumer I purchase what corporations provide for me to purchase. The bottom line is they need to start at the corporate level before handing me the problem. Until that happens nothing will change. Some problems Plastics Trees Bi product waste Factory emissions Corporation CO2 footprint first!
100 years ago there were 6 trillion trees on the planet, today there are 3 trillion. One trillion trees consumes 200 gigatons of carbon. Planting trees might not be the only solution, but we should absolutely be replanting some of those trillions or trees we’ve removed.
@@brianshorey Planting other carbon eaters is good too. Some kinds of hay eat more CO2 than it gives off when burned. Rainforests are possible on small scales over 10 years as one guy has done.
Ten percent of the Amazonas max is lost to feed the planet's population. Overall, the woodlands of Earth have grown by 70% compared to the woodlands of 16-17 hundred. The Earth is getting greener. We have been using coal, oil, and gas, lately nuclear instead of as before, wood and dung.
In Finland 3 trees have to be planted after every cut out tree. It is a law since like 50 years. Lately, forrest growth is 30% higher than expected. The laser scanners shown here are used to estimate the sice of tree "population". 75% of the country is covered by Forrest now. But in the 70s it was less than half of that. So it can be done and is beneficial for sure. As motivation, half of the forests are owned privately (by individual people). Also, most crops are grown for feeding animals. Reduce the animals eaten and you get less need for agriculturally used land. Don't say people should go vegan but many eats big chunk of meet at every meal. If it would be just once a day, already a big shift could be made...
I appreciate this program of Nova so much. It is at once terrifying and hopeful. Human genius appears to be able to solve the problem of climate change. And Nature herself undoubtedly has the solutions (!) I won't be here for the changes to come, but I pray for the new generations to have a safe planet to live on. Thank you PBS 🎉 🕉
I think the biggest problem is not the technology nor the implementation of it but the question wether we are ready for economical, social and lifestyle changes we need to make it all work.
The problem is we keep adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and a change of 0.03% to 0.04% doesn't seem like that much of a change Until you realize that that is over a 33% change.
@@craigb8228 The problem is the temp isn't going up. NASA data shows it's volcanoes under the ice shelves heating the water and our global temps are actually lower now than in 1896. We may be actually saving ourselves from an ice age. Who knows? Data rules.
The lifestyle of the top 10% of wealthiest people is generating 90% of the global emissions. Problem is they are the majority investors in new techs and they will fund only R&D projects that will promise them no change in their lifestyle.
As long as we have an economy built and premised on growth now and growth into the futur nothing is ever going to be done about climate change, nothing.
I live in Hawaii, and when the sun comes out it gets scorching. I have white canopies and greenhouse style structures all covered in white reflective films and tarps. Stopping the heating of the ground surface and reflecting the heat back up into the atmosphere helps stop the containment of the heat at my place, and can help for the whole planet. But truly, trees and other plants are the best solution. As others have stated, we do need to think on the level of more than just planting monocultures of single species of trees and other plants. I know that is redundant, but it's for those who don't understand what monoculture means, even if most people who read the comments here are well informed enough to know already.
No I live in Hawaii also, the Sun has actually turned white over the last 10 Years. It’s getting colder at Night and Hotter during the day, depending on which island you live on. But the temperatures are changing everywhere. The Truth is, the Poles are shifting on its Axis and has been for years as Fukushima is the Biggie for Radiation that is also a problem. But we can tell that Non Humans Don’t Know the Meaning of the Hawaii Word Aloha🤙🏾 Which Means Respect for Others you Don’t Know🖖
Trees? Stupid idea. Phytoplankton in the oceans remove CO2 from the atmosphere. How about we breed more efficient Phytoplankton? Problem is... too much and we all die.
Trees win this challenge hands down, including their ability to produce oxygen and food while their root systems adds to sequestration , and providing sustainable raw building materials. I love trees!
I was thinking the same thing, we are reinventing the wheel a bit. Nature figured out how to balance co2 a long time ago. Trees and algae are the best way to go. Grow them and burry them deep, than Grow some more, rinse and repeat..
Goverments around the World need to put pressure on Brasil to stop cutting down so much trees & help them with the ilegal forest tree cutting.. They are destruing the lungs of the planet at a scary rate...They do nothing cuz of greed & power, plus that nazi trump president they have down there that he is just like trump does'nt care about others,the future, climate, just money & power.. Hope that (LULA) wins the presidentual election down there.. I think that we are f****d it's just going to get out of control soon, underground for humans, back to caves...😉🤣
Why not grow mini forests by placing trees/plants/grass, on the top of buildings, in every city? Perhaps even developed a roof, that could serve as mini grass gardens, on people's houses, apartments, condos, etc. I'm sure such a garden could also help keep out the heat during summer, and keep in heat during winter, and thus, lowering the Co2 twofold. If the land is 'taken' by other resources, maybe it's time to start utilizing the vast strata of human cities and its architecture.
Humans should take note of all these information on how to limit CO2 emissions. Planting more trees should be taken seriously. Easy enough to do and the schools should make this a project as one of the kids more important activity.
corn is actually more effective in converting co2 to o2 and most plants including trees only convert co2 too o2 during the day at night they emit co2 so if you want to plant trees to store carbon you're going to want to plant natural grown slow growth trees like cedar and redwoods and stay away from fast growing hybrids and grafted trees as they tend to break easily and are more prone to disease/pests
The only way it’s getting rid of by burning fuel and chemicals, we are in that world where we are even eating those chemicals every day called medicines. Produced in Factory, think just what Factories are causing to this planet, we are making same to our Bodies. Good luck guys.
It probably will, just like electric cars are considered "green" even though they ultimately have mega expensive toxic batteries that are charged by plugging into the electric grid and therefore run on coal and gas..
Not if the energy is from nuclear power. Better yet is to use improved reactors like the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor that addresses the problems of current reactors by not producing long-lived nuclear waste, producing a lot less nuclear waste, having no risk of meltdowns and being useless for making nuclear bombs. The fuel thorium is also abundant and currently a by product of mining rare earth metals. The youtube channel Gordon McDowell has a lot of videos on this type of reactor.
Plant more trees everywhere we can. We have to do more than stop using Coal and petroleum because the perma frost at the poles is melting and methane is being released. Trees are the best storage units over 50+ years. Methane is worse than CO2 so we must do all we can to reach a balance.
@@MrWaterbugdesign That's because we can't accept the only true solution- a dramatic reduction in our standard of living. Every other organism not domesticated by man, creates no ecological footprint because they constitute ecology- the struggle over local resources which requires every organism to give and take appropriately. Innovation and technology will never reconcile us to nature because human production is not regenerative; it is completely one-sided, the Anthropocene. Out of convenience, we've extradited ourselves from our Mother. Laws of equilibrium and scarcity that hold life in check no longer constrain us. We all interact with and live in unhealthy, artificial environments, even if we don't drive carbon-emitting vehicles, consume non-organic foods, or indulge in frivolous shopping. Agricultural surplus, urban production and transportation create cities, where nature is kept at bay to provide a petri dish for humanity.
Private cleared land that is unused for one year reverts to the public commons and trees planted OR cleared raw land is taxed at double (for example) the rate of tree planted land. Just a couple thoughts.
@@Hippiekinkster yes, coming up with ideas to fix problems, is something I've always thought government was for. But obviously they answer to the money. So our job now is to vote them out and find people that will listen to the people.
Techno-Fides - we are feeding our belief in the magic of technology to save our future. - and like Bill Nye says -- "We need to do everything, all at once"
Pls use Bamboo for fast CO2 removal. It can grow 90 cm per day. Grows nearly everywhere where there is a lil soil, water and sun. Usable as a decent building material. Thats an awesome plant. 😉
Real world fact, during covid lock downs the effect on air quality and the natural world was dramatic in all the best ways. Nature responded with resilience proving that decreasing emissions on a personal and global effort needs to be a real world goal for everyone.
Covid was a temporary 7% global drop in C02 emissions, so back to 2019 levels before increasing again the next year. Methane and N02 are trending higher. The only other reduction since WW2 was 2009 by 1.9%. In other words, green house gas emissions are correlated to GDP. However, the clear air from less industry actually increased solar radiation reaching earth, while the many forest fires increased C02 emissions from natural sinks. This proves that effort and goals are not outcomes, it’s more like playing make believe.
Fake-science is not solution. Thorium nuclear power or free-energy technology has no emissions, and would mean cheaper or free energy. That is why we hear nothing much about it. Those evil Marxists behind "climate change" deception, do not want cheaper or free energy, they want a Marxist globalist dystopia that can not possibly work.
I think with everyone doing their small part and with everything scientists are doing now, we may have a heat chance to reverse enough of the effects of the climate change that we are causing. This gives me hope.
Absolutely riveting and thought provoking. Planting of trees and composting has my vote to limit our emissions as humans. Don't know if the capitalists will put aside their insatiable greed though.
Chana and India have planted enough trees to cover the entire United States. So, yes it is possible. Technology is our allies, not our enemy. Nuclear will be an integral part if we wish to keep our industry from killing large portions of our population.
@@spacescatatford China and India also put out enough pollution to dwarf the US's liability in this. The only reason climate change isn't being addressed en masse, is because this is a democracy, and the average person does not trust climate change activists, with the constant moving of the goalposts, debunked studies, and oddly political "solutions" for things that aren't even a problem. 1) Like the rise of the global temperature, which is well within in past geothermal activity on Earth 2) The absolute refusal to focus on nuclear energy, which is both clean AND efficient in favor of pushing inefficient industries that they, and all their favorite politicians are invested in 3) The bizarre focus of attention on the US to do something about it, when China and India pollute way more than us, and would be ecstatic for any measure that would cripple our economy, like maybe mandating ineffective energy sources.
@@Phatnaru0002 "1) Like the rise of the global temperature, which is well within in past geothermal activity on Earth" The interglacial maximum occurred 7,000 years ago. Since then we've been gradually cooling down despite cutting forests and farming releasing massive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere for the last 10,000 years, prior to the industrial revolution, which began about 1760. It took about 170 years to gain about 1-degree Fahrenheit and another 30 years to gain another 1-degree Fahrenheit. At the same time, starting in 1993, sea-level rise increased substantially. Even though James Hansen of NASA had testified to congress was a little overboard, his predictions of extreme weather are clearly coming true. You'd have to be either downright stupid or have your head buried in the sand to believe otherwise unless you are getting a paycheck from the fossil fuel industry. "2) The absolute refusal to focus on nuclear energy, which is both clean AND efficient in favor of pushing inefficient industries that they, and all their favorite politicians are invested in" I totally agree. "3) The bizarre focus of attention on the US to do something about it, when China and India pollute way more than us, and would be ecstatic for any measure that would cripple our economy, like maybe mandating ineffective energy sources." Untrue. Solar and wind go hand in hand with 4th generation nuclear. This is the cheapest way forward. It would cost about 15 trillion to run strictly solar and wind with batteries, about 3 trillion to go with molten salt reactors and about 20% less than that to run a hybrid grid. Germany vs France is the test case we needed to know.
@@spacescatatford 1) You need to look further back. Roughly 800k years back by historical temperature measures. I recommend checking the data and research of Dr. Carolyn Snyder, graduate of Stanford, Assistant for Energy Efficiency in the US department of Energy, and one of the leading recognized names in climate science. We have reached, and far exceeded this global temperature at least 7 times in the last 800k years. 2) Glad we agree 3) This is literally the first I've heard about this solar/wind + nuclear hybrid being effective. I'd need to see more on it first. Where did you hear about this from. Sounds like another theory, which I take with a grain of salt considering wind and solar's track-record for efficiency.
None of these alternatives to clean energy and stopping the production and use of fossil fuels has any realistic potential. This is mostly greenwashing from the fossil fuel industry. What I would like to see is who are the organizations funding all of the "carbon capture" and geo-engineering projects. That would be an interesting list.
Not sure if the fossil fuel industry wants carbon capture either. If carbon capture tech becomes scalable then these companies might be required to pay for the installation of these technologies. But you are right that without expanding clean energy capture none of these technologies really do anything.
İt won't matter we are crossing peak oil , and absolute peak technological advancement , get ready for the worst side of humanity winner take all , earth stripping pointless race to the bottom world wars .......
They say they reduce sunlight but in reality they are poisoning the earth and us with barium, aluminum particles, other toxins and viruses. Don't believe that everything you see on TV (not even on PBS) tells you the truth. Just look at the skies and notice the amount of airplanes leaving grids of chemicals......see what comes off your windows when you clean. Programs like these are partially just to make you believe that what they are doing is to safe the earth but it's mostly to justify taking away freedom with carbon credit systems while killing people by spraying junk with airplanes.
@@bretttyler1010 You drive down a highway at rush hour, sitting there surrounded by car exhaust for hours and you're claiming airplane trails are what's killing us? And you believe that's what's causing the dust on your windows? And your freedoms are being removed by carbon credit systems. Which freedoms speech? religion? And then you close by reminding us of airplanes again. Tell me what you are so afraid of with airplane exhaust. I mean, it's not great, but of all things to get your socks in a bunch....airplane exhaust.
@@geraldyin5913 sure, not like there are already humans there in crisis, nevermind the wildlife- who needs them? Just cut down the jungle like S America is doing.....wait, what do trees do?
Sequestering carbon back into topsoil solves many problems we are facing. We just need to change our buying habits to encourage the farmers using no-till, pressured rotational grazing, silvoculture, etc, via permaculture techniques.
Let me preface by saying I'm not a climate denier and global warming is real. There is a battle of sciences between alarmists and deniers and everyone thinks they need to pick a side. Both sides are both right and wrong. The earth is warming due to human activity, so the alarmists are correct. However, the earth has had far higher c02 levels in the atmosphere in its history and didn't heat up the planet. Many of the high c02 eras were even during ice ages. The real problem is humans have spent thousands of years desertifying the planet. If you look at ancient civilizations, all of them (except those in tropical areas) are located in deserts. Since civilization would not and could not have began in the deserts, we know that they were once green lush lands. Civilizations cleared the lands and diverted rain water away which ,in time, turned the lands to desert. We are still doing this today on a global scale. Once the soil dries vegetation dies out the land becomes desertified. Then we dig wells for water. Once the ground water dries, we dig bore wells. Once the aquifers are dry, we move to a different location. We need to stop rain from leaving the land, and allow it to soak into the ground. This allows vegetation to cover the ground and cool the climate. In nature, rain water never makes it to rivers and streams unless the ground is already saturated. Rivers and streams should almost always be caused from ground water seeping into them.
@@IowaKeith I get it. I know that the fractional CO² increase is there, but that C0² only exerts 4% *effect* in the overall weather patterns. It is a fraction of a fraction. I think we could solve for other problems while solving for global warming concerns. Methane harvesting is one as it solves several problems for people in developing countries. I agree with Walter Jehne's three prong approach where we: 1) Greatly increase rainwater harvesting earthworks, curbcuts, and bioswales for flood mitigation, hydration of water tables, bringing back river, regreening especially with trees, reducing power grid strain by reducing the need to pump as much water, decentralizing water (adding to water accessibility), etc. 2) Planting site-appropriate trees to restore nature, increase food for people, as well as providing another foods ourselves for livestock and wildlife; additional transpiration; cooling of heat island effects; to preserve paving; making cities walkable and bikable again; water pollution reduction; etc. 3) Rebuilding soil health. When you rebuild soil you are naturally adding soil carbon, increasing plant growth, infiltrating more water into the soil, etc. You are reducing entropic cycles and replacing them with ones that are exponentially more efficient recapture cycles. I think we are largely in agreement regarding your statement.
Nothing unusual to see here. Texas gets hot in summer. What a shock? I wonder what we invented air conditioning for? Refrigeration is far better than the old ice boxes.
I disagree. We are a developing species who have given birth to beautiful things. Western civilization has a habit of constantly attempting to improve life for everyone and thing on the planet. Our species will find a way and the balance
There was a documentary on how great the planet was coming back to life when covid 19 had taken over the world. The water was getting so much cleaner, the ocean was and the air quality was so much cleaner around the world. Yes the planet can be saved all that has to be done is us with all the stupid stuff in this world that none of us need....
Since you're still too afraid to say it, I will: Let's start with the most populous, polluting country and start the culling. Kinetic war with China now! Take down the CCP!
7.5ish billion humans is pure insanity. World Governments need to incentivize small families. Perhaps in 100-200 years we can get global population down to 1 billion. A smaller global population would solve the multitude of problems facing humanity.
They do make solar panels, but the problem is what an old oilman told me: "an oil man only knows oil", and that's where they make the most money. If we change the economic equation, they would shift into producing more solar panels! 🌞 That might require a more honest government, campaign finance reform...
i love how they are showing all of the steam stacks like its just pure CO2 coming out of them lmao. those are the towers above the water pools, you guys do know how a coal plant works right? it heats up water and water turns into steam when it gets hot... the steam spins a turbine and that generates electricity. you never even see the smoke from the coal exhaust because it goes through so many scrubbers. its hilarious how they use that as a reference XD.
Let’s not forget the record deforestation we had this year . The fires in the Amazon region in 2019 were unprecedented in their destruction. Thousands of fires had burned more than 7,600 square kilometres by October that year. In 2020, things are no better and, in all likelihood, may be worse.
the ozone hole, toxification of the ocean, the clearing of the rainforest,...what this means is that the human race has almost always behaved like garbage and that if anyone treated us the way we treat everything else we would go to war and kill it
@@straytarnish9443 Ozon hole was a lie as it gets smaller and bigger with temp, has nothing to do with temp. The rainforest you need to talk to the people there. Nothing wrong with the ocean, you one of the people that really think there is a plastic island?
All it took for the year without a summer (1817) to happen was one volcano in Indonesia to go off and produce massive amounts of gas. We have zero control over this planet. The planet’s just gonna do its thing. We just need to be prepared for whatever we can rather than trusting in tech & science gods or government gods. There’s only ONE God who can make this planet work the way He wants it to. We don’t get much a say in this.
@@jimlincoln1283 no it was real and CFC r12 was banned because of it. yes the ocean is becomming more acidied due to global increases in co2 emissions. The last mass extinctions also were caused by co2 emissions and it acidifed the worlds oceans killing off most of the worlds vertibret.
This is NOVA and PBS on their most dishonest mission I've ever seen. It is expensive to remove co2 from atmosphere. If it were subsidized half as much as corn ethanol, then it would be more profitable in the next 5-10 years. You can actually CREATE car fuel from this extracted co2.... rather keep recycling the existing atmospheric co2, and stop pumping extra from the ground. ALSO, the ocean is a huge co2 sink. It is uncertain exactly how much, but it's not a small number
@@killercuddles7051 Huh? We have two choices at this point, get the CO2 out of the atmosphere or reduce the amount of solar radiation reaching the Earth. It's too late to get out of this using "renewables". With what is already in the atmosphere we have started a vicious feedback loop (e.g. methane releases from permafrost and deep ocean) that will lead to continued warming even if we stop ALL CO2 emissions tomorrow! Spend our money on getting us out of the mess we've already made!
I’m so terrified of the future of our planet… even as a small child I would lay awake at night worrying. There’s no way we’ll make it in time with so many politicians clinging to fossil fuels. I’m turning off my A/C now. Scheduling to turn it on only from 4pm-7pm when it’s truly unbearable outside.
"Algae can consume more carbon dioxide than trees because it can cover more surface area, grow faster, and be more easily controlled by bioreactors, given its relative size"
@@shernshigity we are partially responsible. Ever wonder where what you flush down your toilet goes? What about all that trash you put in the bin outside. Out of sight, out of mind?
@@LynxStarAuto the impact of an individual person is not even 0.00000000001% of climate change. Your mindset is very damaging, it keeps big companies and rich polliters from taking responsibility. It's not a problem caused by everyone, it's a select few.
A beautiful presentation NOVA, but missing from the equation is the consumption end of energy. As Amory and Hunter Lovins point out, the lowest hanging fruit are in energy savings within easy reach. Ordinary things like insulation, white rooftops, newer doors and windows, effective mass transit, better manufacturing processes, heat pumps, etc. coupled with much more efficient use of planes, ships, autos and trucks, and intelligent lighting can drastically reduce consumption while improving both the quality of life and lowering manufacturing costs. Capturing and storing carbon becomes much easier when there is less being emitted in the first place.
We have learned the hard way that sealing buildings tight and riding crowded buses are great ways to spread COVID and other respiratory infections. There is a real conflict between measures to fight global warming vs. measures to fight respiratory pandemics.
@@stevenlitvintchouk3131 Boy have you got that right...I work in the HVAC industry testing systems and buildings. We test the building envelop to ensure it not letting unconditioned air in or condition air out...and now because of COVID a lot of buildings HVAC systems is starting 4 hours before the building is occupied. The system operates at 100% outside air to flush out the building...this is done regardless of the outside air temperature, adding up to a third more energy usage...It's really nuts.
I wish they had suggested a list of what individuals can do and organizations to contact...They also did not emphasize enough that we need to consume less of independent variables that add to the problem....Nova is great.
i think this one may be self explanitory. maybe the first step is self educating on the things in your life that generate greenhouse gases like co2 and methane. perhaps once you know, easy and obvious solutions will start becoming obvious. for me, i live close to work, lets cut back my trips to work via car, with something more sustainable, and it also gives me excercise. another one is my diet. cows produce heeps of methane, which is 10 times worse then co2 as far as greenhouse gases are concerned. perhaps maybe finding ways to cut your meat intake, and try to incorporate foods into your diet that you have grown. its very rewarding and much healthier of an alternative then dead produce from the supermarket. i think the key is anything you can do sustainably
We still have a ways to go to get back up to the earth's average temperature. Fewer people die from weather and natural disasters, than ever. What do you mean, it is getting bad? Humanity is healthier and fairer, than ever before.
It’s not sustainable. We’re driving up the temperature so quickly that it’s too fast for species to adapt. Current life evolved in response to cool temperatures. What happens if you take a musk ox and plop it down in a swamp in Florida? There’s no species on earth (including humans), adapted to survive in a world with no icecaps, no glaciers, and temperatures above wet bulb in the sub-tropics where most humans live. (Ie, temp/humidity that doesn’t allow evaporative cooling). In higher latitudes, the soil is scraped off by glaciation and incapable of supporting large-scale agriculture, even if the temperatures support long growing seasons.
Yeah, that would be a quite stupid thing to do. What these idiots don’t understand is unintended consequences. We’re much more likely to slip into another ice age. We are not even at the historical optimum high average temp, cooling would make it very difficult to grow food in many northern latitudes. Just stop polluting and we’ll be fine. But, those who scream the loudest do the least when it comes to solutions.
Believe me as I was one of three men who planted over a million trees in the northwest and our tree's had a 98% growth rate . I have been back to some of the places where we planted these trees and seen how well they were doing from tiny seedlings to trees over 30 feet in growth and I feel very proud of what I helped to accomplish . How many have you planted in the wild ??
Methods mentioned and listed in the video as new and radical were being trialled and tested in the 1960;s as chem-trails became a thing alongside the contrails. I remember mum and dad giggling at the TV show presenting "NEW" technology of cloud seeding whilst explaining our family were using cloud seeding by 1910=20's.
Omg, just this morning i was thinking about this exact thing. Knowing that the polar caps are unthawing faster than ever, i was thinking why can't we grab some water from our oceans. Have a sort of pipe line to the poles where the water will be able to freeze. Yes we will need some air freezer machine of some sort. My God, that's the greatness of man. We can ALL think of different ways to getting to do that. That is how we got to the moon AND BACK. If they didn't have these Wars, Hate and Violence, we could accomplish so much. All I want to do is HELP save the World in any which way I can. Its got to start with the ones whose gotten us here in the first place. Corporations and their Bankers. The people living for themselves and making more money than they need without a care in the world in how they do it. Those who would fire you from a job where you are trying to make ends meet for your families
Actually, just improving agricultural practices to allow the soil to be alive as it was intended to be would suck enough carbon into the soil that would put us back in pre-industrial revolution CO2 levels. _Regenerative agriculture_ is the key. It solves many problems from unemployment to better health to a cooler planet.
@David S Although, if you asked the plants, they'd probably tell you it's all about the microbiome in the soil that gives them all the nutrients they need to thrive and take that sunlight and turn it into roots deep into the soil along with the leaves above.
@@andyclark1337 Bulls are good. In regenerative operations, they're allowed to have sex with the cows to make calves. All very natural, and it contributes to strong genetics.
When you look out on the world it's a sad sad show if you think of it as run by angels, however if you think of it as run by monkeys pretty amazing - Terence McKenna said someone said this
We don't know who struck first, us or them, but we know that it was us that scorched the sky. At the time, they were dependent on solar power and it was believed that they would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun. ~Morpheus
@@aviciousbeast7757 YES IT IS , SPECIALLY IF WE DISRUPT THE THIN AND DELICATE BALANCE OF THE ATMOSPHERE BY BANNING CO2 , A GAS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT TO THE WATER CICLE , THE LESS CO2 LESS RAIN AND LESS PLANTS ... STUPID PEOPLE . THE WORLD IS RULED BY BAD PEOPLE AND THIS IS A BAD STORY TO CONFUSE YOU BECAUSE YOU DON´T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT BUT YOU BELIEVE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE "EXPERTS" ... THINK FOR YOURSELF , STOP BEING LAZY , DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH .LEARN ABOUT THE SUN , ABOUT THE RAIN , THE CLIMATE , THE CICLE OF THE WATER , GET TO KNOW THE PLANTS AND WHAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE ...THIS IS POINTLESS , I´M WASTING MY TIME
Could the programs for targeting where trees could be planted include where water harvesting earth works could collect enough water for growing trees in places where there is not enough annual rain fall to support trees? Also organic no plow farming with cover crops could capture carbon.
I really don't get it Some ppl talking about terraforming Mars like it is really possible But yet ppl talking like we can't do anything about this planet.
Plant-based materials > naturally inherited technology that requires no additional research. Advantage is that plants continually intake CO2 while alive, so you can maintain natural ecosystems and create an engine for CO2 capture that also generates food and or physically useful material plus 02 (what humans breathe to survive) as byproducts. you can use plant materials for building useful and durable products, thus locking in more CO2 into things that are actually valued by people.
You exist BECAUSE of climate change..its THE driver of evolution on earth..in REAL science like paleontology and astronomy not junk science like predicting the future climates..chaos theory say you CANT..A warm life filled earth is FROM C02...be glad..ice ages arent good for life:)
Volcanos block the sun when they erupt. Sometimes the grey cloud lasts for 6 months and screws up the agriculture, but it does cool the atmosphere for awhile.
Maybe we need to figure a way to set off a few of the smaller volcanos that are close to eruption...the cool off might help but would the ashened air become more of a problem for evaporation and health of people ,plants ,and animals in general...just a thought from someone who knows little of science and volcanic activity.
Aw I'm glad you see the ancestors point of view ❤ on behalf of natives all over the world... Thanks for understanding our love for the natural world and the wairua (spirit) attached to it.
The real reason none of this takes hold, despite the "in your face", undeniable problem, is greed. If the people who can afford to get this effort started aren't gonna make a big profit, they don't want to do it. Money is more important than life. This is the world we live in
Exactly why they( rich Billionaires) arent planting trees and helping .. Exacly why Bill Gates rather pump vaccines and create bio weapons wheter or not is Glyphosphates in our foods like GMO.. Too much greed and lack of a conscience for others..
Rob Tedder the greed belongs to them who claim that climate change is due to human activity, when it's due to the use of weather and climate engineering. They want to melt the Arctic to mine it . Educate yourself, UN propaganda is not education.
Note that with increased CO2 levels, the planet is becoming greener, and this occurs because plants and trees use CO2 as a fuel to grow. With increased CO2, plant and tree pores or stomata can open less, which helps retain water, another benefit of increased CO2 levelss
Great documentary thank you perhaps it's impossible to build walls on our own planet maybe we can just get together as a species and try to think collectively not for right or wrong but what would be in the best interest of our planet and all involved.
Somehow I don't think what's in the best interest of the planet is the same for humans. All this effort is not about saving the planet, it's about using our technology to change the environment so humans can continue live on the planet...Its funny when you thinks that dinosaurs, a creature with a brain about 2.5 oz live on this planet over 165 million years...while the really smart humans have only been around for about 300,000 years...and there's a good chance this might be our last century....Two things got us in to this mess...and it's the same two things that will prevent us from implementing a solution...and those are capitalism and political will....finding and implement a solution is a joke when you realize that approximately 54 percent of Americans do not believe global warming/climate change/climate crisis will cause major problems within their lifetimes...So just sit back, grab a beer and watch another episode of American Ninja warrior... Well there ain't no time to wonder why...Whoopee! we're all gonna die.....Hope I didn't bum you out too much.
Truth is that Greens can't suck the C0² up fast enuf. Had it been a great enough filtration system we wouldn't b where we are now. U could TRIPLE plant growth on planet Earth n it still would only put a small dent in CO² Emissions... tho it would be very beautiful n more pleasing to look at versus looking at the contraptions discussed here! 😊
The net production of molecular Oxygen from all photosynthesis is negligible due to the decomposition of the plants. The surplus O2 is due to the Great Oxidative Event that produced the petroleum and coal. Photosynthesis and combustion. O2 absorbs three times in the Ultraviolet portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and releases at lower energy levels Invisible-violet-blue.
So if we're reflecting sun rays back out to space, what about the heat and methane and other emissions coming up from the planet? Are the reflections materials, reflecting all the things coming up from the Earth also being reflected back down to Earth? Causing it to get warmer quicker?
These new age scientist are fear producers and tree lovers that will relocate people in the name of global warming. But truthfully how will stop the sun from heating up earth? Emission is not the problem. It is the sun.
@@brucegeorge3208 What do you think is keeping the heat in place? What do you think protects us from the sun? The atmosphere... which is getting polluted by emissions.... The sun is also keeping us alive. Its not fear mongering when the planet actually has these problems.
No not really. The radiation from the earth has long wavelengths that are trapped by greenhouse gases, so the energy radiating from the earth does not escape easily. However, if you stop visible light from hitting the earth altogether, it will travel directly through our atmosphere into space. And not warm it. We need to turn the light around before it is transformed into infrared radiation. Cos we can't get rid of that.
That is an interesting thought, but no, it doesn't work that way. The amount of heat coming in from the sun is massively more than all the heat generated by the earth and humanity. Hence "snowball earth" events and the concept of a "nuclear winter". Even the eruption of Krakatoa lowered average temperatures for a short period. Check it out.
The quote that made me roll my eyes was "what if we aren't doing enough?" Uh, "we" are increasing carbon emissions, NOT decreasing them. So yes, doing less than nothing is not doing enough.
@@brainwashingdetergent4128 I mean, it's been debated for 50 years at least and only recently entered the politic/mediatic sphere, what makes you think it will disappear all of a sudden? Are you dumb?
Maybe this is a dumb question, but are there any concerns related to the cloud brightening project (if it's brought to global scale) causing adverse effects to agricultural production from saltwater rainfall? If so how would that concern be addressed?
@@RobinErik is still feeling well well and okay 👌👌 I don’t don’t have have to to to work I have ihave on Thursday Thursday afternoon afternoon for the the morning morning morning afternoon iafternoon afternoon hope hope everything goes well for tomorrow and and and thanks
I guess people will be getting less vitamin D, which is extremely important for our health. Also trees and other plants will be getting smaller amount of ultraviolet for photosynthesis 🫤
Great documentary, very informative. It has some great ideas but I have to say I don't like any ideas that adds anything to the atmosphere. Earth atmosphere is a balance that man should not play with.
Well you are exhaling C02 millions of times over your life so......Its not realistic to try to freeze the state of the Earth right now. The ecosystem and climate are dynamic and do go through changes whether we are here or not. The problems that worry me are ocean acidification and the Clathrate Gun Hypothesis creating a positive feedback loop of global warming. We should make our entire transportation industry (minus aircraft) electric....and we can do that, but we will always have an affect on the environment.
When rain from those cloud over the sea hits land it will destroy all the trees and vegetation not all plants can handle salt water... the focus shouldnt be on messing with the sun or atmosphere but by replacing what we did ourselves... Replant more trees millions if need be...replace the ecosystems you destroyed and things will turn around.. Stop polluting if there are enough trees even the waste from production plants as long as its CO2 emissons will begin to be negated again..
*RE: "but I have to say I don't like any ideas that adds anything to the atmosphere."* Hold you breath then, don't grow any plants either - both "add things" to the air
@@SubvertTheState worry less about the acidification of the ocean and worry more about the 1000s of chinese fishing vessels that dragnet the oceans catching everything 24/7/365 that will cause the collapse of all fisheries
Interesting video, exploring the pro's and con's of each idea. I like that!! Rather than being bombarded with someone else's ideology. A more scientific approach.
We need both the north and south poles stabilized. High altitude reflection. The reduction of sunlight would reduce the temperature. We need a higher difference between cold and hot temperatures around the poles.
@@tonyd2919 De-globalizing won't stop the progression of AGW and cool the planet. We are currently feeling the effects of early 1990's atmospheric carbon saturation. The effects of AGW will increase relative to the increase in atmospheric carbon during the last 30 years. Sulfur dioxide suspended on the stratosphere in the lower mesosphere would have immediate cooling effects as it approached the desired saturation density, by reflecting UV into space before it can be absorbed, converted to IR and trapped by the carbon saturation in the troposphere. How would de-globalization do anything anyway, when AGW is a global issue? You were cool with the "tech" that we knew would get us here, but now you're afraid of tech that would stop us from suffering the future increase of AGW effects that are already baked in by the current atmospheric carbon levels, without it? Why? We've got nothing to lose at this point. What are you scared of?
@@tonyd2919 I agree with most of your comment, with the exception of the weather/climate control conspiracy "theory" (chem-trails?). There is no secret weather/climate control conspiracy. "Chem-trails" are actually just vapor trails from the full water injection jet engines of large air-transports and airliners. Steam in the exhaust. The fossil fuel pollution of AGW isn't a failed science experiment, it's the result of a destined to fail pseudoscience disinformation campaign by the fossil fuel industry in the interest of their huge profit margins. They have always understood the science of AGW and know it's true. They just don't care, motivated by sociopathic short term greed. Don't get distracted by conspiracy "theories". Anything that sounds like the plot of some sci-fi espionage movie is virtually certain to be nonsense. Just ask yourself, how many people would need to be knowingly involved in said conspiracy. The chances of it being exposed increase exponentially and the time until it's exposed decreases exponentially with every person involved more than one. Bill Clinton was involved in a conspiracy that was exposed and resulted in a two year investigation and impeachment. That conspiracy only involved himself and Monica Lewinsky. Superstition fails. SCIENCE PREVAILS!!! Whiskey helps. 🤘🤓🥃 Enjoy.
The poles never stay in the same places, so the sun is hitting those poles in different places and for longer and shorter times, over time, some places are melting because they are getting more sun than they use to... oh... and all of that ice melting might have to do with all of those volcanoes etc. under those continents, why don't they ever talk about those volcanoes? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4_SJW4NcYoU.html
@@malachi- The volcanoes have been there for a long time and while they do cause some ice to melt, it's a tiny amount and very localized in the scale of things. As for the precession of the poles, that is true, except the north pole is moving toward receiving less sunlight as the Holocene comes to an end. Hence the claims of an approaching ice age. Search... The Melankovich Cycles. Enjoy.
Im 41. I remember as a kid, the frosty winters we had here in northern california. We dont have those anymore. Summers are so dry now too. Our lakes are dry also
Oh youre my age….so i guess then you also remember when we were kids we were told the problem destroying the planet was the holes in the ozone from the use of aerosol cans like aqua net? By those calculations the world should have ended already….but then it became “global warming” & the ice caps were gonna drown us all…except when they didnt & we were seeing unprecedented snowfall across America with the entire country under snow except florida back in 2010-2011, then we had a freakishly warm 2012 winter right back to crazy snow again in 2013 at which point it changed AGAIN to “climate change”….come 2016 we only had 12yrs to save the planet lol i thought we were starting to get uncomfortably close to the latest “end of the world” deadline when to my delight I stumbled upon this to find out it’s changed yet AGAIN, but we’re just back to “global warming” again & the great news is that we’ve got another THIRTY YEARS added on to “save the planet”….still no word on how that ozone layer is doing (i guess that was a problem that fixed itself w/flat hair trends lol) only bad news here is that to save the planet- we just need to bring our “c02 emissions” down to ZERO!! (Which means, you’re going to die to save a planet thats infinitely stronger than you since ZERO emissions = NO MORE BREATHING!!) if we’re gonna die regardless then why bother? Or better yet…,if a bunch of elitist billionaires who all openly admit to seeing us peons as an invasive pathogen on “THEIR” planet, who have kept fear mongering for the last 50yrs but changing their story to fit current weather patterns & who, since the vietnam war, have had technology capable of fcking with the weather- causing storms, moving storms etc that they could EASILY blame on you - perhaps coming to the realization that psychopaths are playing off the typical good nature of us little people & that THEYRE LYING TO US might be a better “solution” to this problem overall….the creator of the weather channel thought so, God bless him…
You exist BECAUSE of climate change..its THE driver of evolution on earth..in REAL science like paleontology and astronomy not junk science like predicting the future climates..chaos theory say you CANT..A warm life filled earth is FROM C02...be glad..ice ages arent good for life:)
we need every type of solutions to be implemented and new ones to be reaserched at war level.every citizen must sensebly contribute to cut down the carbon foot prints.thank you for enlighting content.
No need to there is no crisis do your own research. Volcanoes cool the earth chem trails will have unexpected consequences. Yeah it’s not just your world a holes so don’t go f(ing) with it. Ugh
Yes, we can be better stewards of our planet, we can stop burning so much, replant the Sahara, stop deforestation etc. but who ever told you that climate stability was for this planet, do you see any other planet with climate stability anywhere? We have extreme climate stability now (for the last 10,000 years) but make no mistake, we are coming into the next ice age no matter what we do.
Can we cause it to rain (snow) more in areas like Canada and Siberia where the snow doesn't all melt in the summer? More ice will reflect sunlight and cool the planet.
SamytheGreek, Even though ice and snow appear white to the human eye, when examined under powerful microscopes ice and show contain microscopic carbon particles. The reason scientists take ice core samples is to count the parts per million (PPM) of carbon particles to ice and snow. The depth of the core sample gives scientists a timeline to compare the presence of carbon at different dates. There is a noted increase of carbon particles to ice starting from the industrial revolution. As more carbon gets pumped into the air, more carbon particles collect in the core samples. Pure ice and snow will reflect sunlight but the microscopic carbon particles imbedded in the snow begin to absorb heat radiation instead of reflecting it. Once a tipping point is reached with the PPM of carbon, the ice and snow begin to melt. This set the chain reaction in place for climate change. The polar cap began melting several decades ago causing the level of the great lakes to rise and the temperature of the ocean to increase. This, in turn changed global weather patterns on the entire planet. PHD
@@postholedigger8726 if the ice is constantly melting in summer and growing in winter, how do we know the ice cores are accurate? Continuing on that thought, how do we know they're accurate 10,000 years ago when we didn't have great weather data or satellite imagery? I find it incredibly hard to believe scientists can predict climate 100 years in the future, but they can't give me an accurate weather forecast 2 days ahead, when the climate prediction 100 years in the future has about 1000x the variables of the 2 day forecast
@@AH-lw2bj They drill in ice that hasn't melted in the summer, like in some parts in Greenland, there is also ocean floor drilling. Predicting future climate conditions are based on astronomical observations, like the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, the wobble of the Earth, the tilt changes etc. (see Milankovitch cycle).
Every problem we have is deeply complex; from climate change to crime, and everything in between. It saddens me that many leaders and other influential people turn a blind eye to climate change mitigation efforts, or strongly suppress them in favor of short-term revenues. It seems like we need scientists, leaders, and ordinary citizens to work together, or these efforts will be in vain.
Unfortunately, global "leaders" do acknowledge it - they just go through empty disingenuous gestures in addressing it (e.g. COP21). I think the Sanders campaign unwittingly stumbled on a slogan that captures the essence of climate change: "Feel the Bern". As for the viability of CCS - of course the guy at Climate Works will pretend that it can be done given his position at the company. The real issue is the difficulty in finding people who can look at climate change without their view being affected by political, ideological, or economic incentives or baggage. For so many people, climate change is seen as a technological issue. It might be to some degree, but I think that the larger issue are the social aspects, which your post seems to suggest. The overarching issue is that it is a long-run problem with businesses driven by "short-term revenues" , with leaders forming policy in light of those businesses' interests over that of the public's welfare.
I really feel like we CAN do it. It's just gonna be a matter of some MAJOR life changes for EVERYONE and I know that's what's gonna keep us from doing it... We, as human beings, simply can not and will not put our differences aside and work together for the greater good of mankind... It's quite sad really...
The problem is that first you have to prove that there is a reason people have to sacrifice. As of yet, there is no proof that there is a reason. THEN you have to prove that those sacrifices would do any good. All the evidence we have is that if we stop all co2 emissions to day, we would only slow the point we hit 2°c above the little ice age by at most a decade in a century, most likely much less. So, if it is not the cause and it is not going to do any good, why would we choose to destroy our civilization just to make a few powerful people more powerful?
IMO one easy and cheap path is to use the natural cooling mecanism that is convection. Sending hot air in the stratosphere where it will radiate it's infrared faster to space and thus forcing the colder air to go down to the surface. One simple tech would be to instal large conical black structures in the deserts. They would be large enough to heat the surface air and make hot air columns that will reach the strastosphere but small enough to never generate a cyclonic effect, like tornadoes, that would have an impact on the local wind circulation.
Never heard of this. Greening Sahara made me think of it got hot enough to push into Stratosphere? Creates vacuum sucking up African and Med humidity causing rain Eventually Sahara gets green and warms earth tho.
You are right and need to repeat this to everyone and every where you can so it is seen enough the people who see it share it and people wake up and stop the forest fire's 🔥 📛 👨🚒 figure out a way to put out forest fires and save our trees 🌳 and save our planet 🌏 🌍 🌎 🌐 The old saying KISS Keep It Simple Stupid 💙 ❤️ 😊 less cement and more 🌳 🌲 🌴 tree's Your curtains are tree's 🌳 🏡 🌲 🎄 🌴 🌳 🏡 it is not a dangerous product its all about nature naturally
I bought my property in 2016 and it was 2.7 acres of mostly grass. I’ve planted hundreds of trees and let parts of it grow naturally. My property is already cooler and it only took 7 years to have fruit and what looks like a forest.
One of my real concerns is that the scenario for measuring global warming are temperature which is only part of the global warming if they would put that instead of amount of degrees and put it into a percentage of warming in comparison to other baseline number if they would take an add the temperature that the water has come up the percentage of global warming is much higher than their actually showing because they're only showing the temperature of the air and not the water which is substantially higher in a percentage ratio of the amount that water has become much warmer and expanding area in the depth of the warming also so my estimation is the Earth has warmed at least 2.7 Celsius at this point if you look at the percentage of the warming of the earth most of the heat has gone into the water because it goes through the air
I live in south Jersey, iam 30 minutes from the shore and 15 minutes from Philly. My town is basically all woods, my property is in a Forrest. On sep 1st 2022, I had a F3-f4 tornado DESTROY my home and my Art studio and bindery that sat at the back of my property. All the woods behind my house are GONE!!! The woodlands are gone like a lawn mower cutting grass, plus it throw the trees through my house like they were darts!!!! I was home while this happened, I tucked myself under the stairs in my basement. I'll NEVER forget that noise, sounds like a freight train crashing into a jumbo jet engine!! I could feel and hear the trees being ripped out of the ground. The whole house was shaking like an earthquake. I had to climb out of the disaster pile that was once my home! The pine trees in my property were 120 feet tall, oak trees a few hundred years old... HUGE, MASSIVE trees. It looked like 25 foot tall pile of toothpicks all over, mangled with parts of people homes, belongings, cars, power lines... just piles of pure disaster!! This f'ing happened in south Jersey of all places!! 7 tornados touched down that day. It was extremely fast, violent and explosive. I got warnings on my phone and the tornadowas already on top of me. Storms and weather disasters are becoming common in places they usually dont! The storms are more extreme and violent... all I know is that I never want to go through that again.
One thing I remember from science class is that snow at the poles helped reflect solar radiation back out. But, with the north pole not getting as much snow, it isn't able to do that. What I also know is that ski resorts can make snow if not enough falls. So, then why can't we scale up the ability to make snow in the Arctic circle and places like Alaska, where the perma-frost is melting? It's no longer about cost now. It's about our very survival. We're going to have to spend money in the short-term to save lives in the long-term.
Any solution requires energy, transport, and mining of materials. All of these produce CO2 in some way shape or form, more than their recovery can offset. The only true solution is a net carbon-free power-source when the entire supply-chain is accounted for. This includes power production being located where the carbon-offset project is placed. Modern nuclear power using Thorium or Small modular reactor technology is the only true solution to this dilemma. Until man embraces Nuclear power and accepts the small amount of nuclear waste that results, we are doomed and no carbon-sequestration project will ever recover the carbon that the project itself produces.
There really needs to be much more focus on cooling the poles. Doing so will stabilize weather patterns. I have no problem with planting trees but the process can be speeded up dramatically by starting with planting hardy wild grasses making even very poor land healthy enough to support forrests. Minimum effort.
@@Wo-oj2sq do the geoengineering at the poles at least at first. Bring back the ice and refreeze the tundra. Perhaps spot actions in places such as Pakistan where people are really cooking short term.
Excellent documentary on possible climate change solutions. Provides many interesting engineering and/or other applications that together may help achieve carbon reductions and even negative carbon outcomes. It usually comes down to money and priorities but governments cannot any longer ignore climate change existential threats. That there are so many worthwhile ideas and developments awaiting funding means they have no reason not to act ( provide funding/ tax large emitters) and help drive down emissions with total focus and leadership and minus political obfuscation.
It isn't about funding of these technologies, it is about reducing and cutting back on our thirst for energy in all aspects of life... STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS.. simple but hard to stomach by society... So governments will not do it.. we are fucked i give up.
It is wildly naive to think there would not be any grave unintended consequences to any of these ideas. The Nonlinear function of long term climate modeling makes forecasting futile. Trying to accurately forecast a weather system out to 20 days is impossible. But trying to carry a forecast out 10 years would be fantasy. And this would be madness to think that a predictive measurement could be made after throwing in yet another variable such as one of the many “solutions” being suggested here.
"acid rain poisoning soil." Many plants, in particular pine trees, require acidic soil. I have to spread sulfur around my trees just to keep them alive.
I’m skeptical of how much this will reduce CO2 in the atmosphere. Let’s hope we can overcome what the mining, chemical, and gas and oil industries have done to this planet.
I love it, "we need to remove all CO2 from the atmosphere", and by doing so we will also remove all the oxygen because plants use CO2 in photosynthesis and convert it to oxygen. How about we plant more plants?
Trees aren’t actually good at removing co2 as they store the carbon and its released back into the environment when the tree decomposes or is burned. The argument isn’t that we have to get rid of co2, we have to stop and removed the extra that isn’t normally in the system.
Yea, there are so many terms (and definitions for those terms) now that no one can really have a conversation. First order of business is to sepparate surface warming from atmospheric warming. That won't happen because then co2 is off the table and basically irrelevant...
I know what we are doing is crazy, but to change the atmosphere with some of these ideas is scary. What could happen? What could be the unintended consequences?
The climate has changed since the Earth was lava. We're still recovering from the last comet impacts 12,500 years ago. Look at the history of temperatures and they are crazy. All it takes is a super volcano or comet impact and off we go again.
Milankovitch Cycles, wobblings due to planetary gravitational interactions, cause inexorable vagaries in Earth climate. We don't need those random infrequent volcanos or heavenly impacts to force substantial climate change. People have to get past the notion that Earth climate has ever been, or ever will be static and benign.
@@fudgedogbannana, climate is especially unstable for this planet with its Milankovitch Cycle wobbles, vulcanism, tectonics, solar variability, and ongoing magnetic field drift/diffusion (and of course, life itself). We have plenty of change agents in our climate in addition to CO2.
@@kurtholmy3448 Climate should be changing with all that. If anything is wrong it would be population. If we were to experience a sudden change we'd be screwed.
@@alanheadrick7997 , as our technology advances, we are less vulnerable to becoming climate casualties. Weather forecasting, building codes, communications, irrigation, fertilization, etcetera have combined to make us safer, despite growing numbers. Fusion power, thorium fission, wind/solar, and other means of powering our budding civilization will cancel the dreaded "climate crisis". Except for that inexorable natural stuff ...
Good show, I believe that We can do anything we put our focus to, Regenerative agriculture, the way we eat and produce food is a big part of this, Restoring Prairies, Wetlands growing Hemp, Bamboo, Kelp,,,,,,
Wow just browsing and came across nova I used to watch a lot of the programs in school and home on pbs I grew up with knowledge from watching these shows and I love it and was even showing some programs to my kids and yes my teacher used to call theses shows programs so you know how old I am lol but keep up the great work of knowledge to pass on to the next generation. and I always wanted to be a astronaut 👨🚀 cause I watched thes shows about space so keep it coming and can you do a show about the James Webb space telescope or Space rover perseverance thanks 😊
Nuclear is the easy answer, politics and large scale ignorance are the obstacle. This production is actually an example of the issues holding nuclear back. The coverage of pie in the sky tech is the trend for views when the responsibility of saying "hey so here's why you spreading panic is alien probe style butt puckery" falls further down the line of those with less exposure.
Nuclear power generation site is vulnerable to strike during invasion/offence. With unethical and immoral country like US existing in the word, whome have the history of use of nuclear weapon, nuclear energy is not feasible for full scale energy néeds.
CO2 air capture machines are neat, maybe the best application for this would be to take cement plant emissions and feed this once cleaned into the CO2 air capture machine, then store it underground in basaltic rock formations, or into solar algae tubes.🌄
I think receiving/giving a piece of jewelry with crystals made out of carbon in the air would be pretty meaningful to me. Considering the amount of effort and technology it would take to get one... And this would create an incentive for people. Since money incentives got humanity into this trouble, it should be a way to get us out
