The largest river on Earth is actually in the sky - Iseult Gillespie

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Explore the Amazon rainforest’s flying rivers, and dig into why these invisible waterways are essential to life on Earth.
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The largest rainforest in the world, the Amazon, exists between two rivers - but not in the way you might think. At ground level, the Amazon River and its tributaries weave their path. But above the canopy, bigger waterways are on the move. These flying rivers are almost invisible, but are essential to life on Earth. Iseult Gillespie explores how this crucial system keeps the rainforest alive.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Otter Studios.
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@dircepacheco 4 месяца назад

This needs to be taught at schools and shown on the media, in general. People need to understand the importance of the forests for our very survival.

@mmakotal4388 19 дней назад

Or just go on RU-vid. You show this video in school u forget about it the next day lol just like I’m sure u did 4 month layer … 🎭 tic

@hexwolfi 17 дней назад

AND the importance of recognizing and supporting the indigenous peoples who protect those forests!

@dizoofy 16 дней назад

Wont happen, industrial lobbying prevents it to avoid having more complains

@Demonsidedog 13 дней назад

@@mmakotal4388🥲 one day, you will forget being young 😭

@mmakotal4388 13 дней назад

@@Demonsidedog yes exactly , showing this video will do nothing for kids , maybe making global warming a subject will but will u increase school time , or take away time from another subject for that

@Splicer-lb5xb 18 дней назад

"Oh, what a whimsical and fascinating beauty" "Ofcoarse we're killing it"

@Shri100percent 10 дней назад

Who's we? Blame the right people instead of the ordinary person

@Splicer-lb5xb 10 дней назад

@@Shri100percent You think they'd be in power if majority of us had a spine?

@jassimsalam 9 дней назад

@@Shri100percent The smartphone you're using now to type and read these comments, is a product of massive child labour and slavery. We are also a part of the problem, knowingly and unknowingly.

@rere439 2 дня назад

That is what Average Europe and American see the original world

@kainingyao7873 4 месяца назад

A flying river?! That sounds like a fantastical and magical environmental feature in a fantasy world. Very inspiring.

@derpy_goat 4 месяца назад

(me a dnd dm) hmmmmm *takes notes*

@bhatkat 4 месяца назад

River? More like the atmospheric ocean with us dwelling at the bottom with the sun powering it's restless currents that bring the rain that keeps us alive.

@OneaeBlack 4 месяца назад

Squint your eyes during the magic hour when the sun is going down the water droplets above you are backlit by the sun at that point, sunlight moving from the sunset would light up the water in the sky.

@PlsStandBy 19 дней назад

same thoughts!! id love to incorporate flying rivers into future worldbuilding

@Lmmixs 18 дней назад

The visual animation is amazing

@hessiboi_ 4 месяца назад

whoever animated this is a legend

@hiarunkumar 16 дней назад

Animators: Rishav Mohanty Upamanyu Bhattacharyya

@hessiboi_ 16 дней назад

@@hiarunkumar oh wow i see :0 its great to see fellow brown ppl creating art for everyone to see :D

@TomSmith-vi1yw 4 месяца назад

This quote hits hard "The Earth does not expect you to save her,she expects you to respect her" Forever etched in my heart, mind, and soul Thanks a lot, Ted-Ed Keep up the amazing work👌👌👌

@leirumf5476 4 месяца назад

It amazes me how so many people see basic respect as a chore instead of the bare minimum UnU

@containedhurricane 4 месяца назад

The Earth balances out everything, regardless of whether humans respect it or not. Since humans have been ruining the balance of our enclosed ecosystem, the nature is restoring it. The balancing process might look cruel to humans, but we just have to go through it

@leirumf5476 4 месяца назад

@@containedhurricane What's happening now feels more like "I guess this are the consequences of my own actions" than "the earth is just balancing itself". But I guess it's just a feeling, definitely not something that's been researched and proven to be true.

@Kimoto504 4 месяца назад

And that expectation isn't for Earth's sake. It's for our sake. She was here before humans. If humans are insane enough to make her uninhabitable to themselves and therefore go extinct, guess who will still be here: Earth. We grossly mistake our cleverness for intelligence. It's the antithesis of intelligence when it disregards the whole of what Life, the Universe and Earth herself are teaching and have taught us. The most truly intelligent people are like those natives, whatever continent they may be on. Modern culture has sold its intelligence and indeed its soul for cleverness and social, political, and societal games its collective mind cooks up.

@MdArshad-sw6nd 4 месяца назад

@@leirumf5476😮p

@dhirajksharma_ 4 месяца назад

The animation is phenomenal... felt like I was reading/watching a graphic novel

@containedhurricane 4 месяца назад

It was made with a lot of drawings to make many scenes, which required a huge effort from a creative team

@dhirajksharma_ 4 месяца назад

@containedhurricane Yeah, being an anime fan, I'm aware of the animation process... Even the smallest of clips need so much work and effort 🫣🫣

@ForteExpresso 4 месяца назад

You will be proud to know that it's done by an Indian only

@dhirajksharma_ 4 месяца назад

@@ForteExpresso yeah I know, I saw the details in the description ✨️✨️

@priyankagangwar6308 4 месяца назад

@@containedhurricanejnm?1vda❤ qq 0 , hamen 4v hu

@clima9726 4 месяца назад

Seeing the title, I immediately thought of Skypiea. It follows then, that I am surprised to find out that the nation who fought for the protection of these flying rivers and the rainforests, is also called Wampis.

@ghaithchouadhi1096 4 месяца назад

Exactlyyy

@Shmiah 17 дней назад

Most likely not a coincidence. Oda did years upon years of research. Everything is connected. Everything is for a reason

@bodystories 5 дней назад

Yes! Eiichiro Oda is making a masterpiece for this and future generations. He is channelizing lessons of how to be human beings connected with the all.

@lockonstratos9806 2 дня назад

The Wampiiiiis!!!! The Wampiis is reaaaaallllll!!!!!!!

@TsakaniK 4 месяца назад

I yearn for the day when humans will put conservation over money.

@DiegoRodriguez-cs1ow 4 месяца назад

True I feel like there is no conversation now a days

@EnderTender 4 месяца назад

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this way.

@captain_improbability5690 4 месяца назад

As soon as money stops being something you need to survive, that is when almost everyone will focus on conservation

@valkyriehelper 24 дня назад

@@captain_improbability5690it will be too late by then.

@wormbigail 5 дней назад

Me too. In my opinion, the health of the earth is money. In reality.... The health of the earth is wealth. If stocks equaled conserved land every one would be a millionaire.

@alaskawashington 4 месяца назад

loved this combination of an ecology and culture lesson! the description of the sky rivers themselves did make me think though, what differentiates this process from that of clouds?

@darinarnold6976 4 месяца назад

Seems basically the same afaik, the only extra things required for clouds are a sufficient amount of H2O and a colder atmosphere

@jira6423 4 месяца назад

They’re lower, narrower, and less visible. Like narrow fog

@ConteSenzaScarpe 4 месяца назад

Clouds are part of this process. The river metaphor is basically just describing the consistent flow of large amounts of water, it's doesn't actually happen in discrete channels like a river. Rather, it's the air over a jungle (or other high-transpiration area) in general being higher in moisture (though still only a small fraction of the air is water vapor, about 4% at the very most) and getting blown in certain directions by prevailing winds. It's basically using the metaphor of a river to explain the aerial part of the water cycle. I feel like the video does well at expressing that the vegetation is very important to maintaining precipitation patterns and its clearance is immensely disruptive, but it did really poorly at actually explaining why that is and how it works, creating new misconceptions.

@fuseteam 4 месяца назад

It is clouds, clouds drifts where ever the wind blows does it not? This simply highlights where these clouds come from; it's not just puddles ;)

@ommsterlitz1805 4 месяца назад

You know what is better finding out that the warmer the planet gets the more rain we will have around the globe and with a +10°C of climate change in the next centuries the Sahara deserts might start to have new forest growing

@aryandixit229 2 месяца назад

It is interesting how indigenous people have done a better job of conservation. Some people say that they have no accomplishments but I would count this in itself as an accomplishment. They have shown more far-sightedness when it comes to the future and our liveability in the environment than most others who prioritized short term financial greed.

@barahng День назад

Which indigenous people? They're not a monolith, every civilization in Mesoamerica had different practices. Quite a few in the Amazon practiced slash and burn because charcoal was really the only way to make jungle soil suitable for agriculture, called "terra preta". Which is basically the same thing as they're doing now, it was just on a smaller scale. If the Aztecs had the technology and hundreds of millions of mouths to feed they probably would be doing something similar. They were willing to sacrifice thousands of people a year for good harvests I doubt they would balk at cutting down trees en masse instead. Plus, they already did cut down lots of trees for agricultural purposes. It just wasn't at a scale big enough to constitute an ecological disaster. All of the most powerful Mesoamerican civilizations engaged in a lot of geoengineering of their surroundings. Clearing out fields, cutting irrigation ditches and water reservoirs, building farm terraces, building chinampas, etc. All of which involved cutting down trees. Again it just wasn't at a scale that caused much damage because their populations were much smaller than today.

@puipuipui3304 4 месяца назад

I got goosebumps! I’m so glad there are indigenous ppl fighting to save their homeland’s nature❤❤❤.

@thefriesofLockeLamora 4 месяца назад

I saw a quote recently, I'm paraphrasing. "why would you assume giving land back to Indigenous people means displacing others?" Many have become so poisoned by the idea of land ownership Vis a Vis colonisation as opposed to land stewardship by Indigenous people

@therogue1542 4 месяца назад

Because when they took the land from Indigenous people, they displaced them also

@captain_improbability5690 4 месяца назад

@@therogue1542 But if they just give it back, it displaces more people.

@AiNaKa 4 месяца назад

to free indigenous people you would have to dismantle the united states government and that really scares people who cant imagine not living in a genocidal capitalist empire, and also people who make being american their only personality trait

@evanneal4936 4 месяца назад

Nobody has to be displaced, give back the land to the original natives to preside over, and everyone else just lives there, too. Like nothing happened, problem solved. There should be no reservations or "our land and their land" things going on. Basically, the reverse version of assimilation. Instead of the native nations assimilating into the major nation, it's the other way around or at least full autonomy given to the tribes and reservations.

@captain_improbability5690 4 месяца назад

@@evanneal4936 What if the land has been processed into a large city, and has the maximum number of inhabitants?

@zaaviya-e-Ghalib 4 месяца назад

Absolutely love how this video seamlessly weaves together stunning art, well-researched content, captivating narration, and a truly enchanting soundtrack.❤️

@MarkBoiMC 4 месяца назад

I love how they included the capybara :)

@caomouse8829 4 месяца назад

The One Piece is real???

@ThecoolDecent 20 дней назад

Oh boy time to spend 500 22 minutes episodes barely progressing anything.

@clintcountryman4849 20 дней назад

It's not One Piece lol

@clintcountryman4849 20 дней назад

Wampi

@Astrotamtv 19 дней назад

Can we get much higheeeeer

@Cheddar_Cheese_gaming 19 дней назад

Yes!!

@justinehercthehuman6941 4 месяца назад

This needs to be talked about more.

@lucianoosorio5942 4 месяца назад

“If I jumped in the river, I would probably drown. No matter how struggle and strive, I’ll never get out of this world alive.” Hank Williams Sr

@shubhampandey668 4 месяца назад

Wow, this video is mind-blowing! I had no idea about the concept of flying rivers in the Amazon rainforest. It's fascinating to learn about these invisible waterways and how essential they are to sustaining life on Earth.

@kirbymarchbarcena 4 месяца назад

I hope this video helped a lot to open the eyes of everyone about various indigenous peoples around the world who are victims of modernizations and industrializations of companies and their own government.

@OneaeBlack 4 месяца назад

This proves that keeping our trees around is essential to getting water around and to life on this planet. Destroy the trees we truly destroy ourselves.

@amirgurung6148 4 месяца назад

Love and respect to all indigenous people of the world.

@kazraven9086 5 часов назад

As a Brazilian I am honored to live in a country that posses an environment so beautiful as the Amazon rainforest. If you are a foreigner reading this, come to Brazil and enjoy the hikes here.

@makebreakrepeat 4 месяца назад

And the tallest waterfall is under the ocean.

@klerushka 19 дней назад

which one?

@groenpaardje 4 месяца назад

Beautiful playful animation! The illustration is gorgeous and I love the shot perspectives. Real artistry at work here :)

@tekken4granted913 4 месяца назад

TEDEd making my nights viewing more educational ❤

@crazylobster-minhaz 4 месяца назад

the arts style is absolutely gorgeous

@ahmermirza 4 месяца назад

This is why I absolutely adore Ted-Ed for bringing out gem pieces like this one, so people with little knowledge would learn more and understand better about this place we call home 🌍💖🙏

@kiruthishamathivannan7453 4 месяца назад

I remember Bahirathan, the king, meditated for years, asking Siva the God to bring the sky river Ganga to earth. I thought sky river is just for mythology, but here I am, hearing Sky River is always there.

@NoonMemeWow 3 дня назад

Do you mean Bhageerath/Bhageerathan?

@kitokatofu 3 месяца назад

im so fascinated by this... God, they need more support!!!

@shreyakulkarni9240 4 месяца назад

omg this was SUCH an AMAZING VIDEO!! GREAT animation, crisp and touching script and etching message!

@cookiegabbyrocks 4 месяца назад

Thank you for making these kinds of videos our communities appreciate it more than you know

@DarshanBalaji-gy5iz 4 месяца назад

Ted-Ed, You inspire me a lot and thanks to your organisation.

@user-nq7br9dd4m 4 месяца назад

TED always educates me ❤ Thank you TED.

@noumanukaye3376 4 месяца назад

Very informative. Thank you 💐

@Sara-iu8fd 4 месяца назад

Genuinely wish that they get more recognition sooner 😢

@s.a.6009 3 месяца назад

Thanks for unforming about Nia tero. Thrir work is truly humbling and awesome

@ManojKumar-vi4zw 4 месяца назад

"Exploring the celestial wonders, where rivers of clouds flow across the expansive canvas of the sky - nature's masterpiece above and below."

@wadball 17 дней назад

Great message to share! More of these stories please

@DemonetisedZone 4 месяца назад

Fantastic educational video without hitting the viewer over the head Never heard of this tribes predicament before nor the sky river drying up due to forest clearing! 👏👏👏👏

@afaris88 4 месяца назад

The title & thumbnail made me think that they were talking about a mythical flying river, when in fact it was a real one. Great video as always 👍

@leocremonezi 4 месяца назад

The indigenous communities in South America are constantly facing threats! It is the same here in Brazil! We must protect the indigenous people and ensure they continue preserving the forests in South America

@bishnoirk 9 дней назад

Thanks for sharing valuable knowledge

@Yaviah20 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the video, i have heard about indigenous people protecting the forests but not at this extent... definitely visiting the website

@gauravsarjerao8726 4 месяца назад

Animation is so Beautiful.. I feel that Environment..😍very proud moment when I saw Upamanyu Bhattacharya's name in the description..this animated & Directed by Indian studio.

@lyricsassam 15 дней назад

I loved the animation. So clean and beautiful.

@lotsoffreetime8392 4 месяца назад

Man these big companies are trying to gain more profits even knowing the cause and effect of it

@captain_improbability5690 4 месяца назад

That is what companies are there to do. They make profits.

@varunvnair92 4 месяца назад

Probably one of the best animated Ted Ed video 🙌🙌

@SamSotheaKaruna1975 4 месяца назад

when im bored, i watch ted ed, its just so interesting!

@michaelng1869 4 месяца назад

I would listen to this voice anytime anyday .. Sweet and calming hope it ain't ai

@lanchen0 4 месяца назад

The animation is just ✨ gorjis ✨

@aashnachhabra1631 Месяц назад

woooowwwwwww, Upamanyu Bhattacharyya rocksssss❤❤

@aiyabanana2849 19 дней назад

I'm intrigued with these flying rivers... I know about those jetstreams and underwater sea rivers.... But this one is new to me!

@EcoPlanetFilms 18 дней назад

Excellent video, thanks for sharing!

@agnieszkaason4506 4 месяца назад

29 minutes, I LOVE YOU TED ED

@pmaize647 Месяц назад

In love with this animation

@chetanyadav271 4 месяца назад

I'll die to wTch hour long lectures of super hard subjects with this kind of animation!!

@Luaponyt 16 дней назад

Insane vid!!❤

@ChiDante 4 месяца назад

A philosophical recognized conclusion says: that, those who take the best care of it are the rightful owners. The land thrives when it is actually owned as part of ones self. With love. Not possessed like a simple possession

@Cannibal_Actual 4 месяца назад

They are a very vulnerable people, I sure hope they can not only protect their homelands but also defend them.

@justwaiting5744 4 месяца назад

This was a well-woven story and call-to-action.

@catherinefilipowski3506 4 месяца назад

Honorable people. Honorable work!!!

@OneaeBlack 4 месяца назад

Humidity is just water in the air, technically we're all under water even on land.

@DavidBrown-xn2pg 17 дней назад

This is great, so great to hear success stories

@kittyonmydesk5532 14 дней назад

Now *that's* what I call an atmospheric river! 🏞️

@haris.saputra. 4 месяца назад

That animation 😳😳 .. Oh god , it's just beautiful

@CharlotteXMoon 4 месяца назад

There's a lot I've learned today and I want to help defend the forest❤

@user-eq2dx2jp6v 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much 👍👍👍❣❣❣❣🌹🌹🌹🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁☕🥮☕🥮

@tumwinekate3383 4 месяца назад

The beauty and order God created is awesome. Shows His ingenuity through nature

@user-nv5sn3tb4e 4 месяца назад

and ironically it is many of those who claim to love Him who are doing the most damage, and in His name, too. brazilian farmers and ranchers often profess to enact genocide on the Native peoples in the Name of God. bitter, bitter irony.

@doyouguysnothavephones8967 4 месяца назад

This video is so beautiful

@AlesAmazigh 4 месяца назад

Beautiful, beautiful animation. ❤️

@delorbb2298 4 месяца назад

What people tend to not understand is that we aren't trying to save the earth. The earth will still be here with or without us. The slogan should be "save HUMANITY, plant a tree."

@debangshumoulik5857 4 месяца назад

The animation is so good!

@Heroesflorian 4 месяца назад

People: "There exists no magic in the real world!" The real world: **flying rivers**

@ronkirk5099 4 месяца назад

I knew forest transpired water vapor, but I didn't know it was on such a vast scale and has such a huge impact on weather. 'Flying River', what a concept!. It was encouraging to see that in the last election, Brasil turned away from right wing authoritarianism and back toward a more pro-environmental government. Good for Brasil and good for the planet.

@gustavodutra3633 3 месяца назад

In fact, both governments don't care about the Amazon, so much so that 2023 had one of the worst deforestation rates in history. They use "green propaganda" to get elected and win votes of the poor population.

@RomeoNJulietLostTheGame 4 месяца назад

😢, save the rain forrest ❤

@kimruffin8039 4 месяца назад

Powerful content and beautiful voice over

@minerliton2481 4 месяца назад

this is amazing, ill watch it kater

@barannyakakaty1654 4 месяца назад

Such a beautiful animation

@macdaryllmalto5395 20 дней назад

Bruhhh the animation is no joke❤

@OP-pe4yc 12 дней назад

Beautiful animation

@robertsimon2885 4 месяца назад

Nature can be so cool.

@Tech-gv6qk 4 месяца назад

Protect these people at all cost.

@Manic_eraser_the_2nd 3 дня назад

this animation is just.. 👌

@Trgn 3 месяца назад

Nature is beautiful. Reclaim

@user-bp4nv3qp4d 4 месяца назад

Wonderful animation

@lucaswillaford8648 4 месяца назад

The earth is truly amazing

@hisheartsings2742 18 дней назад

I have always held this notion since my childhood that there is some sort of fresh oceans in the sky.

@Rat-tea 11 дней назад

Love the narrator and animation

@stanmwadime 4 месяца назад

What an interesting phenomenon. Flying rivers must be protected.

@emayavarambanudhayasurian5065 4 месяца назад

wow.. beautifully animated information..

@jackbelinski2661 4 месяца назад

The irony is that one time when I was world building, the idea of a river floating in the air came to me, but I never thought it was actually real

@lakshmimohan6467 4 месяца назад

Nature is so fascinating ❤

@parkerhanson4009 23 дня назад

The largest river on earth is in my heart. See? I can redefine words beyond usefulness, too.

@Tyler_DurdenIRL 4 месяца назад

Hats off to the animators 🥂✨

@46464sahil 4 месяца назад

Nature is the real wealth, humans and our money will come and go. Nature was before we came and will be after we are gone.

@TreeHairedGingerAle 4 месяца назад

Read 'Braiding Sweetgrass'. Humans have been here for hundreds of thousands of years. Indigenous folk have honored the human tradition of living in a fully mutually beneficial collaboration with nature for the bulk of that history. Money is VERY new to our species, and wildly corrosive. If we do not let go of money, then humans truly WILL find their end...but we don't _have_ to end, for things to be well for both us and nature. Not by a long shot.

@captain_improbability5690 4 месяца назад

When money stops making people powerful, People will care more about nature.