How Whales Fight Climate Change
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Can whales help fight climate change? Research done into the impact of whales on the climate seems to show just that. But whales aren't exactly trees or plants doing photosynthesis... so how do they help capture greenhouse gases?
Well, it's complicated but the answer lies in a mysterious and magical process called a trophic cascade. A process in which our main character, the whales, play a crucial role...
In this video we look into how whales can have a positive impact on the fight against climate change by acting as a "blue carbon" solution.
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So actually Sea Shepherd are fighting climate change by saving the whales? Cool!
I will never begrudge an indigenous group for hunting one whale a year which feeds an entire community for that time - thank you for emphasising that mass farming fishery practices and plastic are the problems to be tackled here - too often people seeking to improve the world harmfully demand that everyone regardless of actual practice and location stop eating meat of all sorts, not taking into account true sustainable practices (such as seasonal eating and only taking what is needed with consideration for what each creature in an environment in turn needs) and what is both needful and more sustainable in areas that would otherwise be considered food deserts.
I eat fish, but primarily freshwater fish, caught within 20 miles of where I live. There are strict rules about what species of fish can be caught and at what ages and seasons, so I'm confident that it is being monitored for sustainability by the parks service here.
I was a massive sea food junkie until I first went snorkelling. I thought to myself “no meal is worth damaging this wonderland”. Have never missed eating fish for a minute. Another great video guys, thanks.
I stopped eating sea food after watching Seaspiracy and I have no regrets.
Thank you !!!!!
Whales also help to stir up the oxygen rich upper water levels with the nutrient rich lower levels as they continually dive and resurface
Thank you for pointing out how fishing damages the entire world ecosystem. I was only educated about this fairly recently. I eat whole food plant based now and this is one of the reasons. My husband even gave up his beloved sushi.
You know you could make/buy sushi which doesn't have fish in it, do you? I don't eat seafood either so I've only tried sushi with mostly vegetables and a bit of ham, and that is satisfactory. Ofc, if you don't like it that's fine too
Hey Mossy Earth,could you do a video about Pleistocene Park?
Great idea Dhole :) Added to the list. What Sergey and Nikita are doing out there is really interesting regardless of the feasibility or controversy. Cheers! Duarte
That's a great idea!
The Medical Medium says the only fish that are really worth eating (because of mercury levels in all the other fish, sharks, etc.) include Atlantic Salmon (because of Fukashima), River Trout, and Sardines. I love Salmon but will cease eating Salmon to support the whales. Thanks Dwuart (forgive me if I mis-spelled your name) and Mossy Earth for taking up this cause and educating the public with a bunch of jumping off points & actions steps for what we can do in our own lives to support the Whales! You guys Rock!!! Keep up the glorious work you're doing all over the planet!!!
I live on a island so I often do rod fishing which has no risk for the plastic pollution of the ocean, so I eat fish that I am sure is not risky for the marine life
Is fish terrible for your health? What ?
Hi, some types of fish can contain high levels of mercury, which is toxic. That is what I meant. Not all fish is bad of course and eating it infrequently won't lead to any effects.
I love that I found a channel that does what I dream of.
We should have more extremely small fishing businesses. They only take a few fish a day and are sourced locally usually with a rod and reel instead of net
a big threat is krill fishing for healtyh suppliments which starves the whales
I recently read about this, it is insane! Maybe we should make a video about it.
Learned a lot !
Also, the outro is amazing ^^
Thanks! Glad you like it :)
Hi, I loved learning about whales and the effect they have on our eco system. That said, I don't think the problem lies inherently in eating fish. The problem seems to lie on the industrial side side of fishing/our food production.
As you mentioned in another video, we as individuals can't necessarily do a whole lot on an individual level to avert climate problems. In some ways, I feel climate change is driven by our need for convenience.
Pre industrial revolution, people hunted and fished without catastrophic climate problems. The industrial revolution in many ways has left us as a population more dependent and less capable to take care of our own very basic needs.
Wildlife habitat gets destroyed for farmland and grazing etc. Marine ecosystems are getting impacted because of the way fishing takes place nowadays along with all the plastic.
All that said, I think marine wildlife sanctuaries are a great idea. If we have them on land, we can have them in the ocean.
I don't eat fish. Fish, whether fresh or frozen, is pretty expensive where I live. I don't like fish all that much anyway, so I don't feel like I'm missing out. I do like Salmon, but I'm allergic so I can't eat it.
Great video! Thanks, Mossy Earth! I became a vegitarian at 8, but only when I was a lot older, did I understand the environmental benefits of it as well. So, no fish eather, no.
Whales are amazing ^^
the fact he says eating fish is terrible for health just took all credibility he may have had away. fish is very good for your health; Harvard did a study that shows eating 8 ounces of fish a week reduces your risk of heart disease by 36 percent, which is the number one cause of death in women. For women who are pregnant if they eat fish, it also helps with the baby's cognitive development and eye health/development. there is good information in this video but his information that fish is bad for you is dead wrong.
yeah the way he said it was pretty bad but so is your point. a single study does not definitely prove that something is good or bad lol. eating fish is good for you if it has a net positive effect- like if you are are deficient in protein, omega fatty acids, and other micronutrients that can be supplemented by eating fish. if you’re allergic to fish, it’s bad for you because you could die. if you eat low quality fish that is high in mercury and has poor nutritional value it’s bad for you. if you have limited food source options and fish is available to you then it’s good for you to eat fish. nuisance is boring but so is missing the point
4:00 What about collisions with Ships?
I'm vegan so not eating any fish!
What about fish bred in fisheries?
If you mean those which are bred and raised and harvested in large coastal pens, I think that probably OK as far as whales are concerned because it eliminates the need for oceangoing fishing operations. I can't comment on what other impacts fishfarms have.
I'll try to eat less fish...then none‼️❣️👍🙏💫👸🌎💔💢💚🐦🍃🍃🍃
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Yes i eat fish, but very little, maybe 1-2 times per year. I think that if anyone reduces the amount of fish as a meal the first step would be done...
Why did I see this video just now🙈
I did know already that whales play a big role in Carbon capture just didn't know how big.
Also I don't eat fish so to all the people that love fish maybe consider sticking to local or freshwater fish🤷♀️
And you should also know this will also hurt the environment there's over 100 species of fish mainly eaten by humans and over that 100% 40% of them are hunted out of that percentage if 60% of them are not mainly hunted by fish mammals we would need an entire new species to appear just to fix it entire new species of Hunter just to fix this massive problem and we don't have that there's chances of the only way to fix this is by only eating fish animals that are highly put this in Armenia spread throughout the entire world that's the only thing we could do stop eating rare fish because no one is going to truly and stop eating fish it's just something that cannot happen Apes eat fish all matter of animals eat fish in all of them do not really care if a whale needs more fish topped the environment it's just something that all all those animals are also taking fish away from fish hunting and Wales made they do not care they needed to survive 2 in what I can tell you one of the main countries most poor countries rely on fish only to survive country's poor in Mexico and other places like that Island countries mainly real life fish for survival and if they didn't they would die then you have traps of human human tribes are not related and human tribes that are not related to any of the seven countries they're not going to listen then you have human villages. In the outskirts the government would not be able to control them as their people and places that are not connected to government one-time it
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The only suggestion I would have for this concept was to Simply make it illegal to eat rare fish and where species that are going extinct and species that have been having over feeding and eating species and making it that some species in different areas and Country would have different species that would be an allowed to be eaten as they would be mainly eaten by animals the only thing that could happen simply regulating the types of fish we could eat a would fix the option and we wouldn't have to directly stop eating fish as it's almost impossible is the main food source in if we stop eating fish overhunting will start happening either way humans do need fish our race is a worldwide race send that we don't have any auction I can see here is B eating species in regions that are harming regions like species that are not native to Regions only in that region they're not native to God be the only option I would see here
I have never heard that fish is bad for your health. I have no intention to stop eating them.
Since 2018 I stopped eating animal flesh
I would probably do some exceptions (once or twice a year) for earth animals if I was sure (and that means witnessing it with my own eyes, not trusting any label) that the animal lived outside and had the opportunity to live a majority of its lifespan before I ate it.(so no baby animal in my plate ever) But I live in a city and I shop for my food so animal flesh is out of the menu for me.
So... yeah that is the limit I put for myself right now.
What if we eat fish that we caught ourselves?
Great point! I think it is a very sustainable option if you actually do it yourself.
@@MossyEarth ok
You also need to understand my problem humans eat 40% of all types of fishing entire world the reason this is so is because humans have d4's many lands and places in their all bearing and have become human homes places don't eat fish human which start destroying stems overeating and then a new species would have to be made to eat fish it's just not possible humans already destroyed 60% any more of the planet they live in what do you think happens stop eating fish they will over hunt animals then lions that are animals will have less food to eat and fish will start overpopulate these animals will start eating fish done the same thing will happen after these animals start eating fish they will start eating even worse than us in this entire world every species most of the strongest species eat plants Meat and Fish there's no wacko thing about it it's just some simple logic birds eat all three it's a simple logic that every animal has dinosaurs Did it All Creatures do it mammals do it antivirus to do that and even if you do it will worsen the environment to the main reason is that the environment has one problem the size of the amount of animals in the world have been lowered because of the size of humans if humans gave up at least like 30% more have 30% less land right now Les hommes in land controlled by them the argument you would do right now would actually work because humans don't if they stop eating fish they've been eating fish since the first error is something that if they're one of the main leaders of fish fish will overpopulate after after humans years of hunting creatures humans have all types of habitats habitats need to be much bigger to counter the amount of fish would be released by human stop eating them it's just something that can't happen the only way for this Possible's humans didn't give up 30% of their land back to animals and this option will actually work
I'm a vegetarian
I feel no whaling should be allowed, accept For native tribes that this I there lively hood. I do eat fish, I love sea food, I try hard to restrain. Conservitorship of This Great ocean ,sea,and Water baring Planet and all life of Nature. I have goals of donating largely to save the whale
I don't eat fish, but huh 'it's terrible for your health'? I thought eating fish was healthy? I thought you needed that fish oil stuff?
Seeing the massive amount of mercury, microplastic and heavy metals that are presently in the sea, we oberve that great levels of toxic material can be found in the fish flesh.
Consumption of that flesh becomes therefore toxic for the human eating it regularly
@@takanomemihawk7860 Right I had heard about the microplastics. But then I read that most of that stuff was in their guts, which you take out before you eat them, and most microplastics humans eat actually come from things like tea bags and foods that were conserved in cans, or re-heated in plastic containers.
Heavy metals though? That's new to me. Will google.
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Wow I did not know that about micro plastics in humans... Happy I only reheat in plates and drink bulck tea then. Tea in plastic bags never appealed to me and it is crazy expensive as well.
Thank you for that info!
I think ercury levels in fishes are the best studied one, you should find plenty article about it.
It will also depend on what trophic level the fish is in (if it is a predator or not) as the more the fish eats other animal the more concentrated the levels of components are.
@@takanomemihawk7860 Thank you, yes, I found that info about mercury as well. :)
Even humans are part of the ecosystem 4000 years had a past part of the ecosystem there's no denying of it humans have always eaten on a fish's just gotten higher overtime that means the ecosystem will still do fine with you eating fish it's just that humans over eat fish or have a old humans have a higher population than ever humans also protect themselves if you think of a human as animals humans have technology they won't let themselves this is the main reason overpopulation happens with humans does the bestest mean reason stop it so the only way is to share give a limit to themselves how much they eat
eat only farmed fish
There's a massive problem with what you say fish actually doing do need to be eaten are mainly eaten by humans and were one of the animals that eats the most I won't really tell you this what I can say is that most fish creatures overpopulate without humans eating I know this amount is not that high mid still high it's a little midnight the highest problem here the main reason I'm saying this is that most people eat and fish populations from other regions and tasty common fish species species that are known for eating these common species have stopped they started eating other species over time the main species that does this are the humans a massive problem with this problem
The only fish I eat frequently is salmon, and where I live that's almost always farmed, not caught. While salmon farming has its own problems, it's at least more sustainable than trawling the open seas. Rare case where the cheaper/easier option is the more sustainable one!
We need to be fair to ourselves and to animals not the other way around imma animal love her too I know it's kind of cool to do this mean it's not something that can be done it's something that would take thousands of years of work to happen full Evolution would have to happen for this tattoo work animals would have to expand enough that the over in the island countries would not be able to handle this even we are helping animals may we also have to know when we're not when things will get us killed tons of people starve more than they need to you need to remember fair to animals and give them mount a food source know we still need to give ourselves a food source
I eat fish very occasionally because it is good for my health and not bad for the environment in low quantities. I am never ordering filet a fish . I hate the competition created by fishing companies whose employees don't just fish for their own sustenance but must meet the demands of feeding a large market of consumers. Consumers which have little biomass accumulation from the environment in which they reside. If more of us took care of the environment around us with the intention of biomass accumulation we wouldn't depend so heavily on these fishing companies. These fishing companies would also profit more per fish and the demand for the quantity of fish would go down which would improve the quality and the diversification of fish. Where we stand fish will eventually go extinct and that would be extraordinarily depressing. I think a very easy law to regulate this would consist of limiting the number of fish which is legal to sell in each fiscal quarter. And more importantly establish ecological protectorates under frequent surveillance by the department of the interior and fire anyone with family or previous work experience with fishing industries with astronomical fines proportional to the weight of each vessel. post:also net restrictions would be perfect.
I hate the taste of fish.
I cannot subscribe because fish are a healthy alternative to meat. Simply to state the opposite with no evidence is irresponsible and destroys credibility. Otherwise, loved learning about the value of whale poop.
Hi Robert, the fish it self is not the issue of course. They are a relatively low impact animal protein that can be very healthy. What I meant in this video is mass farmed fish and above all fish coming from overexplored fisheries is bad for the environment. For the health side of things I was referring to the high levels of mercury found in some fish species such as sharks, orange roughy, swordfish and ling. Maybe I should have been clearer. Apologies for the confusion and thank you for watching! - Duarte
@@MossyEarth Thank you for the clarification.