Do you think this is a good approach?

@anandabanifikri7412

2 жыл бұрын

I think this is a good approach. As Indonesian with more then 17.000 islands, it should hold the most healthy coral forest. I lives in the capital with island nearby, dead corals are everywhere. It was dead because polluted water comes from the city. With this approach, people and government are pushed to make the water quality better because they already paid for some services.

@schadenfraud5134

2 жыл бұрын

I'd be surprised if there is no unforeseen consequence by doing this. Considering how complex and unpredictable nature is, we'll rebuild one thing and demolish another. Technology has led us here- I don't think you can have both it and nature coexist in the long run.

@DavidMcCalister

2 жыл бұрын

@@falsch4761 So many socialists here lol, if it results in real change will you care that the people innovating made money?

@HimitsuHunter

2 жыл бұрын

@@schadenfraud5134 I would like to point out that some of the most diverse ecosystems on earth are basically human influenced, and transformed. When we do it right we end up making things better for everyone and everything. Alot of lands that people think of as the 'Natural Landscape' are basically human playgrounds shaped by our activities over long periods of times. Like beavers and ants, human technology is no more 'Good' or 'Bad' for nature at large than anything else, it's ultimately about us figuring out how to balance that technology with everything around it. Humans shaped the Amazon, the grasslands of multiple continents, and the jungles of india. Unforeseen consequences will definitely come... but we can Easily foresee the consequences of Not doing this kind of work. And it's not good.

@patroklos5196

2 жыл бұрын

The constantly reduced populations of the coral reef fauna and flora caused by changes in the bio-ecosystem due to Global warming. In my opinion, artificially accelerating the reproduction rate of selected coral species is not a long-term solutions to the general problem. Most corals have a very narrow temperature tolerance, as a result corals will first expel the symbiotic algae that live inside them causing them to lose an important food source and then become vulnerable to disease, and eventually die if the marine heatwave lasts too long. Given that climate change over time and water get warmer, it is only natural that the pre-existing marine life ecosystem will forced to adopt to the new environmental conditions or extinct. As a result corals are more likely to end up in deeper water, which means some spices will survive, but they receive less sunlight and grow with a slower rate, meanwhile many natural habitats will change. It is causal to take steps in order to sustain life on Earth but we must be well aware of the fact that our planet have faced many extinctions over it's lifetime. -> Ordovician-silurian Extinction, Devonian Extinction, Permian-triassic Extinction, Triassic-jurassic Extinction, Cretaceous-tertiary Extinction.

Humans ability to engineer ways to destroy and repair our environment will never cease to amaze me.

@charltonblake9967

2 жыл бұрын

Humans are by far the most interesting organism on this planet 😂

@devilhulk6898

2 жыл бұрын

LOL 😂

@CUBETechie

Жыл бұрын

Biomimicry is by far the most important topic for the 21. Century

@CUBETechie

Жыл бұрын

@Robert Lemon the whole aspects

@kevincrady2831

Жыл бұрын

IIRC, Dr. Who once referred to humans as "the greatest force for good and evil in the Universe." Well, most likely not the _Universe,_ but at least within our local neighborhood. :)

Just an idea Engage with tourist companies that do freedives. Ask if they want to help place their own corals with a personalised message. Teach them that the added price tag is to help fund these operations.

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting idea!

@Kugelschrei

2 жыл бұрын

@@freethink actually an amazing idea. Helps raise awareness for both the cause and the company and accelerates the revitalization of reefs. Also, it funds itself.

@testerwulf3357

Жыл бұрын

I love this! It’d get more involved and it’d be easier

@KiWeWi

Жыл бұрын

You could honestly charge hundreds perk cookie like this, imagine the draw of being able to say that your name is on a reef, and imagine repeat visits to see how your coral is doint

@poolhall9632

3 ай бұрын

we selling bricks and pews

"Who wants to be a coral farmer when they grow up" . If i knew about this... a decade ago. I might would have. What a wonderfull job you guys are doing.

@layheeee3782

9 ай бұрын

You can choose to do this as your hobby, look into saltwater coral keeping it’s an amazing hobby and it’s brought so much to my life

Its unbelievable what wealth healthy ecosystems provide us. E.g. healthy soil is responsible for all of our food crops. It makes total sense to pay for using these assets / get paid keeping them healthy and restoring them. Great work!

@BossOfAllTrades

2 жыл бұрын

Very hard to do under capitalism, but still possible.

@homo-sapiens-dubium

2 жыл бұрын

@@BossOfAllTrades sad but true, its the most capitalistic thing possible...

@nightweilder6017

2 жыл бұрын

@@BossOfAllTrades no its really not, if all the socialist fucks actually pooled their resources to good causes like this instead of complaining to each other on the internet about muh revolution then they could acheive what they actually want without murdering 50 million people in the process

@earlysda

Жыл бұрын

0:40 "Over 90% of the reefs of the world are projected to die". With a whopper lie like that up front, what's the point of watching this video? Where's the objectivity?

@homo-sapiens-dubium

Жыл бұрын

@@earlysda How comes that this is a lie? Do you have sources?

If this kind of effort was spread throughout every ecosystem and microbiome we could create our own Eden here on Earth. We are the caretakers of this planet, we need to start acting like it. We as humans are in a beautiful position on this planet. We have the ability to share and build upon eons of knowledge and use it in a wholesome way that benefits everything from the microbes in the soil, at the bottom of the ocean to all the species roaming the surface and skies.

@awkwardllama0509

2 жыл бұрын

I really like this

@elinope4745

2 жыл бұрын

Won't happen as long as we see ourselves as separate from nature or higher than animals. Human nature is restrained to create civilization, civilization is a fight against nature and the natural world.

@Frenchiezy

2 жыл бұрын

@@elinope4745 civilization doesn't have to work against nature, I honestly believe we can live with advanced technology and nature in harmony but I also feel that requires people to lessen their desires for individual possessions.

@elinope4745

2 жыл бұрын

@@Frenchiezy I disagree. Civilization is a limitation of human nature at its bare minimum. Civilization necessarily fights against nature. It is fundamental.

@AiguilleVoodoo

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a scientist and I would NOT trust fellow scientists, nor myself, with modifying our ecosystem... We have a proven history of not caring for the environment and people, and for making mistakes.

This such a great idea to sustain restoration projects. It is pretty hard to rely solely from grants. One thing that caught my attention right at the start of the video is how flat the island is and how thin the trees are. As the video ends, it explained why the terrain looked as such.

@Alex-ih9lc

Жыл бұрын

Like you said grants are difficult to rely on, this is because we don’t give them out to people looking for personal benefit. He’ll have to prove he’s benefited little to none through an audit.

@Kevenant

Жыл бұрын

@@Alex-ih9lc Australian Coral reef was bleaching and in danger of dying 2 years ago. A few hundred people got a 100 million dollar grant and wow you'd never believe it! Last week the reef Is doing better than ever! Amazing what money can do instantly with all that money for a "study" that did not implement changes to human interaction with the reef

@skillfuldeep4552

Жыл бұрын

@@Kevenant Australian coral reefs would be doing even better if they weren't being sold to aquriam companies overseas

Since the 1980s, scientists have studied whether adding iron to the oceans might represent a relatively simple and inexpensive solution to climate change. The idea is that adding iron would encourage the growth of carbon-munching marine phytoplankton that would pull carbon out of the atmosphere on a global scale

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, we just did a video on this! kzread.info/dash/bejne/m2h80NiYiq25gbw.html

I'm studying marine biology and i'm particularly interested in coral reef research, but I'm curious about one part of this, the "training" of the coral polyps. My understanding is that the zooxenthalae symbiont changes depending on the water temperature because different zooxenthalae have different tolerance threshholds. The coral bleach and die when that temperature gets too high and there are no zooxenthalae present that can tolerate the temperature. So I'm kind of confused how this training period can effect that symbiotic relationship because ultimately the survivability depends on the zooxenthalae symbionts available when the coral is planted in the ocean.

@williamchamberlain2263

2 жыл бұрын

Could it help train the coral polyp to buffer the symbionts over a wider range of conditions?

@Kevin_Street

2 жыл бұрын

I'm just going by the video, but it sounds like their approach is twofold: 1. When 80% of a reef dies, they select coral polyps to "farm" from the 20% that survived due to greater heat tolerance, and 2. By exposing them to repeated stresses they see which samples are most resilient. Those samples are then mated with each other to produce the most stress resilient stock with the highest tolerance to heat. My guess is that "training" isn't teaching the coral anything, it's done to expose any hidden weaknesses so those samples can be removed from the breeding stock.

@martimattia1997

2 жыл бұрын

more than training looks like a breeding selection to keep the more resilient ones

@kyle9401

2 жыл бұрын

It's just like captive bred corals if you've ever had a reef tank. Back in the day the mariculture corals and especially any of them that used to be plucked off wild reefs would die way easier than one propagated in captivity. The ones in captivity have handled more abuse and are just more durable. (Hence just another reason to buy your corals cultured in captivity!) These guys probably selected polyps that lived through some bleaching events and decided to grow those since they were inherently.more durable. Tldr: bleaching doesn't kill the zooxanthellae it's just the expulsion of it by the coral. More durable corals are less likely to do that.

@thatsawesome2060

2 жыл бұрын

I not marine biologist, but this coral Training sounds like things snake oil sellers will say.

Love it. More on this. As long as it can help nature and not have bad side effects..

@BossOfAllTrades

2 жыл бұрын

It is going to reduce biodiversity of corals but this is our only option.

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

It'll definitely be important to monitor it for unintended consequences. We are in a tough situation where we're facing the loss of not just corals, but all the species and livelihoods that depend on them. A really difficult question in this age is weighing the risks of action, which always exist in some form, with the risks of inaction that we see before us. A real-life version of the trolley problem, but even trickier.

@lumyre1706

Жыл бұрын

bad sıde effects would be seen ın huundreds of years

@anonamemous6865

Жыл бұрын

It's ok bro I am Aquaman

@TeleologicalConsistency

Жыл бұрын

Whenever you try to artificially intervene in the eco system you're not helping nature. Africanized killer bees was a perfect example. One of these days these unwise scientists will end up doing irreversible damage to the world.

I really appreciate this video. It has inspired me in a number of ways; even beyond the scientific innovation involved. I am a research professor at the University for International Cooperation in Costa Rica; focusing on our "Costa Rica Regenerativa" project, which also includes marine regeneration. I am so happy that KZread suggested this video for me!

@earlysda

Жыл бұрын

Fortunately, Mel, the corals aren't in danger of dying out soon as this video falsely asserts. Plesae do research before making decisions.

@earlysda

Жыл бұрын

This video does not tell the truth about the matter, Mel. Here is the truth: Peter Ridd: Record coral cover of Great Barrier Reef shames climate alarmists The Australian, 23 July 2021 The annual data on coral cover for the Great Barrier Reef, produced by the Australian Institute of Marine Science, was released on Monday showing the amount of coral on the reef is at record high levels. Record high, despite all the doom stories by our reef science and management institutions. This data series, which started in 1985, is taken from the Australian Institute of Marine Science yearly long term monitoring of the Reef. Source: Peter Ridd Like all other data on the reef, this shows it is in robust health. For example, coral growth rates have, if anything, increased over the past 100 years and measurements of farm pesticides reaching the reef show levels so low that they cannot be detected with the most ultra-sensitive equipment.

Being From The Bahamas this is truly amazing. MORE TO COME !

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, hope you get to visit someday!

Biologists: its called Artificial Selection Marketing team: HACKING EVOLUTION

This video really sucked me and my husband in! I never knew this about coral, its bleak future or how amazing it is. Really appreciate who comes together to try and save humans from themselves!

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! The first four words of your comment got us worried for a sec 😉

@earlysda

Жыл бұрын

Organic, Coral doesn't have a bleak future. Don't believe all the random stuff you see on the net.

@bpqd2624

Жыл бұрын

this conscious capitalism bull is a cult at best and it will never be anything but a symbolic gesture. its the same as banning plastic straws and plastic grocery bags when every item in the store still wrapped in plastic, its nothing in the long run.

This is so amazing. This is the stuff that should be all over the news.

@dertythegrower

2 жыл бұрын

yes!

@envixousenvixous5411

2 жыл бұрын

Facts. Imagine the difference that could be made if just our media changed their habits of sharing news that could help change our world for the better rather than news that creates division and preys on peoples fears.

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

So glad you liked it! That's exactly our goal--to be the news that covers the great projects happening all the time and end up being far more impactful than the (much more covered) dramatic story of the day.

@Usual_User

2 жыл бұрын

@@envixousenvixous5411 yeah, state of news media now it just sad..

@earlysda

Жыл бұрын

ett, you do realize this video is fake news, don't you?

"I want to be just like her when I grow up" - You have inspired that little girl

I love the approach they’re taking, they saw how previous efforts for restoration hadn’t worked and made a change! I think this will work out much better

This guy's a beast, Would love to join this team in the future

It's depressing to look at a dead coral reef. Everything is so grey and dull in comparison to those alive. Fully knowing how important our ecosystem supports us in every aspect of life, yet humans still find more new ways to destroy it.

It's honestly kinda unsettling how restoration projects like these are only funded if people have something to gain from it and not just because it's the right thing to do

@foosic1742

Жыл бұрын

"just because it's the right thing to do" won't generate enough money to be capable of restoration. The real world requires money to get things done, and selling restoration as a business is an efficient way of restoring without relying on charity

@sidhant3311

Жыл бұрын

oh no :( you wanna pay for it?

@anothergorb1774

Жыл бұрын

It’s honestly staggering how many things get abandoned, no matter how much good they do, because of the incentives to only do things for profit. ..Is what I would say, but big number going up! Big number good.

@willasproth

Жыл бұрын

That’s chapitalism babbbbbyyyyyy

Hope you can keep this going!

Im tryin to help on this in Costa Rica, thanks for sharing, as a product designer i would love to create design with purpose, and im learning that with this content. Thanks a lot for ur jobs guys!

This is so incredibly inspiring, amazing to see humans coming together to save our planets beautiful nature

Excellent work. I wish you have absolute success.

Amazing. Love this. We should however also be talking about how the fishing industry and its nets is ripping up coral every second. But amazing to see projects like thos

@ganymedehedgehog371

Жыл бұрын

In the Bahamas fishing is actually heavily restricted on for coast proximity to prevent that so it’s a risk just not a likely one

Possibly the best encapsulation of the race to save reefs that I’ve seen. Beautifully done! You’ve set a high bar

I really want to thank you so much for your work! As a child I lived in the Abaco Island in the Bahamas. I saw pictures of the destruction from Hurricane Durian, and was and still am upset by the destruction it caused. I cried for two days as what I learned from living there has had a lasting effect on my life in a good way. I am so pleased you were able to rebuild, and are contributing to the betterment of our world by reducing the effects of Global climate change. Thank you! And you gave me hope that rebuilding down there is taking place. It is amazing you were able to cause the growth rate of corral reefs to rejuvenate so fast. Again, thank you! You have made what has been an awful two to three years (due to multiple causes like Covid, climate change, some personal stuff, and loss) a more hopeful one! Keep up the good work and your positive approach!

I love what y’all are doing very inspirational my heart thank you

Very inspiring! Thank you.

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

The opening makes this sound like they're creating coral super-weeds.

Love this video! ❤️

amazing work!!

Love to see it 👏🏼

Great work guys, it's really fasinating and looks something from future!

They should team up with Greenwave and/or Ocean Arks International. Both of those orgs use selected communities of organisms (e.g. mussels, sea kelp, etc.) to purify sea water while producing crops and ocean "livestock." Such partnerships might extend the range of areas where they can restore reefs (by restoring the "bad" water they can't otherwise grow reefs in).

This is a brilliant way to do things. People who are in environmental restoration and ecosystem protection always taut that "this ecosystem is truly worth (X) amount of dollars" or "if we preserve this area, (Y) amount of damages will be prevented annualy." And then they go and ask for grant money, form non-profits, etc, which leads to burnout from constant campaigning as well as reduced impact of meaning as they aren't advertising their actions as an incredibly valuable service, which they are. This approach makes more sense as you can sell companies on your ideas in order to secure funding for restoration. Business runs the world, so it's logical to approach for-profit businesses as a for-profit business that provides value for money.

I love this so much!

This is so interesting! I'm currently writing my thesis about coral reef restoration, I'd love to find out more and possibly join you guys after I'm done with my study!!

@earlysda

Жыл бұрын

Starlight, be aware that the corals are not in danger of dying out any time soon.

@starlight444

Жыл бұрын

@@earlysda do you live under a rock? i invite you to read maybe 3 scientific sources, they are definitely dying. the quicker we take action right now the more coral we can save. just because you personally don't see them dying doesn't mean it isn't happening.

@earlysda

Жыл бұрын

@@starlight444 Hello Starlight, here are some observed facts to help you understand the truth about coral health: . "Peter Ridd: Record coral cover of Great Barrier Reef shames climate alarmists The Australian, 23 July 2021 The annual data on coral cover for the Great Barrier Reef, produced by the Australian Institute of Marine Science, was released on Monday showing the amount of coral on the reef is at record high levels. Record high, despite all the doom stories by our reef science and management institutions. This data series, which started in 1985, is taken from the Australian Institute of Marine Science yearly long term monitoring of the Reef. Source: Peter Ridd Like all other data on the reef, this shows it is in robust health. For example, coral growth rates have, if anything, increased over the past 100 years and measurements of farm pesticides reaching the reef show levels so low that they cannot be detected with the most ultra-sensitive equipment."

@floranse5205

Жыл бұрын

@@earlysda how do you know that? What about all the scientists saying that coral reefs are dying out at a faster rate then ever before?

@earlysda

Жыл бұрын

@@floranse5205 Fioranse, I know that the Great Barrier Reef is at an all time record growth because I keep up with factual data, not what the consensus says.

You guys and the people like you are the real heroes of our society

U can scuba dive, grow corals, helpin ecosystem, gain tourists attractions, AND earn money. I see that as a massive win

Great program! We need to dramatically scale it up and have more similar programs to help forests and animal species. We are at a point we must consider all restoration ideas that do not present a risk to nature, like the ridiculous and dangerous idea of spraying the upper atmosphere with minerals and chemicals to reduce UV and heat damage.

This is so beautiful.

I wish them success + hope there are more like them around the world

Awesome job guys, keep at it, i have a question, i am doing research on precious.corals (corallium rubrum, elatius, ..etc) also hawaiian deep sea gold corals ( Gerardia that grows from 300m to 600m) , is it possible to try and grow deep sea precious corals as you are doing here?

@Sidtheriser07

Жыл бұрын

I'm not an expert in this domain but I'd suggest contacting local ecologists for the same

Wow, now I want to visit it

damn great sound design. they need a raise!

When I was a kid I was told the great barrier reef would be gone by now. It's the largest on record as measured from space this year. Now, some reefs are in trouble from pollutants that 3rd world countries dump into the water.

@thecaptain29

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they try to blame "climate change" but it's a load of crap. The problem is third world countries and China polluting the ocean with trash. Leftists will always shoehorn propaganda into everything though.

Those things just amaze me, we basically helping coral to evolve to more harsh world that we ourselves created

Great work to restore corals , i think it is possible ,however global warming due to modern civilizations can make this effort mor and more challenging. Keep it up ,best of luck 🤞

Awesome 👌

These guys get the picture! Love it!!! ❤

Keep up the fight!

Surprised no one has tried genetically engineering a coral to survive in harsh oceans. Even if it's a couple traits to give it an edge against predators or the environment.

On tourism based islands the 2020 Covid lock downs proved very effective at growing coral, coral was growing in dead reef areas at a rate scientists weren't used to. Because it wasn't being disturbed and polluted.

@068067

Жыл бұрын

We think we have everything figured out

300 years later scientist belike: I make corals that shoot 50 cal to defend it self.

I live in Freeport Grand Bahama and I never know we had a coral reef farm, now I wan go there with my family

Love it can they plant sea weed's the same

very nice!

Just great

These guys will be among the many eco-scientists who save the world. Let their names not be forgotten.

u guys are future of saving our oceans...amazing work

This is amazing and should team up with ocean clean up

This is great

inspiring project

great stuff

is there availability for this program in south Dominican republic?

It's amazing how much coral is like fungi despite them being animals that are closer related to us.

inspiring ❤

Amazing

I need that underwater drill

Can/do you use the galvanic augmentation of latval settling and/or mineral deposition e.g. "STUDIES ON GROWTH-NETS OF REEF-BUILDING CORALS BY GALVANIC METHOD FOR CORALS (GMC)" KIHARA et al, January 2018 Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B3 (Ocean Engineering) and "Growth and survival of coral transplants with and without electrochemical deposition of CaCO3", Sabater et al, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Volume 272, Issue 2, 24 June 2002, Pages 131-146

I hope this company succeeds and becomes more and more profitable so it is a positive feedback loop

What is the difference between assisted evolution versus selective breeding.

Fantastic idea ,scientists of the world research ,and investment in this field ,Goverments help the reefs for people ,and sea crautures a like .

Well done team. I hope you will share your knowledge with us here in Malaysia specifically Sabah, Malaysian Borneo , which most of our coral reef been wiped out because of illegal fish bombing and cyanide fishing by the philippine's sulu and bajau sulu (illegal immigrant)

This is something that should be fully paid for by the government.

I think this is a good case study if for profits work better then non profit when it comes to saving the environment

Omg this is shockingly good where does one help out like donate and stuff?

Don’t you just love how people continue to see that every human reaction to fix something we create a bigger problem. This will be the next invasive sea life issue.

@fredecarlslund5407

Жыл бұрын

Currently, just any more coral would be better than what we have.

@willasproth

Жыл бұрын

That’s a theory perpetuated by those who benefit from the status quo.

Wow. This person is a visionary. I am so sorry for the hurricane that destroyed everything...

This would be microevolution, the inherent ability of an organism to modify itself based on the DNA that already exists within its cells. What it is not is macroevolution, the ability of an organism to change into a completely different organism. In short, you began with a coral and ended up with a coral. Dog, cat and livestock breeders have been doing this for centuries. It's not exactly news.

@willasproth

Жыл бұрын

“Not exactly news” bruh this is a new an exciting application that not a lot of people know about, this is absolutely “news”

Human arrogance regardind its hability to subdue nature to its will never ceases to amaze me.

this is the background story of Eureka Seven

I hope you have a diversity in types of corals

I had an idea to breed faster growing and more oxygen productive trees to mitigate climate change, but speeding the evolution of corals to insure their survival is brilliant!!

Prove the value and the money will come. This is what most of our resources should go towards. Not towards driving captitalist Ego growth. Restore our planet! You know, the one we all share together. The one that feeds and sustains our planet. I love seeing updates on Coral Vita. For profit is a good move and helps insure the project grows and continues versus flatlining or hitting a plateau.

Where do I sign up ?

1:39 "We basically take them to the gym." Me: *gets a vision of Chad Corals*

Awesome now point me in the direction of an organization that replants forests so I can sign up.

As important as the bees and the butterflies, plant to help them!

"Those are fair questions" proceeds to not answer any of them.

I do the same thing with my crayfish (assisted evolution) making them stronger to live in harder conditions as a form of renewable food sources

@DadanHamdaniTop

Жыл бұрын

Hi..What is the difference between assisted evolution versus selective breeding.

@gwenaronimacaroni1136

Жыл бұрын

@@DadanHamdaniTop from what iv gathered Assisted evolution is exposing organims to stressful situations that helps increase their resistance over time, when these resilient organims are “created” they are than breed with others to make their next generation stronger and less effected by changes in the environment Selective breeding is selecting organims with better traits to get an offering that has the desirable traits u bred them for. Essential selective breeding is used in assisted evolution to pass on resistant genes to future offspring

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Go coral!

is there a potential for a super resistant variant to become an invasive species that will take over other marine ecosystems?

Well done. I don't care if they are doing this as for-profit. At the end of the day they are contributing positive change to the environment and that's what matters the most.

Awesome

"assisted evolution" just sounds like a friendlier way to say "selective breeding"

I would leave Canada and drive straight there if there was a job waiting for me with you guys when I get there

This will surely have no negative consequences, it's not like thousands of species of coral compete