How Plants Caused the First Mass Extinction

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In the middle of the Cambrian, life on land was about to get a little more crowded. And those newcomers would end up changing the world. The arrival of plants on land would make the world colder, drain much of the oxygen out of the oceans and eventually, it would help cause a massive extinction event.
Thanks to Fabrizio de Rossi for the excellent illustration of early terrestrial plants. You can find more of Fabrizio’s work here: / artoffabricious
And special thanks to Paul Strother for sending us an incredibly cool photo of an Ordovician plant spore for this video. Check out Paul’s website here:sites.google.com/bc.edu/paulk...
Credit for Paleogeographic Map: Scotese, C.R., 2019. Plate Tectonics, Paleogeography, and Ice Ages, KZread video: • Scotese Plate Tectonic... .
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    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @mrtokigan

    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @vandagostyle59943 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    @Pika2504 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

    Pokemon is actually educational to a degree. Idk if you know this but it's initial intentions were to teach kids to read.

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @laughablelarry92434 жыл бұрын

    It puts things into perspective to know that sharks have existed longer than trees and grass.

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    @joecerone

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @danielmeanor2995

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @KINGBADASS100

    4 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @Itherei3 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    Жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    @official.izanami4 жыл бұрын

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    @BandAid350z

    4 жыл бұрын

    In a weird way, we are plants slaves. They give us just enough oxygen. We give them more than enough of CO2. We also work tirelessly to ensure to grow and spread their seeds. Not really a fair deal, tbh.

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    @aniksamiurrahman6365

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @TheFourthWinchester

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @ls200076

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BandAid350z Humans: Seeds? You mean potential plants to be eaten.

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    4 жыл бұрын

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    @tahauzun37354 жыл бұрын

    100 million years later: The dolphin people: How human caused the 6th mass extinction

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    @dslayer218

    4 жыл бұрын

    While causing their own mass extinction

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @derkach79073 жыл бұрын

    Humans:"plants are harmless, they can't kill us." Tiny plants:" is this a challenge?"

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    @NicolasMendoula

    3 жыл бұрын

    To be fair there's a lot of plants that can kill us. Plants actually try to kill us every time.

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    @lauralishes1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did you even watch the video? If it wasn't for plants humans wouldn't even exist.

  • @99999bomb

    @99999bomb

    3 жыл бұрын

    Carnivorous plants

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    10 күн бұрын

    The smell of cut grass is grass’s attempt at chemical defence.

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    @user-ot4ix3db9v3 жыл бұрын

    "moss covered rocks released 60 times more phosphorus than rocks without moss". feels like a tongue-twister..

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    @daydreamer226

    3 жыл бұрын

    Randy Moss questions, "What's all this about me?"

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    @DTSephiroth4 жыл бұрын

    Humanity: "Oh noes, we're causing a mass extinction." Nature: "First time?"

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    @Giganfan2k1

    3 жыл бұрын

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    @aleisterlavey9716

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @AlamoOriginal

    @AlamoOriginal

    3 жыл бұрын

    Probably the only time in natural history that an organism deliberately caused an extinction, i could say any of the big five extinction is unique but none are deliberate attempt

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    @Kolazola

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AlamoOriginal I don't think anyone is doing what they are doing to deliberately cause a mass extinction. We aren't driving cars to cause a mass extinction were driving cars to travel, just as the algae wasn't mass producing to cause an extinction it was mass producing to have more kin

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    @AlamoOriginal

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Kolazola humans are concious about the possibility of us creating and wreaking havoc on nature, these are examples that we are aware that the more we advanced, the more nature crumbles, atomic bomb is just miniscule example that we are aware that whoever launches it will deliberately cause a massive extinction

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    @jsalmeiida4 жыл бұрын

    Marine life minding their own business 500m years ago Plants: I'm about to end this man's whole career

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @Manj_J4 жыл бұрын

    5:22 I just wanna say that I appreciate the visual of the phosphorus being washed out of it's square and swept away while Kallie speaks about it, very nice :)

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    @Weretyu77774 жыл бұрын

    Plants: Yay, we did it! We finally colonized the land! *Causes mass extiction* Plants: Oops.

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    4 жыл бұрын

    Take that environmentalists.

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    4 жыл бұрын

    300 likes

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @hotpuppy72 Жыл бұрын

    @Eons is one of my favorite channels. Always informative, fact driven presentations and bite sized paleo-history tidbits. Thank you to the team for all you do. @Eons is one of the reasons I support my local PBS Station, even though I know the content doesn't show on the air here.

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    @urmumwazhere31883 жыл бұрын

    I’m glad I mow my lawn every month

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    @warren2864 жыл бұрын

    Hard to imagine a world without soil. Just rock, sand, and ice.

  • @faybrianhernandez2416

    @faybrianhernandez2416

    4 жыл бұрын

    I say the same about birds. How, on a lush green Earth are there no birds till after the dinosaurs? no sir, I don't believe it, birds didn't evolve from dinosaurs, they were there all along.

  • @TheMathias95

    @TheMathias95

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@faybrianhernandez2416 I mean, as far as I know we haven't found any bird fossil from that era, so they must've evovled later on.

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    @secularmonk5176

    4 жыл бұрын

    "just rock, sand, and ice" That's the surface of Mars ... or the Dry Valleys in Antarctica

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    @stevenschnepp576

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheMathias95 The first creatures we'd recognize as birds evolved from non-avian dinosaurs some time in the Jurassic... significantly later than the period of the video.

  • @whatabouttheearth

    @whatabouttheearth

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheMathias95 Yeah, bird are amniotes and they started way after the origin of the amniota clade Watch Aron Ra's 50 part series 'Systematic Classification of Life'

  • @camillerains3728
    @camillerains37284 жыл бұрын

    I still want to see an episode about how the Appalachian Mountains and Lake Baikal formed. An episode on Lake Baikal and species that live in it would be amazing.

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    @ljvahle1532

    4 жыл бұрын

    They likely won't make a video about that

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    @AK47Prepper

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm not 100% sure but there is a scishow epside on Baikal already

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    @AK47Prepper

    4 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/c55-t6iylJepkcY.html

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    4 жыл бұрын

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    4 жыл бұрын

    That would be awesome, as it's literally its own mini ocean with deep sea life. Even if scishow covered it, this channel can talk about its known history and biology of its mysterious species.

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    @ar4imond3 жыл бұрын

    "Those damn plant bastards murdered your ancestors! So stop screwing around and finish that broccoli! Show no mercy!"

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    @akamal92

    3 жыл бұрын

    How were they your ancestors if they went extinct?

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

    @@akamal92 e v o l u t i o n. Like T-rex turning into a chicken

  • @gregfroude4226
    @gregfroude42264 жыл бұрын

    As a palynologist I love seeing EONS incorporating more palynomorphs into their videos. I work on Acritarchs and Dinoflagellate Cysts (Dinocysts). Maybe you could make a video about these microfossils?

  • @goodman25
    @goodman254 жыл бұрын

    Me:Is that you? * shows a photo of plants almost killing all of the entire life in the planet * Plants:Yeah but that's a old Photo.

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    4 жыл бұрын

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    4 жыл бұрын

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    4 жыл бұрын

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    How about a video on the evolution of corals and other polyps?

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    @NyanMacrusJohnson

    4 жыл бұрын

    YES

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    4 жыл бұрын

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    4 жыл бұрын

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    4 жыл бұрын

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    4 жыл бұрын

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    @tuhkathri91264 жыл бұрын

    Omg I've fallen into a rabbit hole!! I've watched a dozen of these videos and I can't stop!! So much Knowledge!!!🤯

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    3 жыл бұрын

    Ditto! Every single episode I've watched in the past few days has been SUPERB. Best YT rabbit hole ever.

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    @whatabouttheearth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Watch Aron Ra's 50 part series 'Systematic Classification of Life'

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    The whole PBS Eons series is amazing!

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    @SalfordMatt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Best education there is.

  • @robertyang4365
    @robertyang43654 жыл бұрын

    “How plants caused the first mass extinction” _that’s not vegan_

  • @helmaschine1885

    @helmaschine1885

    4 жыл бұрын

    Veganism is starving babies to death for an ideology and destroying millions of wildlife through mono farming fields. Vegans even admit that humans dying out is their ultimate goal, encouraging vasectomies and women losing their periods.

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    @crystalleyvonne818

    4 жыл бұрын

    HelMaschine you’re fun at parties eh

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    @a2e5

    4 жыл бұрын

    HelMaschine Are you drunk? Expansion of crop farming is needed because we need to keep churning out meat in factory farms, where animals use energy not only for growing meat, but also for surviving their stinky lives. If y’all can just eat less meat or switch to more efficient stuff like chicken we can feed one or two billion more people with the crops we already grow.

  • @takeoffyourblinkers

    @takeoffyourblinkers

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@crystalleyvonne818 Like bbqs, meat and beer, sounds great to me.

  • @takeoffyourblinkers

    @takeoffyourblinkers

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@a2e5 Chicken is meat you clown.

  • @AbrahamSamma
    @AbrahamSamma4 жыл бұрын

    I'd give anything to be able to see all of this with my own eyes. But I have to settle with Eons. Thank you guys for existing!

  • @alexsclewis

    @alexsclewis

    4 жыл бұрын

    unless you find yourself in an afterlife unbound by space and time 🤷

  • @donnyhh313

    @donnyhh313

    4 жыл бұрын

    cptunicorn that would be awesome. You could scroll through time, as if you were scrolling through a music playlist. 🤯

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    @connorquartz6701

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe you already have, but you just don’t remember it.

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    @adamwest2968

    4 жыл бұрын

    Would you give your eyes?

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    @bleuemoone8710

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@connorquartz6701 No, your brain wasn't around then silly, how could you remember anything without a brain?

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    @AyaJuni3 жыл бұрын

    "Cooling the earth in just 44M years, which is fast in a geological timeline." Yeah, we warm up the earth in just a century.

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    @timestamp2525

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Cedar Hatt did someone "Dig a hole" in your cranium?

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @yanlopez674

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Cedar Hatt What kind of high are you on? And for logic's sake can you cite any sources?

  • @groovyhoovy9793

    @groovyhoovy9793

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@yanlopez674 it is possible that our sun will die in a couple thousand years but there’s no real way to confirm that except to just wait and see what happens

  • @BahadurSingh-ip9rd

    @BahadurSingh-ip9rd

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Cedar Hatt your blowing things wayyyy out of the water, any star that can go supernova close enough to kill us would have been spotted us. Also, human society is more likely to collapse into smaller groups of people before we manage to destroy the wildlife that bad

  • @funny-video-YouTube-channel
    @funny-video-YouTube-channel4 жыл бұрын

    Possible correction : It was algae more likely than plants ! They produce the oxygen that wreaks the climate for cyano-bacteria.

  • @everynametaken

    @everynametaken

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did you watch the video, it described how it was land plants that caused this one.

  • @vinnie3731

    @vinnie3731

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're both right and wrong! Algae is a plant, and it's not just an aquatic plant. Here's the literal definition from google. "A simple, nonflowering, and typically aquatic plant of a large group that includes the seaweeds and many single-celled forms. Algae contain chlorophyll but lack true stems, roots, leaves, and vascular tissue".

  • @alexbanks4219

    @alexbanks4219

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cyanobacteria is an algae. Blue green algae.

  • @brianmader7206

    @brianmader7206

    2 жыл бұрын

    All land plants descended from a green algae ancestor. So the first colonists on land were probably algal-like, but needed to have certain characteristics (like a cuticle) to live on land. Plants are not algae, Cyanobacteria are not algae (the name blue-green algae is a misnomer). Algae are protists, with their own diverse kingdoms.

  • @Felixkeeg
    @Felixkeeg4 жыл бұрын

    As a wise man once said: "Life, uh, finds a way"

  • @recess7

    @recess7

    3 жыл бұрын

    uh..

  • @klittlet

    @klittlet

    3 жыл бұрын

    Life........ERM.........finds a way?!?!?

  • @bethiaprosser1189

    @bethiaprosser1189

    3 жыл бұрын

    Is this a reference to Jurassic Park?!

  • @klittlet

    @klittlet

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bethiaprosser1189 uhh.....DUH.......yeah

  • @bethiaprosser1189

    @bethiaprosser1189

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@klittletNICE, good to get clarification, you know? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @UGNAvalon
    @UGNAvalon4 жыл бұрын

    Ordovician Life: _Happily going about their day._ Terrestrial Plants: *The Happening, episode 0.*

  • @gimbit7583

    @gimbit7583

    3 жыл бұрын

    I got scammed

  • @Joshisbored1

    @Joshisbored1

    3 жыл бұрын

    You have no idea how many times I have clicked the read more

  • @siyacer
    @siyacer4 жыл бұрын

    Could you do a video on the multituberculates? They were the 4th, lesser known type of mammal (others being placentals, marsupials, and monotremes) and one of the most successful and long living mammals, appearing in the Triassic and going extinct about 30 million years ago. I haven't heard about them until quite recently, and I would like to learn more about them.

  • @Ragnarra

    @Ragnarra

    9 ай бұрын

    Interesting.

  • @Chris-hp9be
    @Chris-hp9be4 жыл бұрын

    This channel is just awesome. Watching these videos make me feel better even when i spend my whole day not reading anything

  • @nakenmil
    @nakenmil4 жыл бұрын

    7:24 I love that pic. You use it a lot for volcanic activity mentions, and everytime I see it I'm just mesmerized by the color contrast, depth, the texture of the smoke, etc. Might be weird, but I just think it's really neat.

  • @keithjames3321

    @keithjames3321

    4 жыл бұрын

    Enthused Norseman I thought the exact same thing as I saw it in this video and noticed how recurring it is as it’s a great representation

  • @vantascuriosity4540

    @vantascuriosity4540

    4 жыл бұрын

    it is really cool

  • @adamwelch4336

    @adamwelch4336

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's pretty neat but also weird

  • @danielawesome36

    @danielawesome36

    2 жыл бұрын

    "I really, really, really like this image." "I like it, too.

  • @MossyMozart

    @MossyMozart

    5 ай бұрын

    @nakenmil - Beauty is all around, even in terrifying events.

  • @brotlowskyrgseg1018
    @brotlowskyrgseg10184 жыл бұрын

    4:07 "It's a big, beautiful, old rock. Oh the pioneers used to ride these babies for miles." When you realise Spongebob was actually educational content.

  • @wienzard36

    @wienzard36

    4 жыл бұрын

    Stephen Hillenburg was literally a marine biologist tho. so....

  • @albertamalachi3560

    @albertamalachi3560

    4 жыл бұрын

    The creator of SpongeBob was known to sneak educational content and _'educational content'_ once in a while.

  • @bugglemagnum6213

    @bugglemagnum6213

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@wienzard36 shut up.......

  • @diegopugaquintanilla4344

    @diegopugaquintanilla4344

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bugglemagnum6213 why so salty lol

  • @recess7

    @recess7

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ooh now I understand.

  • @priapus6145
    @priapus61453 жыл бұрын

    The end of the video was unusually wholesome

  • @stevenhill3136
    @stevenhill31363 жыл бұрын

    Just discovered you today and been binge watching for hours. Keep up the great work.

  • @tobyw9113
    @tobyw91134 жыл бұрын

    Could you do a video on Pleistocene Australia, which had giant wombats and 30 ft lizards. As well as carnivorous kangaroos and a marsupial lion!

  • @kizombooooo8457

    @kizombooooo8457

    4 жыл бұрын

    Toby W I was just gonna ask this!

  • @abloodorange5233

    @abloodorange5233

    4 жыл бұрын

    I rhink they did

  • @TheDinosaurus99

    @TheDinosaurus99

    4 жыл бұрын

    Would love that

  • @lansean9

    @lansean9

    4 жыл бұрын

    There goes my good night's sleep, "carnivorous kangaroos"?

  • @tobyw9113

    @tobyw9113

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bahri Gumustekin they have referenced it but never made a video on Pleistocene Australia.

  • @mossdaemon
    @mossdaemon4 жыл бұрын

    PBS Eons really be helping me get through this pandemic

  • @3088sd

    @3088sd

    4 жыл бұрын

    I listen to them like a very informative bedtime story

  • @number62

    @number62

    4 жыл бұрын

    Go outside.

  • @penguin8572
    @penguin8572 Жыл бұрын

    I appriciate the tone and the clear direction of information. Only questions were posed as questions, information given was always intended to lead the listener in the right direction, and the introductions and transitions contained relevant information. Well made!

  • @vandecasa3795
    @vandecasa37953 жыл бұрын

    Ordovician Life: * exists * Terrestrial Plants: "Hello there!" Ordovician Life: "Why do I hear boss music?"

  • @francoislacombe9071
    @francoislacombe90714 жыл бұрын

    Didn't the first mass extinction happen much earlier in precambrian times, when cyanobacteria started releasing massive amounts of oxygen that nearly killed off everything that was living at the time? 🤔

  • @KellyClowers

    @KellyClowers

    4 жыл бұрын

    The big 5 are multicellular life extinctions, the great oxygenation event was more like 2.45 billion years ago and before multicellular life was a thing

  • @Lexivor

    @Lexivor

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also the Edicaran life forms went extinct during the Cambrian revolution.

  • @HappyBeezerStudios

    @HappyBeezerStudios

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, having the pesky oxygen was an issue in the first place.

  • @lloydy272

    @lloydy272

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes came here to say that too!

  • @zacharylakier3433

    @zacharylakier3433

    3 жыл бұрын

    cyan bacteria did have a part

  • @vraelbliz
    @vraelbliz4 жыл бұрын

    Murderous Plants sound like a plot straight from Stephen King novel

  • @andreasimon2752

    @andreasimon2752

    4 жыл бұрын

    I like it

  • @kendrickoyola4290

    @kendrickoyola4290

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mark Wahlberg the happening

  • @TheSaneHatter

    @TheSaneHatter

    4 жыл бұрын

    It literally IS the plot of "Day of the Triffids."

  • @siyacer

    @siyacer

    4 жыл бұрын

    Little shop of horrors

  • @siyacer

    @siyacer

    4 жыл бұрын

    Little shop of horrors

  • @chrisbevan1992
    @chrisbevan19923 жыл бұрын

    This is fascinating, thanks for being so generous and sharing this!! I found this very interesting!

  • @karissaknudson514
    @karissaknudson5144 жыл бұрын

    I've been watching Eons for a few months now and I really enjoy in, but what I've really come to look forward too is "Steve". So thanks Steve for your consistent support. Now I don't just look forward to a show, but to the end of it and your shout out. Keep it up Eons and "Steve".

  • @sriraotherandomguy3806
    @sriraotherandomguy38064 жыл бұрын

    It is very interesting how the most important forms of life caused the first extinction

  • @victorbruant389

    @victorbruant389

    4 жыл бұрын

    Weed didn't exist back then

  • @jasodu1

    @jasodu1

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's called character development

  • @kaibigbang8308

    @kaibigbang8308

    4 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of a certain very important species that is causing the most recent mass extinction

  • @lansean9

    @lansean9

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kaibigbang8308 "Ouch"

  • @krankarvolund7771

    @krankarvolund7771

    4 жыл бұрын

    Twice in fact, as photo-synthesis bacteria (ancestors of phytoplancton ^^) had caused a big extinction event by releasing oxygen in the atmosphere :D

  • @mrx4022
    @mrx40224 жыл бұрын

    Ordovician life: Boy it sure is a lovely day today! I don't think anything could ruin it! Plants: *_Allow me to introduce myself_*

  • @alexkairis3927
    @alexkairis39272 жыл бұрын

    It's nice to see PBS doing conservation. I could nit-pick on theories being stated as descriptive all the time, but .... I'm still glad to see the conservation.

  • @jonvelz4170
    @jonvelz41708 ай бұрын

    These videos really are infinitely rewatchable.

  • @hallofo8107
    @hallofo81074 жыл бұрын

    The last time I was this early, cyanobacteria still ruled the earth.

  • @Guoldisney

    @Guoldisney

    4 жыл бұрын

    They still do: prochlorococcus is the most abundant photosynthetic organism.

  • @lansean9

    @lansean9

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Guoldisney I heard that "it" is responsible for our oil, as well.

  • @zacharymoss2994

    @zacharymoss2994

    4 жыл бұрын

    When I was this early, the animal kingdom was only made of worms, sponges and jellyfish

  • @anthonymort5202

    @anthonymort5202

    4 жыл бұрын

    This joke is getting old

  • @thefrustrateddoc

    @thefrustrateddoc

    4 жыл бұрын

    The last time i was this early i still dreamt of having sex

  • @carl1592
    @carl15924 жыл бұрын

    "april showers may bring flowers" they said it'll be fun they said

  • @MDAdams72668

    @MDAdams72668

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Douseiaisha In my neighbors garden it is April showers may bring flowers or not

  • @mikaelgaiason688

    @mikaelgaiason688

    3 жыл бұрын

    *April showers bring May flowers...

  • @ugoeze7360

    @ugoeze7360

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nah, what the OP said makes sense in the context of the video

  • @cassv9541
    @cassv95413 жыл бұрын

    No really the thing with this channel is that however dramatic the titles might be, they’re not clickbait at all. Really loving it I’m on a binge

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid3 жыл бұрын

    Damn you, plants! When I eat a salad, it's _revenge!_

  • @pastlife960
    @pastlife9604 жыл бұрын

    You should do a whole series on all the mass extinctions (including the modern one).

  • @SohanDsouza
    @SohanDsouza4 жыл бұрын

    I love microbial films, but I can only ever watch them under a microscope. 🤷‍♂️

  • @yakbutterfly1

    @yakbutterfly1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Their earlier experimental work was better.

  • @heatherswanson1664

    @heatherswanson1664

    4 жыл бұрын

    So microfillms?

  • @SohanDsouza

    @SohanDsouza

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@yakbutterfly1 Yeah, I still have a few cells from their animation studio stock.

  • @DUMBPISCESCHILDISH
    @DUMBPISCESCHILDISH2 жыл бұрын

    Thank for teaching me a lot of ancient things ! Love your vids!

  • @sheriherrick4420
    @sheriherrick44202 жыл бұрын

    Thia girl is my FAVORITE!!! I love how easy she makes it to understand her videos. She doesn't talk too fast and explains things very well!

  • @dylansp4049
    @dylansp40494 жыл бұрын

    Humans: We're the deadliest on Earth we're causing climate change which is killing countless species. Plants: Hold my oxygen.

  • @bluefinmanta5373
    @bluefinmanta53734 жыл бұрын

    If I recall, plants (specifically the first trees) also had a major role in the second mass extinction.

  • @depralexcrimson

    @depralexcrimson

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes because trees would pile up over billions of years until a bacteria developed that would eat them

  • @Petrov3434
    @Petrov34344 жыл бұрын

    A fantastically well done -- BRAVO !!!!

  • @TidBitOf
    @TidBitOf3 жыл бұрын

    I’m in a Botany Class this semester and I love this video!

  • @PaulPaulPaulson
    @PaulPaulPaulson4 жыл бұрын

    5:16 Minor nitpick: To visualize "60 times more" I wouldn't change the ratio of the radii to 60. The ratio of the areas is now 3600 and that gives a false impression. Otherwise, great video as always! Love these topics!

  • @gonzalomartinez01
    @gonzalomartinez014 жыл бұрын

    Plants: *cause the first mass extinction* Humans : Hold my ecological collapse

  • @danielmeanor2995

    @danielmeanor2995

    4 жыл бұрын

    Humans the last mass extinction

  • @HerrMisterTheo

    @HerrMisterTheo

    4 жыл бұрын

    You gotta be a special kind of stupid if you really think humans will exterminate all life of earth.

  • @armedweiss5531

    @armedweiss5531

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@HerrMisterTheo We probably won't exterminate all life. But, look at the great dying. What was the primary reason for it? Climate change. And it was by far the most severe extinction event. And unlike then, we're causing the entire planet's temperature to increase in decades compared to the great dying that took hundreds of thousands of years. We are causing the most extreme mass extinction event that has ever happened.

  • @Rhaenarys

    @Rhaenarys

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@HerrMisterTheo you have to be a special kind of stupid to believe humanity HASNT made such an impact already, despite the vast amount of evidence clearly saying otherwise.

  • @Rhaenarys

    @Rhaenarys

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@HerrMisterTheo like...for real. A climate change denier has to be pretty stupid if he thinks calling others stupid is really going to have an effect.

  • @alitheamounika7546
    @alitheamounika7546 Жыл бұрын

    Very well made. Thank you so much 💝

  • @mariagraciamorenovegas7722
    @mariagraciamorenovegas77223 жыл бұрын

    Steve out here being the mvp, I've seen my guy thanked at the end of every single one of these videos

  • @whydoihavetoaddachan
    @whydoihavetoaddachan4 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see an episode on mitochondria and how they came to be a part of our cellular biology.

  • @kaydkaydkayd
    @kaydkaydkayd3 жыл бұрын

    this entire channel is so cool for no reason

  • @Unicorgo
    @Unicorgo2 жыл бұрын

    Cool video, exactly what I needed as a good-night story. Thank you ☺️

  • @briangarrow448
    @briangarrow4484 жыл бұрын

    Between this science series and the "Nick on the Rocks" geology/seismology series, I am enjoying myself even during the social distancing.

  • @regular-joe

    @regular-joe

    4 жыл бұрын

    Have you seen his "Nick from Home" series? He's live streaming every couple of days, he's up to #38 or 40 now.

  • @briangarrow448

    @briangarrow448

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@regular-joe Yes I have. They are wonderful. Nick is a great science communicator.

  • @cdemr

    @cdemr

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Brian Garrow Do you know the series "Alien Biospheres", by Biblaridion? It's available on KZread and it's great.

  • @whatabouttheearth

    @whatabouttheearth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Watch Aron Ra's 50 part series 'Systematic Classification of Life'

  • @user-uj8og9cm9d
    @user-uj8og9cm9d4 жыл бұрын

    The fact that we don't have time machines will never cease to break my heart.

  • @scottishastronomer

    @scottishastronomer

    4 жыл бұрын

    It would mean David Attenborough could do a series on dinosaurs. That would be amazing.

  • @andresvillanueva5421

    @andresvillanueva5421

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me, too. 😭😭

  • @iTsEfFiNsTePhh

    @iTsEfFiNsTePhh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fr wish all of these paleontologists and scientists would stop wasting time on trying to figure out what ifs about extinct animals and instead focus on building a time machine then we’d know for sure! 😂 If they’re invented in our life times my family and friends would probably never see me again lmfaoo

  • @HeyItsTheWykydtron

    @HeyItsTheWykydtron

    4 жыл бұрын

    What are you talking about, I have a time machine hanging on my wall right now and it says 7:56 AM.

  • @SunGodCadena

    @SunGodCadena

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@iTsEfFiNsTePhh i mean yes and no, if you have a time machine you could return back to the time after you left by however much time lol assuming time machine functions perfectly

  • @gracelovesgaia5117
    @gracelovesgaia51174 жыл бұрын

    Sooo cool. So grateful for your channel, thanks for the free education!

  • @andrabook8758
    @andrabook87582 жыл бұрын

    keep these coming guys :D they're so awesome

  • @mutantmonkey2301
    @mutantmonkey23014 жыл бұрын

    When I was about 3 or 4 years old I found livermoss in our garden and I thought I found an alien lifeform straight out of a lovecraft novel 😹👍

  • @epiccollision

    @epiccollision

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AzathothTheGreat inorite?

  • @mirroredchaos
    @mirroredchaos4 жыл бұрын

    humans "suddenly disappear" plants: its free real estate

  • @ikkirr
    @ikkirr3 жыл бұрын

    the background music for this is so soothing

  • @jerrymantik5477
    @jerrymantik54773 жыл бұрын

    Thank''s for sharing👍🙏

  • @trosan2here719
    @trosan2here7194 жыл бұрын

    Just before midnight in Germany, but wide awake... especially now

  • @lasigna0212

    @lasigna0212

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too in Italy👍

  • @adengoldstein5130

    @adengoldstein5130

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oof

  • @joshuaa.kennedy8837

    @joshuaa.kennedy8837

    4 жыл бұрын

    California United states 2:30 in the afternoon.

  • @TS1336

    @TS1336

    4 жыл бұрын

    Italy!

  • @elnicadoreno9031

    @elnicadoreno9031

    4 жыл бұрын

    Greetings from Chicago.

  • @dyne313
    @dyne3134 жыл бұрын

    Just remember, we humans aren't the first species to cause mass extinction. But we are the first to have a choice in the matter.

  • @number62

    @number62

    4 жыл бұрын

    What choice?

  • @ClandestineMerkaba

    @ClandestineMerkaba

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not really. Everything is going exactly according to plan, and programming.

  • @recess7

    @recess7

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ClandestineMerkaba 'The Simulation'

  • @ClandestineMerkaba

    @ClandestineMerkaba

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@recess7 Yes- It's what we came "here" for.

  • @cerebrumexcrement

    @cerebrumexcrement

    3 жыл бұрын

    how do we know these plants didnt do it on purpose?

  • @jchanukya9805
    @jchanukya98053 жыл бұрын

    Incredible and excellent info with details regarding how scientists got that info.

  • @beestorm7609
    @beestorm76093 жыл бұрын

    Thank you pbs! I’m gonna donate!

  • @cristianvillanueva8782
    @cristianvillanueva87824 жыл бұрын

    Plants then " Wanna see me cause the first Mass Extinction?" Plants now "Wanna see me do it again?"

  • @mr.racooniep3326

    @mr.racooniep3326

    3 жыл бұрын

    Illegal Loggers, Business men: ?

  • @thatguy7155

    @thatguy7155

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mr.racooniep3326 fool for you to think that They are secretly letting themself die just so they can give us reason why them killing us is justified

  • @mr.racooniep3326

    @mr.racooniep3326

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thatguy7155 I don't think plants will kill us tho since it's not predicted in the Simpsons.

  • @souljastation5463

    @souljastation5463

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shamanmanmanlan was right, and you all mocked him (I liked that movie).

  • @Ignasimp

    @Ignasimp

    3 жыл бұрын

    The first mass extinction event was caused by cyanobacteria way before the event of this video, and it almost extinguished all life on earth. This video is just spreading misinformation.

  • @Burt1038
    @Burt10384 жыл бұрын

    Animals: *exist* Ancient Plants: I'm gonna end this man's whole career.

  • @MrGrombie
    @MrGrombie3 жыл бұрын

    I'm happy this content is on KZread.

  • @brianfarkas8172
    @brianfarkas81723 жыл бұрын

    This is a great video, thanks!!!

  • @idonnow2
    @idonnow24 жыл бұрын

    >"back in the 1990's" >shows modern world map You thin you can fool me? i can see south sudan right there

  • @angledgaze6203

    @angledgaze6203

    4 жыл бұрын

    I see you are a man of culture as well.

  • @sybrandvandermolen7732

    @sybrandvandermolen7732

    4 жыл бұрын

    Even worse, they show the borders of New Mexico when it definitely wasn't around in the Ordovician.

  • @GrowingViolet

    @GrowingViolet

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sybrandvandermolen7732 I know, right? New Mexico wasn't around until at least the Carboniferous period.

  • @LarsUelf

    @LarsUelf

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sybrandvandermolen7732 That makes it sound like Texas was around back then

  • @philliambillingsworth7806

    @philliambillingsworth7806

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Lars Uelf Texas is eternal, it has always been here, when the world is old and dying, Texas will remain. Texas will always remain...

  • @awesomebroke
    @awesomebroke4 жыл бұрын

    Do not underestimate plants, they made us addicted to rice.

  • @rewer

    @rewer

    4 жыл бұрын

    And potatoes, and flour

  • @gobzanuff5078

    @gobzanuff5078

    4 жыл бұрын

    Eat rice? Yeah because the world resolve around you huh?

  • @agimasoschandir

    @agimasoschandir

    3 жыл бұрын

    "I like rice, rice is good when you're hungry and want 2000 of something." - Mitch Hedberg

  • @dr.ashishgopaldewan1225
    @dr.ashishgopaldewan12252 жыл бұрын

    What a great presentation 👏

  • @christopherbarber5283
    @christopherbarber52833 жыл бұрын

    Lol the KZread algorithm has officially figured out my brain. It would be disturbing if this video wasn’t EXACTLY the kind of thing I was looking for!

  • @CoalCoalJames
    @CoalCoalJames4 жыл бұрын

    Me: *lives* . Mass extinctions: "You're wellcome" .

  • @casper.airsoft
    @casper.airsoft4 жыл бұрын

    I watch PBS Eons so much, the new videos show up in my feed even on my "TV" account that isn't subbed to any channels 😂🤣😁 Keep up the great work!

  • @OMGitshimitis
    @OMGitshimitis4 жыл бұрын

    Can you do a video on conservation palaeoecology? I know it sounds like a very niche topic but I watched a video about how looking at predation scars on modern sea snails can tell us about previous populations of Crabs along the West Coast of America and listening to how the lady who'd done it had come to her conclusions was like watching a detective show- so so interesting!

  • @deniztekin2287
    @deniztekin22872 жыл бұрын

    I love this channel so much

  • @kevinelrick6605
    @kevinelrick66054 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see you guys do a video on trilobite fossils since I recently heard that most trilobite fossils are from shedded exoskeletons and I have no idea how to tell the difference between a fossilized shed and a fossil of an actual trilobite.

  • @krankarvolund7771

    @krankarvolund7771

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm pretty sure there's no way of distinguish the two, so that might be an assumption from a palaontologist based on almost nothing ^^'

  • @SquadDirector
    @SquadDirector4 жыл бұрын

    My man Steve! is still at it.

  • @krysthanh8932
    @krysthanh893211 ай бұрын

    Wonderful! Thank you very much

  • @DiegoMartinez-vc5xy
    @DiegoMartinez-vc5xy2 жыл бұрын

    Title: How plants caused the first mass extinction M Night Shyamalan: write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN

  • @matthewfox6337
    @matthewfox63374 жыл бұрын

    I love how the first 60 seconds of the video applies to the title of it. The rest is just a history lesson after you've been hooked.

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