If you would like to support this project then please consider becoming a member :) You can do so here: www.mossy.earth/ If you are already a member and you would like to boost the project further then you can also go into the extra impact tab in your account and contribute exclusively to this project one off in the "fund extra" tab. Thank you everyone for helping us do this work. It is mind blowing we get your support to try and help nature! - Cheers, Duarte

@jennifermatthes4030

10 ай бұрын

Can you make a planting coral video? People are trying to remake coral reefs in Seychelles, Hawaii, and many more! Coral reefs are very important and are being killed by climate change and humans indirectly affecting the reefs.

@hunterhq295

10 ай бұрын

Any recent updates? Wildfires happening and the Amazon summit hope Mossy Earth can help take part to help, also to give support to local people

@EmpressOfExile206

9 ай бұрын

Do the kelp have to hit a minimum size before they start reproducing or will the tiny ones start releasing spores their 1st spring? Regardless, I think the "green gravel" method would maximize the returns if you artificially raised the kelp to a point where they are mature enough that you can drop them just before their 1st spawn. That way even if most of the dropped kelp doesn't thrive for whatever reason, they'll at least have a chance to dump their spores within a month or two of being dropped. That way it's like a "double drop"! Drop 1 with the "green gravel" and drop 2 of spores from the kelp! You also get an 'added benefit' since each kelp drops _multiple_ spores. This means you could possible end up with 3x the amount of kelp you dropped or more‼️ 🤝💯

@MrLowbob

8 ай бұрын

do you have any projects in germany ?

@ConstantChaos1

2 ай бұрын

Im so excited for this year's updates

I love that you're thinking not just of the visible forests and rewilding on land, but of the important sites like the ocean, too.

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Exactly! There is a LOT of potential to restore marine ecosystems with a relatively low budget. - Cheers, Duarte

@drillerdev4624

10 ай бұрын

​Let's trap that carbon underwater.

@antony1397

10 ай бұрын

More important even, the ENTIRE food chain relies on the ocean in some form or another. We call it the green planet, but really it's a blue one. We have so much work to do.

@electriccereal1551

10 ай бұрын

@@MossyEarth so when do you plan on rewilding mars?

@burgerbobbelcher

4 ай бұрын

@@MossyEarth I would argue that in totality, it is impossible to fix one without fixing the other.

Publishing failure is important. It tells everyone else what not to do, unless they have a new twist on the idea. Succeed or fail, it's ALWAYS good data.

@Matty002

9 ай бұрын

there should be a free to access catalogue of all techniques and their success rates for everything that anyone can submit to a review, similar to wikipedia. for example searching for this could be: artificial + kelp + reproduction + natural habitat = spore bag technique [low % success rate] vs + simulated habitat = green gravel technique [high % success rate]. also dealing with the stigma of publishing 'failure' in academia is a thing

Thank you for all the people that are part of this! You guys are real superheroes!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I will pass the message to the team that has been working so hard on this :) - Cheers, Duarte

@felipericketts

10 ай бұрын

There is much to do and the work has started in many places around the world. This kind of thinking and doing is the seed that will grow and succeed! 🙂

I am so proud and glad to be able to be part of the Moss Gang

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Haha the moss gang! 😂 Thank you for the support David! - Cheers, Duarte

@andrewwright000

10 ай бұрын

moss gang 5 life

@dehout

10 ай бұрын

Same!

@Krageesh

10 ай бұрын

​​@@MossyEarthhirt please. why do you guys have no merch?? #mossgang

@pinkdragon4830

10 ай бұрын

I hope soon I can become one too!

Kelp forests are the key to rewilding!!!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

We think so too :) - Cheers, Duarte

@LlibertarianGalt

5 ай бұрын

"Build it and they will come" 😊

I do work professionally on conservation (On south america) and can tell right away that you are working with a higher than most standard of results reporting, budget transparency and overall project quality. About the importance of sharing failed attepms, is sometimes dismaying seeing how far organizations go to forget their mistakes, so they and other organizations keep making the same mistakes year after year. Definitevely an organization worth contributing to

With all these horrible records this year, we really need heroes like you guys to help nature keep fighting, while humans fix their shit. Really happy to be a yearlong supporter of your cause!! Much love from Norway!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Magnus! That support is well and truly what makes any of this possible. Thank from me and the whole team! It really means a lot for us to have the funds to work on this. - Cheers, Duarte

I've never spent £5 a month on anything more worthwhile than my mossy earth membership! Amazing work guys, you're doing so much good. And I love the way you make us feel a part of it!

@Nick-me7ot

10 ай бұрын

i think mossy earth is by far the most transparent reforestation group that i have ever seen. they publicize all their funding and expense, but also actively sharing their progress. keep up the good work guys👍

I honestly shed a few tears when I saw the first larger kelp sprouts, we know this summer is going to be the absolute worst test for them, and they might not make it. But seeing the potential of the (affordable!) method you have discovered already heals part of that ache. We will help the kelp.

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words my friend! We are also super excited for what this project can bring! - Cheers, Duarte

@natatherden1769

10 ай бұрын

And the more kelp forests rehabilitated and protected - the cooler things will stay/ become

The wonderful thing about your work is that you put it out there for everyone to see. To get excited about rewilding and also to help other projects learn from your mistakes.

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! We try our best to showcase when things go wrong. Otherwise we can't all learn and get on with solving important problems. - Cheers, Duarte

I appreciate how honest you are about failures, and I agree that it is very valuable, and it shows that integrity is more important than clicks or somebody’s ego or whatever. You guys are very inspiring.

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Avry! If we did not communicate our failures we would lose a portion of what makes us impactful. Not that the test was a failure, it was a test for a reason, but it is key to go write a paper about that and not just when things work. - Cheers, Duarte

@LlibertarianGalt

5 ай бұрын

Failure is just one step closer to success 😊

i literally just watched a 1 and a half hour docu about british biodiversity, mainly marine life. because i'm in that kind of mood you know. and now you guys finally dropped an update on the kelp. What a great day it is.

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Hahaha not quite a one hour doco but 15 minutes of the best we can make about our own project :) Enjoy! - Cheers, Duarte

@rowshambow

10 ай бұрын

What doc did you see? I want to see

I'm crossing fingers and every other part of my body for these baby kelps to keep on growing! Great effort team!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Same here! Thank you for all the hard work helping with the filming :) - Cheers, Duarte

Marine habitat restoration makes me happy and I'm not even a beach person, nor do I like to eat fish. I think it's because it makes such a visable difference so fast.

Never been so hyped to see kelp grow. Awesome video guys!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

:D Same! It is so exciting! - Cheers, Duarte

Thanks for all your hard work! Not only do we get interesting educational content, but you are helping heal the earth. This channel is one I always look forward to seeing the uploads. Can’t wait for more updates! So many non profits focus on restoring our land that the public does not realize there are efforts to also help the ocean ecosystems, and how important said efforts are.

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! We are doing our best both on the project front and also on the videos of course to communicate them properly. The ocean is ofter forgotten and also difficult to work in but very worthwhile. - Cheers, Duarte

Thank you for all the hard work everyone!

With all the distressing news about the climate lately it's really refreshing to see rewilding programs like this making changes for the better. We still have so so much work to do but I'm grateful for initiatives like this that help move us in the right direction!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Rewilding is a breath of fresh air for all of us that love wild ecosystems :) - Cheers, Duarte

@nil981

10 ай бұрын

Rewilding needs to be done on an even more massive scale, dare I say, an industrial scale.

Green Gravel makes a lot of sense, kelp is basically ocean trees, and we don't generally try to start a forest by yeeting a bunch of pinecone around, we plant already started saplings that will be able to take root and grow imeadiately

Never seen someone so hyped at finding a leaf on the sea floor. Also love the transparency, both economically and about failures and dangers of the projects. Making mistakes is part of learning, and that's needed just as much as the improvements themselves.

Every single video makes me admire you guys even more, the hard work you put into this projects, the excitement, the investigation, the heart that goes into every single place... it's just so special. Thank you for doing it and thank you for sharing

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Hi Poliijc ! Thank you! That means a lot to the whole team. I know everyone reads these comments and it helps motivate them :) - Cheers, Duarte

These videos get better and better! Super excited about the results of this project so far, and looking forward to seeing it progress more

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed everything keeps going well with the existing forests! It is a very exciting development :) - Cheers, Duarte

So happy to be a mossy earth member! You keep the hope alive!

This is amazing work! I'm a teen and whatever career I'll choose later on in life, I really hope I can impact the world like you guys are! You guys are the real heroes

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! We hope you end up working in Rewilding :) - Cheers, Duarte

Thanks to everyone that supports Mossy Earth and the good work they do!

So excited to see how this project progresses in the coming years. Ocean rehabilitation is such an important focus for the whole planet, and I'm happy my contributions are supporting this kind of work

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Lagiacrus! Your support truly is the only thing that makes it all work. It is crucial! Thank you for the kind words :)

As usual, keep up the great work! It's always a pleasure and pride being part of this. It's always mind blowing seeing how such a small amount of money can go a long way. Billionaires are criminals, imagine what we could do if even only one billionaire gave 1% of his hoarded wealth to this (and other similar) organization!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! This mean a lot to us and your support is truly the only thing that makes all of this possible :) - Cheers, Duarte

If the world only had more people like you and your team... Keep doing what your doing...you kinda give me hope that humans aren't all terrible

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Hi Thom, hope is important! Glad to be able to provide you with some :) - Cheers, Duarte

1:38 spores 2:05 The way we tell them apart 2:12 wander 2:24 Sori 「Sorus tissue is the “pregnant” area at the center of the kelp blade containing the sporangia, which are cells that generate and contain the spores. 」‐AKUA Sorus(singular)/Sori(plural) - ADF&G 4:31 Jan from SeaForester 5:06 put it in the bag 5:07 The amount we collected 5:11 but it will go a long way in our lab. 5:21 two... two full mesh bags full of material now 5:42/5:50/6:05 gametophytes 6:48 night and day cycle 7:21 relatively carefree 7:26 disappear from sight 8:12 we dove on 8:18 In the kelp forests, there was 10:48 grow into a forest 11:07 €88,551 13:38 get some kelp to grow 14:24 too much for a forest to easily develop 14:46 Mare IPLeiria 15:04 we are right there, so close 15:30 I can't say thank you enough. Until next time. I left out some of the more minor things

@tiago98bastos

10 ай бұрын

I think you've already been unbanned, I can see your comment

@WanderTheNomad

10 ай бұрын

@@tiago98bastos yea I can tell since it's getting likes, and also I can actually see it in my comment history

Every Mossy video makes my day and this one even more. So lovely to see those little kelps growing. Keep it up team Mossy!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Dharmesh and thank you for all the help getting us to this stage :D - Cheers, Duarte

I’m so glad that this project is working out!!!!!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Me too :D - Cheers, Duarte

@_CasualWarriorsFan_

10 ай бұрын

Also is so sweet that you guys comment to most the people that comment on your videos :)

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

How could we not! Its such a great place to get feedback and interact with amazing people :)

The results are so encouraging! I think Álvaro at the end nicely summarises how everyone involved is feeling about the next steps haha

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Indeed! Exciting times!

Well done Team! Im so proud to be part of this project. Videos are getting so much better. Please keep us updated on the progress of the kelplings and spore.

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! It is people like you that make this work possible and that is such an amazing thing that it blows my mind every day :) When it comes to the video, it was a tonne of work to film and edit so it's nice to see that you noticed the bump in quality. - Cheers, Duarte

Great work and I can't wait to see the areas' progress! The underwater footage is also incredible.

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Well worth checking it out on a dive! Glad you enjoyed the footage :)

Looking forward to seeing how this goes in a few years!!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Same! Can't wait for to see how these areas progress :) We will keep you posted! - Cheers, Duarte

This is the video I’ve been waiting for for months.

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Well it is here now James! Enjoy :D - Cheers, Duarte

Great work guys. We're so stoked to be able to be a part of this. Such an amazing project 👏👏

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the support! It is ultimately what makes all of this possible :) - Cheers, Duarte

Thank you thank you thank you for taking care of our planet. Kelp forests are something I’ve cared about for a long time.

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! We love kelp forests too and really look forward to seeing them improve :) - Cheers, Duarte

This makes me so happy to witness. I’m very hopeful that the kelp will continue to grow. Thank you Mossy Earth!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Same here! We are also really excited :) - Cheers, Duarte

seeing the kelp growing after finding a technique that is effective is amazing

It can be so hard to stay positive about the enviroment in today's climate, especially with so many governments dragging their feet on regulations and enviromental spending, but in the immortal words of Mister Rogers, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." Thank you all so much for being the helpers, for creating real change, for starting sparks of hope in your viewers, and encouraging us by your actions to do the same. It means more than I could possibly say.

As always, you're transparent about the successes and failures, and go for low cost high impact solutions! I absolutely love it! As a happy member I'm looking forward to your next update. You guys are amazing, keep up the great work!

As a member, it's so good to see all these great projects you're working on. I hope you're able to continue all this work for many years to come, and look forward to every one of your updates.

It is so heartwarming to see such young, positive and energetic people caring so much for the environment!! People should just stop protesting in the streets where they achieve NOTHING and start rolling up their sleeves to do some actual work!! May you go from strength to strength and God bless you!! ❤ Much love from South Africa

Wow, I literally broke into laughing tears at 12:55 when they got so happy to see the baby kelp growing. Brings me much hope to see other people being so passionate about restoring nature. Much love to you all!

Incredible! Been waiting for an update on this for so long. Super excited to see where this goes, and let's hope we can upscale it even more!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Exactly! The exciting part is not necessarily what has been achieved in terms of restoration but more where it can go from here! - Cheers, Duarte

Im eco committee in school this means so much what you do🎉😂🎉😂❤❤❤

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support, we are glad these videos are meaningful to you :) - Cheers, Duarte

I appreciate the impactful work you are doing for the planet, and I'm eager to follow a similar career path when I'm older. In 2 years, I will be starting college, and I'm curious about the studies you pursued to obtain your job. Could you share maybe the study that you completed to reach this job?

Really encouraging. I can’t wait to see how the kelp develops

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Same! Really excited to see how it might look in a year or 2 if it works out.

Great work guys 👏

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! - Cheers, Duarte

2:38 A null result is never a bad result, it allways helps to give valuable info on what does and does not work

So excited to see these results! Wasn't wait to see what the rest of the year and next year will bring for this project

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Hi Hannah! We are also really excited to see where things go from here. We will let you know regardless of how things go! - Cheers, Duarte

In Japan, "KONBU" has been part of the cuisine for thousands of years. We consume lots of it so we grow them. But it's usually hung vertically in the ocean.

No one mentioned how much kelp absorbs co2 at 20x the rate of trees. It’s vital we protect and encourage our kelp forest for this reason too.

@joaquimbarbosa896

3 ай бұрын

Thats also a very important aspect of kelp and producers in marine ecossystems in general

Great work!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! - Cheers, Duarte

Very glad to be able to support your fantastic work with a small monthly contribution. Your evidence-based approach is exemplary, as is the transparency of your reporting. Keep it up! :-)

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Hi Thomas! That means a lot to everyone on the team and your contribution is truly the only thing that makes all of this work possible. Funding for rewilding is difficult to find so it is amazing to be able to connect with people like you. Thank you for being a member! - Cheers, Duarte

I'm so excited to see the progress being made and am glad to see more about the kelp forests!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Same here! As a diver, freediver and surfer this project is very close to my heart so it is amazing to see it progress! - Cheers, Duarte

I've spent a lot of time researching and reading about kelp forest restoration, even went to a conference nearby last year. This is SO inspiring to see. And I'm so glad to see this is working. Hope you can scale this up soon and establish more kelp forests 💪

The progress is awesome! I hope the kelp babies make it so there can be more fish babies! And thank you for showing what didn’t work as well as what did. It makes the expectation more realistic 🌱🐟🦦

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

It is important so that others don't try the same idea and waste their time.🤞 Fingers crossed for the baby kelps and of course the baby fish and invertebrates :) - Cheers, Duarte

Thank you to all the people involved in helping the kelp forest.

thrilling to see the progress of this project, well done team! The underwater footage is also amazing!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Cheers Bob! Glad you enjoyed it!

I always feel a little joy and hope whenever I see another video from another project from the Mossy Earth team. I also learn from it. I can't thank you enough for what you all are doing.

Love the content you guys make, I watch every single video. Hope you can eventually expand to other places and other continents. I live in Brazil and would love to see a project in my country! Of course there is the Amazon Rainforest and it is very important that we preserve it, but there are other incredible biomes and enviroments here. Have you ever heard about the Araucaria tree (Araucaria angustifolia) and the Araucaria Forests? They are critically endangered and near extinction! It would be awesome to see you guys do a project about it. It's probably not possible now, since it's in another continent, but keep it in mind for when you get bigger, ok? Love from Brazil.

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Hi Marco! Thank you for watching all our videos! That is a big deal for us :) We are actually working on an amazon project! Although not in Brazil yet. More news in the coming months :) - Cheers, Duarte

The quality of the videos continues to improve. Loving these 15 minute videos that cover a fair bit of updates

Love this channel and your work. Wish i could afford to support more than likes subscribing comments and sharing.

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Hi Stephen! Likes, subscribes, comments and of course sharing go a really long way for us. Thank you so much for the support :) - Cheers, Duarte

This is so inspiring! Thanks for all the hard work you guy do!

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Zebra! - Cheers, Duarte

Really hopeful and excited to see y'all reach a tipping point beyond the herbivory pressure and the kelp outperformin expectations for the heatwave this year! And if it doesn't, well, we have more data!

It was great seeing the little kelp growing and the excitement of the crew

HURRAY! It worked!!!!!🎉 oh, i really hope this method pays off and other sites can be planned! So happy to have been part of that. Great job guys! I will be waiting on updates later to see the hopeful evolution of this tiny baby forest!! ❤

This makes me so happy to see! Thank you guys for doing this!

So nice to see that you're getting the results you hoped for. And so cool seeing known places. I did some kayaking around Peniche last summer. Keep up with the good work!

I used to go snorkelling every year off the coast of Catalina and enjoy the incredible life in the kelp forests there. Then one year I went and after high sea temperatures, the entire thing was dead. Everything was white and flat and quiet and empty. It really broke my heart to see fish and seals and turtles and octopi lobster and eels and sea lions and so many amazing creatures gone like they'd never been there. It made me sadder that so many people would see it and not even know what they were missing. Videos like this give me hope that it's not all just a downhill slide into the abyss, and that even as things get bad, there are people in the world working to not only stop it, but reverse it. Thanks for the work you do.

Thank you from the San Francisco Bay Area, where we’re keenly aware of the need to preserve our coastal kelp forests. I’m very impressed with your approach, particularly sharing your failures so that other teams don’t waste time on non-viable projects.

Kelp forests was the first video that got me hooked all those many months ago. Your take on "mistakes" is so refreshing!

Those projects are like therapy for me. Restore the hope in humanity.

Jedes von euren Videos macht einfach nur glücklich und gibt Hoffnung

This is fantastic! Thank you for all of your hard work.

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Emily! - Cheers, Duarte

I was so happy to see the little baby kelps growing from those rocks! Hopefully this proves to be a reliable way to do it and you can get to the mass production stage with this one. Would love to see the sprinkling of kelp stones all around the world for improving the ocean conservation even just a little bit. Keeps up the good work guys!!

How much we love Mossy Earth.

@joaquimbarbosa896

3 ай бұрын

Its impossible to describe

It feels like I’m there. I’m so appreciative of this team and their hard work 🖤🖤🖤

I did not expect to tear up over succesful kelp propagation tonight but here I am. I'm so happy for all the ecosystems that have a chance to flourish thanks to all these knowledgeable and passionate people.

I love what you do, it's real nature conservation and climate protection and not the rubbish that politicians want to sell us

This is remarkable 👏 Amazing project, team and video. Thank you ❤🎉👏✨️🙌

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Seb! - Cheers, Duarte

Thank you all for your really great work ❤ So happy about the first results and we hope it will be turned out as good as possible.

Glorious! You mentioned at the end the kelp was being eaten - the baby kelp is vulnerable. I have seen a project fail in Berlin where they were re-planting reeds and grasses in large ponds, and it was impossible to protect them from being eaten. Even metal cages couldn't keep out the ducks and swans. Have you thought about large cages or areas with chicken wire to protect the kelp grow into maturity?

The enthusiastic reaction of the team to the new baby kelp on the project reefs says it all! Clearly, you love what you do -- and so do we!

If we care about the survival and prosperity of our loved ones in a thriving world, these things should be a fundamental pillar of our societies. In the same way that we respect and take for granted institutions like education, medical, law enforcement and courts, I hope to see the day that stewardship of the environment takes equal economic and social prominence. Your work is wonderful and inspiring. Thank you for what you do, and I hope you keep expanding. I wonder if, in my lifetime, I will see a Mossy-Earth-style industry pop up in my area. I would absolutely jump at the chance.

Kelp afforestation is one of my favorite stories to see take place. Great job!

This is why I’m a member to this charity over others, so many nature charities focus on conservation (which is incredibly important) but always feels sort of futile, like you’re only holding back the inevitable, meanwhile this is exciting! And hopeful! This is progress not just a halting of further regression

These just get more and more fulfilling the longer I keep up with you guys. Thank you!

Amazing news! its been really great to see you guys go through the process that has now culminated in exciting news :)

I am a member for almost a Year now!!! And so happy to be so. Keep up the great Work!:)

@MossyEarth

10 ай бұрын

Hi Lenny thank you for the support! It is truly what makes all of this possible :) - Cheers, Duarte

Lovely seeing all of the hard work yielding great results :)

Please please keep doing this amazing work to save our planet

You are doing amazing work with this project, please keep up this great work and help the sea come back.

Wow, it's lovely to see this project coming along so nicely. It's very encouraging. I've heard of kelp farming in a general sense, but restoring the natural beds of kelp forests certainly seems a much harder thing to sustain.

im thrilled to see the encouraging results in this update! it was mentioned in the first segment that focusing on the perennial would help for monitoring the trial of the gravel method at greater scale. i would be interested in seeing the health of a patch of both perennial and annual varieties together compared with a patch with only perennials. obviously this is outside of the intended scope of this trial but i would imagine that the quick growing annuals would give cover and time to the slower progressing perennials to establish themselves. keep up the great work and thanks for this update

Brilliant work everyone - underwater footage is epic 😯🤙