The Gulf Stream Explained
Learn about the role of the sea in global warming.
The global conveyer belt is part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by differences in the density of the waters. It plays a key role in keeping the climate at balance and Europe warm. Global warming may change it forever with unforeseeable consequences.
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@someoneunimportant4544
5 жыл бұрын
Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell hey nice dude
@thegreatestchigone5813
5 жыл бұрын
This is weird isn't this video over 5 years old
@someoneunimportant4544
5 жыл бұрын
The greatest Chigone they post this comment on every video, to get people to buy their merchandise
@talhazahere3587
5 жыл бұрын
4 people have liked this comment. I am one of them... the chosen four.
@doornob7859
5 жыл бұрын
This comment is so sad
This guy’s voice has not changed in the last 7 years
@mikebather6688
3 жыл бұрын
He already went through puberty my bro
@multivitamin425
3 жыл бұрын
if yours did, welcome to high school
@daviddulom8258
3 жыл бұрын
For good!
@fabatron6117
3 жыл бұрын
He’s 60 bro
@whogavehimafork
3 жыл бұрын
It's like they've had the exact same recording equipment the whole time. I guess if it ain't broke don't fix it
I swear I have learned more from watching youtube that I have ever learned in school.
@satwadude3371
9 жыл бұрын
loshosorus Where did you learn to read and write?
@bezdelnicar
9 жыл бұрын
loshosorus Schools are mostly concerned about propaganda.
@bezdelnicar
9 жыл бұрын
***** If they are not,you will not care about country,but about earth...
@user197
9 жыл бұрын
loshosorus ikr hahah
@MarkusandRanarat2000
9 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the club :3
"...countless species..." [shows rubber ducky and garbage] D:
@someguy9227
7 жыл бұрын
Simplifies the ocean
@gabrykot1261
4 жыл бұрын
I noticed this comment when this part of video show'd
@batchestheeverskink293
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting story about that- in 1992, a cargo ship spilled 28,800 rubber duckies into the Pacific Ocean. Most traveled via currents in the Arctic and ended up washing ashore in places like Maine and Ireland around 10-15 years later. I'd guess there are still some of those original duckies bobbing about...
@KirbY-su9yn
3 жыл бұрын
I mean ok
@dudep504
3 жыл бұрын
@@batchestheeverskink293 i want one
Is that why Canada, despite being at roughly the same longeitude is colder than Europe?
@therektfactory
7 жыл бұрын
Red Dawn yes
@peterhalloran9608
6 жыл бұрын
And Rome is the same Latitude as Chicago.
@BasilMinhas
6 жыл бұрын
Peter Halloran some parts of Canada are
@andro7862
5 жыл бұрын
My family lives at the same longitude as the US stare of Maine and winters here have hardly any snow. It normally 5° on the coast so even frost is rare.
@StrazdasLT
5 жыл бұрын
Not just canada, literally everywhere else in the world but europe.
0:33 I love how only Canada is whited out, like not Russia or anything, just specifically Canada.
@spenn20
8 жыл бұрын
it also had alaska,greenland,,iceland, and the islands north of russia
@iTracti0n
8 жыл бұрын
Actually that border is too low going down to the bottom of Iowa Lol kurzgesagt cant even include the U.S.'s famous great lakes not to mention keeping it in the border
@stout505
8 жыл бұрын
DauntingDays they were trying to keep it simple, and it is hard for a strait line to follow the path of a curved line, while still being strait.
@iTracti0n
8 жыл бұрын
+Master Staot crab Im not talking about the curves, I'm talking about how they would take the time to draw lake Michigan, but still have it completely above the US border. More of a CinemaSins sin than a nitpick
@stout505
8 жыл бұрын
DauntingDays They didn't draw lake Michigan, that is Hudson Bay.
It's weird seeing a kurzgesagt video without birds
@jimbojimmy1236
4 жыл бұрын
Theres a bird in the intro :b
@Mice-stro
3 жыл бұрын
5:38 there are birds
@lightningzeke7471
3 жыл бұрын
@@Mice-stro huh
@phoenixiscul
3 жыл бұрын
yup
@ItzTocaSiana
2 жыл бұрын
I mean there is a bird in 4:16
I'm watching Kurzgesgt's old videos and it is fun to see how much their animation style has improved over the years. But these oldies are still good!
@Randomela
3 жыл бұрын
Oldies but Goodies. Nice.
@derya_soo
Жыл бұрын
I have started from the videos from 9 years ago and still the videos are PERFECT!
@athinghere
11 ай бұрын
At least you know grammar
Everybody grab all your salt we're going to Greenland to keep the Gulf Stream goin!
@ROBLOXSisters
8 жыл бұрын
Will this be enough? *grabs 700000000000000000000000000000000000000 miles worth of salt* or is this too much? ._.
@greenland8376
8 жыл бұрын
+Alex Johnson *I dare you.*
@cardia1769
8 жыл бұрын
+ROBLOX Sisters Its tooooooooooo much you will have 612234 miles of salt
@ROBLOXSisters
8 жыл бұрын
no. I'll have *700000000000000000000000000000000000000* worth
@ROBLOXSisters
8 жыл бұрын
***** just because i make roblox vids doesn't mean thats what i do all the time .-.
1:21 Brexit has hit that map
@felixniedermeier8811
7 жыл бұрын
lol
@indievexysansypeppie7024
7 жыл бұрын
and Irexit
@SandTurtle
6 жыл бұрын
Dont get it
@kevishader3561
6 жыл бұрын
The UK is missing
@FuraCaoLoko
5 жыл бұрын
r/mapswithoutuk
Coming here after watching Sabine Hossenfelders video. 🙂
That was super useful! Just one thing: 2:26 the salt content doesn't rise by water evaporating (it's way to cold for that) but by water turning into ice which increase the concentration of salt in the water. It also increase in density turning into colder water as explained at the beginning of the video.
“Will change in ways we don’t yet understand”... happy music tinkles out Um, okay?? Is that not terrifying??
@kyleightaylor4499
3 жыл бұрын
hahaha
@WilliamReginaldLucas
3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@zachv7449
2 жыл бұрын
HAhaha
@user-bk9sc9mq9b
2 жыл бұрын
HAHaha
I love these Tardis's in every video
@Cheesemongle
9 жыл бұрын
hes a fan of um doctor who y'know... (Replying to deleted comment)
@stekeln
8 жыл бұрын
***** Just 'the doctor'.
@Zmmore
6 жыл бұрын
Simon Anjou yup, me too, doctor who everywhere 😂💔
@rajeshwariumashankar8082
3 жыл бұрын
@@Cheesemongle you still there?
@Cheesemongle
3 жыл бұрын
@@rajeshwariumashankar8082 I'm always here. Waiting. Watching.
I swear the music in these videos is the only thing keeping us from having a heart attack
@313boss
2 жыл бұрын
Too late the golf stream is collapsing
@WilliamReginaldLucas
2 жыл бұрын
@@313boss Too true :(
I would love to watch a remake of this video! longer and covering all the interactions with each current, what theyre called, what causes them, what happens when two meet, etcetc instead of just the gulf stream, even if it has to be cut into multiple parts, its very interesting and there isnt that much information about it, even less laid out in laymans terms, thanks!
So global warming could possibly cause an ice age? Oh the irony...
@zayncelio6823
8 жыл бұрын
Global warming may speed up the time it takes for a next ice age
@HotTakeYeller
7 жыл бұрын
It could cause an ice age (or at least, a much colder climate) in some parts of the world, and render others uninhabitable with heat all in the same time-frame.
@lonestarr1490
7 жыл бұрын
That's why we call it "climate change" instead of "global warming" now. To many people feel fooled when you tell them that global warming will cause the temperatures in their region to go down. And then they just don't listen anymore...
@taoliu3949
7 жыл бұрын
You never watched the day after tomorrow?
@judyhopps9657
7 жыл бұрын
Yes. And then we become mammoths and saber tooth tigers.
Anyone growing up in Europe is taught, formally or informally that the Gulfstream has a massive affect on our lives. Even when you are a very small child. Usually when all the jellyfish start rocking up on shore or hurricanes that never come your way all of a sudden like to glance past. Europe would be nowhere near as green and fertile and moderate compared to other parts of the normal northern hemisphere
Me:"Ok ok, one more video" *Looks down at other video suggestion from In a nutshell, opens 10 more videos*
The tardis at 4:13
@KurtIngamells
8 жыл бұрын
+Cedomir Salatic It's in quite a few of their videos, along with a dalek :D I find it quite amusing
@stensoft
8 жыл бұрын
+That Pixel AFAIK it's in every of their videos
@caroline7648
8 жыл бұрын
+Cedomir Salatic i know
@kyleyoudontneedtoknow2328
8 жыл бұрын
I spotted it as well, and I am from the US! :D
@nmgreendragon7894
7 жыл бұрын
Cedomir Salatic The time it's spotted on. *4:13* any homestuck's out there?
The best and only clear and concise explanation I've seen. So many news outlets talk about gulf stream problems but never explain the link behind it. Thank you
So, warming planet leads to ice melt. Ice melt leads to lower salt levels in the polar oceans. Lower salt levels leads to a much weaker current that brings warm water/air. Weaker current leads to lower temperatures. Lower temperatures leads to ice build up. Ice build up leads to higher salt levels. Higher salt levels leads to stronger currents. Stronger currents lead to higher temperatures. Higher temperatures leads to more ice melt. And so on.
@kattenelvis1778
9 жыл бұрын
It takes thousands of years for them to reform, so yeah...
@MusikCassette
9 жыл бұрын
except, that the climate record shows, that it does not work that way.
@susangoaway
9 жыл бұрын
katten elvis As well as thousands of years for them to melt. Nothing special here.
@susangoaway
9 жыл бұрын
***** The earth will just change, distasters were always there.
@susangoaway
9 жыл бұрын
***** Just because the water level will rise and it will get warmer, it doesn't mean that humanity will be extinct. At the moment there is a huge problem with humanity. The population. We are growing far too fast, too many people are on the planet. That's the main problem.
Wait. Did that thermostat say "DFTBA" on the bottom?
@kurzgesagt
10 жыл бұрын
:D
@ireneupadhya8818
8 жыл бұрын
Jared Long TARDIS at 4:13!!!!
@nhanvu8170
8 жыл бұрын
Yup
@nhanvu8170
8 жыл бұрын
+Irene Upadhya where? That mailbox robot looking thingy?
@thelittlegremlin6859
8 жыл бұрын
what's DFTBA
I am here because of Sabine Hossenfelder. The AMOC is not the same as the Gulf stream!
4:12 He really likes Doctor Who
@olivertaylor7247
8 жыл бұрын
In every damn video too
@NVAfilm
8 жыл бұрын
I'm going to find them all
@jasongracesonofzeus
7 жыл бұрын
Coz he is secretly a Doctor Who fan *shhhh*
@harlleygurrola8394
6 жыл бұрын
Steve?
@somethingtothinkabout6556
6 жыл бұрын
Pavlova Games Yes! His animation and accent make this channel stand out from other edutainment channels
Many thanks for this useful tutorial! It helped me out so much in one of my college assignments to describe the energy transfer affecting the climate! Very interesting indeed.
haha, i love that the tardis is in this video at 4:13.
0:36 lmao Canada being covered in glacial ice xD I actually can't stop laughing. it's even more hilarious once you consider how quickly glaciers are retreating. xD
0:02 First kurzgesagt bird to have aver appeared
My dad's a retired physics PhD with the UC system in California. He had a mainline into all forms of research going on for decades and he would share some of that knowledge with me. I remember back in the mid 80's he discussed the possible failure of the great heat pump and the causes/ramifications of that. That theory is STILL the same after 30 years. When humans finally destroy the environment, it's important to understand that we had ALL the time in the world to change and we didn't. Take that to the grave.
@mithim99
8 ай бұрын
Hej man! I think we are now not many years away from your prediction! Its amazing to see how stupid we humans are. Best wishes to you and your father enjoy your last years before the climate collapse.
If I'd had these videos in high school, I never would have struggled as much as I did lol. Thank you for explaining all this stuff in simple terms for both audio and visual learners! You make science seem much more interesting!
@rajeshwariumashankar8082
3 жыл бұрын
@Deftlobe Music you still there?
Legitimately my favourite channel on KZread now.
I come back here just to enjoy the old intro. So much superior in every way than the new ones...
I absolutely LOVE how you always bring up counter-arguments instead of pushing one conception to the forefront =) Thank you for your ever insightful videos.
This is exactly what the "The Day After Tomorrow" shows. Everybody should go watch it.
@valurhvalur3711
4 жыл бұрын
Please don't use tha movie as an example of global warming. Imagine the complete time period that global warming will last. Now squish all of that into a week. Basically the whole movie does that.
@bluceree7312
4 жыл бұрын
Please watch The Day After Tomorrow for exactly the reason Valur mentions. Very exciting.
@GRIMPONG
4 жыл бұрын
just said that to a later comment.
@rogueascendant6611
3 жыл бұрын
That movie sped up the process. In reality, it would only take a hundred years before a new ice age commenced if people don't stop heating up the atmosphere.
@nikitamatveev3078
2 жыл бұрын
That movie was panned for its scientific inaccuracies. First it would happen over some decades instead of a week and secondly it wouldn't be as cold as they showed it and not in the entire northern hemisphere, but rather Scotland, Ireland, Iceland and most of Norway.
Your videos r brilliant & your animations r amazing
10 Years Now. Still the same. Great consistency of content and delivery. Same tone, same voice. Kudos @Kurzgesagt
This video actually helps me for my course in university so much. Thank you!
First episode with an opening, epic.
@dylanb4539
3 жыл бұрын
Literally what I thought😂❤️
What a comforting message on this tranquil sunday morning.....
Currently rewatching your old stuff... Marvellous!
I love that they feature the TARDIS in all of their videos.
I love when I see the Tardis somewhere in these videos, it makes me smile
watching in August 2018 it shows how much you guys have improved and changed
This taught me more than school about The Gulf Stream. *Not Even Kidding.*
We Finns call it "The Golf Stream." I am serious.
@noonespecial7784
7 жыл бұрын
Eero Laatunen good
@justsomenightowl7220
7 жыл бұрын
Eero Laatunen same in estonia
@tomaswatson4281
7 жыл бұрын
Eero Laatunen Valitettavasti
@jimmym9947
7 жыл бұрын
Czech republic, same here
@EkiTheIdiot
7 жыл бұрын
Mister X 2893 interesting...
The Tardis at 4:14 lol
@lythd
6 жыл бұрын
Good spot
@fuzzythinker3533
6 жыл бұрын
I was watching and thought "What in the? No... Couldn't be." Backed it up and there it was.
@alfredoamador8189
5 жыл бұрын
Same here! Hahaha!
@freshviolets
5 жыл бұрын
They're in a lot of videos. A _lot_ .
@robertrosenthal7264
5 жыл бұрын
I had the same response :D Gotta love it :D
Who else is here after reading about the possible collapse of the Gulf Stream?
@HT-lr1rs
2 жыл бұрын
Lowkey panicked EEEE
@sammu
2 жыл бұрын
@@HT-lr1rs Eh screw Europe.
Update people its actually slowing down this winter at unprecedented rates and as of today its at its weakest for over a 1000 years
Great production. You should Make a video about interplanetary warming. Such as the global warning that is happening to all the planets in our solar system. That would make for a great watch.
@thushaninanayakkara9890
2 жыл бұрын
Ejrjdjshsvjvks ssegui
Coming here from Hossenfelder, you mixed up AMOC with the gulf stream...
You are one of my 3 favorite KZreadrs. Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to your next calendar.
This is officially the first video with the iconic bird in it.
The music is particularly cool in this one :3
This is probably the only unbiased report I've heard on climate change. It's factual and concise. Great stuff!
@StrazdasLT
5 жыл бұрын
and its not on climate change, but on gulf stream.
@nancy6072
5 ай бұрын
cats rule evolution
i just love the music of this video
What a great easy to digest video. I will be using this demonstration in the future.
this is why north europe is warm sometimes even tho half of our countries are inside the arctic circle
@thegreekstatue4503
3 жыл бұрын
And why southern Europe is warm too. I live in Portugal and I've always wondered how can our country be so warm when, looking at a world map, we are so far away from the equator.
4:14 there's a TARDIS in the background
@lekoman
10 жыл бұрын
Totally came here to say this. Good catch! :)
@ObjectsInMotion
10 жыл бұрын
There's one in every video.
@Cloneos
10 жыл бұрын
They're also probably Nerdfighters, since the presure meters all say DFTBA on it.
I love this video! Already knew a lot about the Gulf Stream, but this is a great visual aid and explanation/teaching tool. It really illustrates why the Gulf Stream is so important for our climate, in the Northern Hemisphere. The fact it is connected to the Arctic seawater and currents, as well as now, the melting of Greenland's glaciers, which will inject freshwater into it, diminishing the salt content, is very concerning for our climate future. Because then, as the video explains, the natural heat pump that has kept Europe warm since the last Ice Age, may shut down. C02 in the atmosphere, from burning fossil fuels, is driving the glaciers to melt (as most people know by now), in both the Arctic and Antarctica. Can't overstate how important our oceans are to maintaining a livable, healthy climate for all living things here on our planet Earth.
You could have mentioned that more than 3 million years ago, North and South America were not connected; and the Atlantic equatorial current passed between them into the Pacific which would have prevented or greatly diminished the Gulf stream.
THIS MUSIC IS IN MY INCREDIBLE BODY
That didn't aged well.
@Matzdorf
2 жыл бұрын
why so? Any new informations ?
7 Years old and still amazing! Beats both my teachers and my learning books about geography.
Wow! What an improvement since this video. Even this one is nicely done. The new ones are awesome!
Didnt anyone notice this was the first time the intro was played????
Anyone else catch the TARDIS from doctor who?
Old but gold.
Sound is one of the best. Great job.
4:13 I see that Tardis there
I like how they put T.A.R.D.I.S. in their episodes. :D
The explanation and animation brings so much joy
this video was shown in my geography class today. thank you Kurzgesagt, very cool
Dat TARDIS tho...
@stress.mp455
8 жыл бұрын
XD
@jaskapenttila7644
8 жыл бұрын
and there is a dalek 2
I sear to God my professor used this video to write his lecture.
@rawr3844
9 жыл бұрын
... or the lecture wrote your professor.
@jorgepadua9124
9 жыл бұрын
Or the writing lectured my professor.
@rawr3844
9 жыл бұрын
...or your professor lectured your writing so the writing could lecture you instead of him because while the writing lectured you, he went to the moon to lecture the lizard people about climate change.
@alice16399
9 жыл бұрын
Nadya K Mind blown
@FlyntofRWBY
9 жыл бұрын
Nadya K omg....... it all makes sense now!
Getting recommended Kurzgesagt videos so old that they don't even have birds yet
Thank u so much we learned this in school and I never knew what it was in school and I thought to just find a video thank u so much pls do more
3:01 DALEK!!!
@Samer-Taha
10 жыл бұрын
4:13 Tardis
Does it really count as a waterfall if it's underwater?
@Bram18
8 жыл бұрын
it is still water falling
@lonestarr1490
7 жыл бұрын
If Spongebob can have a ocean together with a beach under water, we can have a waterfall under water.
@Handle423
7 жыл бұрын
+Lone Starr Don't forget the Snowy Mountains
@lumburgapalooza
7 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@bluesquare23
6 жыл бұрын
John Smith these are the real question
Man, I miss that old, simple intro Kurzgesagt had back in the day. Not saying the new ones are bad, but the old intro will still always be in my head when thinking about Kurzgesagt.
How to identify a Kurzgesagt video that is as old as time: there are zero birds in sight
lol, dalek at 3:01 and tardis 4:13. Someone's a doctor who fan :P
5% about the issue displayed in the video 95% about the tardis sigh
@miriambdhrgsyndrome3867
5 жыл бұрын
Yyty5tt YOU yuu6 it your 7u6yyd66y7 hugs 777687yy
@miriambdhrgsyndrome3867
5 жыл бұрын
Pretty much all THE other things I
@urmom5058
4 жыл бұрын
But Doctor Who.
@bunbunnbunnybun
4 жыл бұрын
@@miriambdhrgsyndrome3867 what
@vitalfps5796
3 жыл бұрын
@@urmom5058 *nice*
I was already aware of a lot of this. But plenty was brand new and fascinating. Thanks a lot.
0:01 that's some pretty cool music right there
Russia be like: now you can finally walk in my shoes
I have an idea how we can use the Waterfalls for energy, build giant Turbines with dynamos, I know it's more complicated then that, but this is just a very short and easy way of telling everybody
@ashygfriend6784
7 жыл бұрын
The Hoovie well, it would stop the Gulf Stream
@Handle423
7 жыл бұрын
Forever Devillish Are you sure? I would rather say that it would only slow it down a notch
@ashygfriend6784
7 жыл бұрын
That slight slow will either screw up something, or the energy obtained from slowing it slightly isn't worth the extraction
Here binge watching all kurzgesagt videos. Video number 1 2 3 4
Gulf Stream & Currents: Ocean currents have a direct influence in our lives. They determine our weather, our climate, and much more. The ocean currents and wind systems transport heat from the equator to the poles and operate like a large engine for the global climate. In the oceans, there are numerous currents. The so-called ocean conveyor belt is very important for our climate. This term describes a combination of currents that result in four of the five global oceans exchanging water with each other. They form a worldwide circulation system. The conveyor belt is also called the “Thermohaline Circulation”, with thermo referring to the temperature, and “haline” to the salt content of the water. Both determine the density of the water. While the masses of water may be moved in part by wind, primarily the different densities of the global oceans are responsible for their movement. Warm water has a lower density and rises. Cold water sinks. The water density also increases with a higher sat content. At the equator the heat from the sun is especially strong, resulting in a lot of evaporation and thus a rise in the water’s salt content. That is where the Gulf Stream begins. The Gulf Stream is very important for the European climate. Its length of 10,000 km makes it one of the largest and fastest currents on Earth, and it’s very warm. At roughly 2/m per second it brings up to 100,000,000 m3 of water per second toward Europe. A constantly blowing wind, the southeast trade wind, drives warm surface water to the northwest, into the Gulf of Mexico, where it heats up to 30ºC. The turning of the Earth and the west winds then direct the Gulf of Mexico towards Europe and split it up. One part flows south, another east to the Canary Current, and a third part flows north where it releases a lot of heat into the atmosphere as the North Atlantic Current. the water becomes colder there. Its salt content and density rise on account of evaporation, and it drops down between Greenland, Norway, and Iceland. There we also find the largest waterfall on Earth: the so-called Chimneys, roughly 15-km-wide pillars with water falling up to 4,000 m. 17,000,000 m3 of water per second, or roughly 15 times more water than is carried by all the rivers in the world. This creates a strong maelstrom, which constantly pulls in new water and is the reason that Gulf Stream moves toward Europe. Countless species use the Gulf Stream as a means of transport on their trip from the Caribbean to the northern areas. But it doesn’t just bring us animals, an enormous quantity of the warm air also comes with it. In order to produce the same heat that it brings the shores of Europe, we would need 1,000,000 nuclear power plants. That's why we also call the Gulf Stream a heat pump. Without it, the temperature would be significantly colder here, at least 5 to 10 degrees. Instead of lush fields we would have long winters and sparse ice-covered landscapes in Europe. In the last few years, scientists and pundits in the media have repeatedly expressed the fear that the Gulf Stream could come to a standstill due to climate change. Because if the polar caps actually melt, the salt content in water of Greenland would fall, as would its density. The North Atlantic current would no longer be heavy enough, and so it wouldn’t sink as usual. In the worst case, that would bring the Gulf Stream, our heat pump, to a stop. Some climate experts also assume that climate change could compensate for this effect. We know that it can be normal for the climate to change by looking at the development of the Earth over the last few million years. There are ice ages and warm periods: In the last ice age, a gigantic flood of melting water crippled the heat-bringing North Atlantic Current, covering the Northern Hemisphere in ice. Scientist have different views of the impacts that climate change will have on the global ocean conveyor belt, but one thing is clear: when climate changes, then the complex system of ocean currents and winds, which has remained fairly stable since the last ice age, will change in ways that we don’t yet understand. HOPE IT'S USEFUL!!! : ) (HAVE A NICE DAY!)
@adrilauria9902
3 жыл бұрын
¡¡Muchísimas gracias!! Thanksss!!
RIP Gulf Stream 2021
@AWCTB
2 жыл бұрын
It’ll be back alive in a thousand years
@CoiledDracca
2 жыл бұрын
The earth is naturally trying to cool itself down. But yeah...things are going to keep changing. Hotter summers and colder winters... until things either balance more... or they don't.
Canada has so much ice... Shouldn't Russia have some ice too though?
@Mumefi
10 жыл бұрын
1) russia has lots of ice^^ 2) on the continental side, air is pretty dry, not much rain and stuft --> not that mich show. But there is still enuf snow in russia^^
@StrazdasLT
5 жыл бұрын
Most of russian territory is a permafrost or tundra. its only the european side thats warmer.
This was surprisingly informative and not preachy, well done!
Excellent video. Learned a bunch!
2:34 "the largest waterfall on Earth, the so-called..." ???
@dedvzer
9 жыл бұрын
omnisc253 Chimneys
@UhOhUmm
9 жыл бұрын
omnisc253 I found it, the video did not mention it's underwater waterfall, it's more like a waterflow not waterfall. www.cntraveler.com/stories/2012-11-26/underwater-waterfall-denmark-strait-maphead-ken-jennings
@MLeibs
9 жыл бұрын
It's full of brine or salt which falls like a waterfall because it's denser than water. There's a similar waterfall off of Antarctica.
Who else likes the Doctor Who references in the videos?
This is an AWESOME explanation for my high schoolers. THANKS!
It's really fascinating that the nature settled itself in this way cause it was probably 1 in a million chance and every slight change would have made a difference and maybe these days we'd be living in all year round ice cold weather and would never know what's summer.
I like your representation of Canada. It's very accurate.
so we're fucked basically
@iamme2824
9 жыл бұрын
No because if we stop using coal it won't be the end of the world.
@MrVala77
9 жыл бұрын
I am Me End of us, not the world. the earth will still be here, we wont.
@thesuperpierre59
9 жыл бұрын
MrVala77 well …. humans too has experienced climate changes over his evolution thats not new to our specie either
@MrVala77
9 жыл бұрын
Did you know that climate change is what drove mass extinction among our species? At one point we were only 10,000 strong during a climate shift that nearly wiped us out. We survived, but just barley. Read Scientific American's Issue on Human Evolution.
@thesuperpierre59
9 жыл бұрын
MrVala77 well people die at those moments nothing new here either whit the exception that we are not the caveman we were like in this climate change you are talking about anyway we’ll see what happen
As always, your videos are super good.