How Plants Cool the Planet

Climate change is getting pretty scary, but plants can make things better, if we help them help us! Support me on Patreon:   / jimi   Visit my website: https://jimisol.net This video was made with support from Fenwick Foundation. https://fenwickfoundation.org Thanks to the Ecosystem Restoration Alliance for help with research, networking, and serving as a fiscal sponsor to make Fenwick Foundation's donation possible. Music by EddieHoncha, from AudioJungle.net Sources: Most water plants take up comes out through the leaves: https://cid-inc.com/blog/transpiratio... For every molecule of CO2 sequestered, several hundred molecules of water are evaporated: https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowl... Temperatures have been measured to be cooler in forests: https://www.google.co.nz/books/editio... Plants house condensation-nucleating bacteria: https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo1037 When water condenses at cloud level, it releases the heat it absorbed during evaporation: https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/w... Up to half of this heat released during condensation radiates back into space: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/jou... Clouds create a net cooling effect: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/fea... Healthy ecosystems absorb water into the soil which replenishes groundwater: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/lara-bry... Plants sequester carbon and put it underground: https://amazingcarbon.com/PDF/JONES-L... Sequestered carbon can stay underground for hundreds of years: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/... The ocean food web is based on plants: https://www.noaa.gov/education/resour... Marine ecosystems seed clouds: https://www.publish.csiro.au/EN/pdf/E... Marine ecosystems sequester carbon in the form of shells: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do... Tree-planting based on large quantitative targets can backfire: https://link.springer.com/article/10.... Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:33 Transpiration 1:16 Condensation Nuclei 2:25 Clouds 3:14 Sequestration 3:43 The Ocean 4:19 Conclusion