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Inside the bodies of humpback whales are clues about how climate change is transforming Antarctica.
In the rich, freezing seas off the peninsula, penguins, seals and many whales feed on Antarctic krill.
These diminutive, almost unimaginably numerous, shrimp-like creatures thrive under sea ice.
As the climate warms up, scientists are racing to understand what that means for this ice-dependent food supply.
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Written and presented by Victoria Gill
Produced by Katie Stephens
Filmed and edited by Phill Edwards
Antarctic drone footage: © UCSC / WWF / Chris Johnson. Imagery collected under scientific permits, NMFS 23095 / ACA 2021-006.
Underwater footage by Alanah Kilner and Emily Gregory
Colombia drone footage: Dr Fredrick Christiansen/Fundación Macuáticos Colombia
Krill footage: Australian Antarctic Division
📷: Chris Johnson/WWF/UCSC/Research under NOAA permit
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It seems impossible that the largest animal in the world has to sustain itself on one of the tiniest animals in the world. I know there is some natural cycle that is far more intricate that what I understand taking place in this exchange, but still, how do these whales get enough of sustain their huge bodies? I thought their bubbles and fin work were pretty clever ways of gathering food, but do they have to do that all day long? How much of their energy stores do they use just to gather that food and is it getting harder to gather enough food in a day with the dwindling supply? And then they have to gain enough weight to travel over 8K km, and I believe they don't eat along the way either, and have babies to tag along! I don't know, seems like a pretty brutal life. These scientists are right to be saying that their ecosystem is fragile enough already without us humans dumping enough problems into it as to literally break the entire cycle. Humans breaking nature. Feels like a crime. I feel guilty just being alive, because I know that my existence, as small as it is, still impacts nature when added to the collective human population. And I don't want to be a participant in the destruction of the marvelous, complex relationships created between every single thing on earth over millions of years of evolution. If thinking about giant whales trying to survive off of kazillions of teeny, tiny krill, that survive off of ice, that is melting because of climate change, that is happening because of human activity, that I am participating in, does not keep one up at night, I don't know what can. Our very existence is reflected in the health of these awesome animals. And I am as guilty as the next person for whatever happens to them. I don't like that feeling.
And I do not support the krill fishing that is done in Antarctica either. Really, can we not produce our own krill or live without it? Do we need krill so badly that we are willing to make whales starve for it? Seems like such an easy decision to me.
It’s hard to believe it was only 40 years ago this horrid practice was banned. Thank God for the whale song album which played a huge part in stopping the slaughter of these majestic creatures.
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What have we learned?
That there are a bunch of idiots wasting lots of money and resources, creating lots of pollution flying around from these resources they’re using on what is natural earth cycles,
communist propaganda.
God bless them ❤
Prestem atenção: vao precisar construir cidades polares cheias de faunas e floras. Para alimentar faunas e humanos.
Vão aprender a fazer isso. Só ficar olhando não resolve. Pedir dinheiro pra tentar salvar bichos não resolve. E ficar aumentando tributos para manter órgãos de protecao não resolve.
Precisam aprender a construur cidades viveiros polares . Cheias de vida geladinha .
E isso vai resolver o problema das especies e do clima.
Estudem as especies no quesito hábitos de vida e alimentação e termofotonica celular. E nao fiquem tentando preservar a geologia . Nem a hidrografia . Vão aprender a construir cidades viveiro polares . E cuidar da bicharada .
Vão ter projetos geladinhos cheios de bichos . Esqueçam proteger montanhas e essas ruinas geológicas. O futuro será outro. Vão cuidar das especies em biomas urbanos polares . É esse o futuro dessas espécies.
I really like the conclusion. "The Antarctic peninsula is not only important for nature but it's also important for us."
THANK YOU!
So very beautiful. Thank you for sharing this amazing video ♥
Molto bello
Grazie
Thank you for sharing! Thank you for your concervation efforts! Warm hugs from South Africa ♥️
Keep in mind that Antarctica was once the greenest place on earth.
The climate is normal. The IPCC say there is NO EVIDENCE of a climate emergency.
I was in Sydney last week and took the harbour tour to see "Humpback Highway" where the whales are on their migration. The five that we saw came up to our boat to check us out.
SAVE THE OCEAN💪💪💪💪
Interesting how both the northern and Southern Hemisphere have whales, same behavior opposite poles.
Just like Guyton’s dogs theses researchers profit from the misery of animals
BBC support labour and refuse to talk about Reform winning over the tories. How can you call yourselves honest journalists
Protect the environment and protect all animals lives from cruelty and habitat destruction by climate change and humans
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Pure propaganda shite
May Allah said to me, "You are my Mahdi". Allah added, " The desert is started on 3rd June".
Imformative
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BBC Bias: BBC Has Been Found To Produce 'Ludicrous' Output On Climate Change
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Ultimate Antarctic Rumble Brackets:
Round One:
Adelie penguin Vs. Crocodile Icefish (Round 1, 1 and 2), Antarctic krill Vs. humpback whale (Round 2, 3 and 4), king penguin Vs. Southern elephant seal (Round 3, 5 and 6), gentoo penguin Vs. leopard seal (Round 4, 7 and 8), emperor penguin Vs. wandering albatross (Round 5, 9 and 10), Macaroni penguin Vs. chinstrap penguin (Round 6, 11 and 12), crabeater seal Vs. Weddell Seal (Round 7, 13 and 14), killer whale/sperm whale Vs. rockhopper penguin (Round 8, 15 and 16)
All including scientific and nature facts about penguins, Arctic terns, seals, humpback whales, sperm whales/Orcas, krill and icefish in the process.
Round Two:
Adelie penguin Vs. Humpback Whale (Round 1), elephant seal Vs. leopard seal (Round 2), emperor penguin Vs. Macaroni penguin (Round 3), Weddell seal Vs. Killer whale/sperm whale (Round 4),
All including scientific and nature facts about penguins, seals and whales in the process.
Round Three:
Adelie Penguin Vs. Elephant Seal (Round 1), emperor penguin Vs. Killer whale/sperm whale (Round 2)
Championship Match:
Elephant Seal Vs. Sperm Whale/Orca
Winner: Sperm whale!!! Or Orca!!!
All including scientific and nature facts about penguins, seals and whales in the process.
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Arctic Whales eh ? Something we ALL see every day, so we can verify what we are being told.
Same tactic as using Polar Bears and Coral Reefs to frighten us, because 99% of us never have and never will see either at first hand. Hence, making up sh*t like this is easy.
Formula : take one creature that most people rarely see, pick out something unusual in its behavior, then turn that into something unnatural that is being forced onto that life form, BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 🙄
Take a look at "The Heartland Institute" or "Climate Realism by Paul Burgess" here on YT, if you want factual, scientific information from people with no vested interest.
Such ridiculous nonsense. You know we've been around for billions of years BBC I think you need to get over this s***