🌲 If you would like to support our rewilding projects by becoming a member you learn all about them here: www.mossy.earth Every single member is essential and it is ultimately what makes our work possible. - Cheers, Duarte
@TheBaselessMountain
2 жыл бұрын
You have a portuguese accent
@maczek2
Жыл бұрын
Hi Mossy Earth, Did you ever considered soil transplants from relic woods to promising reintroduction areas? I do not have biology education, but it's my guts feeling. Thank you for your work.
@negativeplayer4446
Жыл бұрын
Where's the discord?
@asbjrnhansen8477
Жыл бұрын
just fly in an airplain.. then ten billion birch,,willow ect. seeds from space... you get it lower the goat deer population 7 years.. maybe it already low though...
@metalg.v3593
Жыл бұрын
But if u use the same group of trees(the ancient ones) to reforest every part of iceland, wouldn't the genetic diversity decrease in total making the forest easy prey por disease?
@kokonutbae8143
2 жыл бұрын
I've lived in Iceland my whole life and to see a non-Icelandic person healing my country is makes me first of all ask "Why is he doing this?". Because you don't have to yet, here you are. I have great appreciation for your project and what you are doing. Loved this video :3
@alexythemechanic8056
Жыл бұрын
It's cool to see environments being restored like this. I'm from Scotland, which was also stripped of most of its trees, and I'm appreciating the movement to restore the natural biodiversity of these environments. Although our ongoing problem is selfish landowners rather than, you know, volcanoes.
@JamesBond-so1of
Жыл бұрын
Why don't you Icelanders do it for yourself just another liberal handout socialist country like Sweden
@kokonutbae8143
Жыл бұрын
@@JamesBond-so1of bruh hahahahahahahaah…. I’m not a tree planter wtf😂😂😂😂 there are most def Icelandic ppl out there planting trees gtfo here😂
@philroberts7238
Жыл бұрын
I think the answer to your question comes from recognising the difference between 'mossy earth' (which could be in a small heap on a dinner plate for example) and a mossy Earth (which is the home for all of us everywhere).
@brandonlancon9511
Жыл бұрын
Brother your homeland is beyond beautiful, I am from the south of the USA and can proudly say that a lot of my heritage can be traced back to Nova Scotia, Greenland, Iceland and even back to the motherland of the north men. But what matters most is we are all living on this planet calling it home and need to preserve nature,war will happen no matter what we do what we think but we have to stop and enjoy what we where gifted with. it’s crazy how ours and everyone’s ancestors ended up where we are now but we all seem to forget the stories unless they have something to do with a Great War, conquest or tragedy.
@TheJoshSouthy
2 жыл бұрын
I was in Iceland during that eruption as a geography student in high school. I can't believe how it has affected the biodiversity and geography going forward
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Wow that must of been fascinating! We are as amazed as you are! - Cheers, Tom Berry
@TheJoshSouthy
2 жыл бұрын
@@MossyEarth Cheers Tom, it was an incredible experience. Closest we got was 20-25km away, spectacular scenes. Thanks for the video.
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheJoshSouthy Must have been surreal! the closest I got to it was that archival footage haha
@ulwur
2 жыл бұрын
Won't the next big jökulhlaup from vattnajökull flood this area again and flush it all away?
@slappy8941
Жыл бұрын
Affect and effect are different words with different meanings.
@shirokuro2559
2 жыл бұрын
As a native Icelandic speaker, you're doing fantastic at pronouncing the place names! We never expect 'perfect', we just really appreciate it when people actually make an attempt to listen to the sounds and do their best at mimicking, since it's unfortunately very common for people to just 'jokingly' attempt it or straight up not try at all!
@CiabanItReal
6 ай бұрын
Do you guys have higher expectations for Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians to get it right?
@ark1fied
2 жыл бұрын
someday if im an adult that has a job, I'll definitely buy the mossy earth membership. i love what yall do and I wanna support it 😎👍 right now im doing what i can to help, which is watching these videos from start to end without skipping, and sharing it to my friends i know ive said this before but this channel restores my faith and gives hope for this fricked up world
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your support it means everything! - Cheers, Tom Berry
@Jeremy_936
2 жыл бұрын
Humans could turn this entire world around in a few decades. What we're lacking is the will to do it and the resources to do it. It took me years to figure this out, to understand that there are humans and institutions that actually don't care about saving us, and many of those who want to save us, like yourself, don't have the time or money to do it. 80% of the world lives at the subsistence level. They're not able to save us even if they wanted to. So what needs to change is to convince the 20% who have the resources to have the will and to take responsibility. This is the challenge we must face as a species. Square this circle, and we will save ourselves.
@spencerking7550
2 жыл бұрын
I'm hoping mossy earth expands to the US so I can GET a job with them haha
@ronnelechavez
2 жыл бұрын
More power! The planet needs more people like you.
@thomashiggins9320
Жыл бұрын
@@spencerking7550 The United States has a number of well-funded conservation and restoration groups who do this same sort of thing. Right now, the Nature Conservancy has at least five reforestation projects under way: Central Appalachians Project - work to restore the great red spruce forests of West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Maryland. Longleaf Pine Project - individual stands of longleaf pine are making a comeback in some areas of the Southeast U.S., and are legally protected. Mississippi Bottomland Hardwood Project - The biggest stretch of forested wetlands in America used to be found along the Mississippi bottomland, with cypress and other trees taking up 24 million acres of wetland. Now, five million acres are left, but the reforestation project has started to make progress. Shortleaf Pine Project - protect and better manage the remaining stands of shortleaf pine, following beetle kills and poor logging practices. Urban Trees Project - Plant trees in large cities throughout the United States. None of this stuff is hard to find out about. You just have to start looking. 😀
@bergurpall2759
2 жыл бұрын
I usually drive through the new forest in Skeiðarársandur at least once every summer on my way to visit family and it's always a highlight of the journey to see how much the forest has grown since I saw it last. I think I noticed it first in 2014 and since then I've been enamored by it and the fact that it's been growing completely without human intervention.
@tiagodezoeten2557
2 жыл бұрын
I always find it interesting how many layers of knowledge and understanding can be peeled away for any given landscape and natural process. Without this information the patterns you see just wouldn't make any sense. Amazing story and video team, well done!
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly everything has a story! It just requires the right research and then connecting the dots! - Cheers, Tom Berry
@tera_baap6912
Жыл бұрын
That's soo accurate man
@ClassicGreenery
2 жыл бұрын
Hey! and Icelandic forestry student here :) Nowadays most specialist here in Iceland agree on that the forest cover used to be at the very most 25% and not 40. Otherwise great video! :)
@brianmcnamara5890
2 жыл бұрын
Of course, to say 96/97 was pure luck is only valid in the context of our lifetime. Obviously, anything happening every ten years will eventually line up with such an event when given enough time. On an evolutionary scale this is nearly inevitable which is why nature is so amazing.
@fallinginthed33p
2 жыл бұрын
Probability in geology and biology plays out over mindbogglingly large time scales.
@vladimirputout2461
2 жыл бұрын
Now, with that said, let's begin the fucking around
@muesliman100
9 ай бұрын
It would be pretty cool to see if Icelandic birch trees are more likely to Mast in a year after a volcanic eruption, it could be a pretty amazing evolutionary advantage in the Icelandic conditions
@thorinhelmersen4000
2 жыл бұрын
So happy to have gotten my membership it’s not only amazing to see the progress so thoroughly covered but to have such a closeness to it with the membership really does feel great. Keep up the amazing work!
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Thorin! We really appreciate it - Cheers, Tom Berry
@DuartedeZ
2 жыл бұрын
I think this is such a great example of nature finding a way :)
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Such a cool story, it surely did!
@HexaDecimus
2 жыл бұрын
All we have to do is let nature do its thing.
@adriennefloreen
2 жыл бұрын
It would be nice if you'd take a video of all the plant species that grow under those trees, there's a possibility some might be growing from seed from formerly extinct plants that were frozen in the glacier. Please get a video of every single plant and take at least one sample of each plant to propagate elsewhere in case the volcano erupts again and wipes out the forest.
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
We will keep this in mind for future trips there! - Cheers, Tom Berry
@sharonmoore167
2 жыл бұрын
The fact that all the birch trees decide together to flood the forest with seeds is not pure chance. Trees communicate with each other and it would not be surprising if they knew the conditions were perfect for planting a year after the flood. A great book to read is The Secret Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
@Heroesflorian
2 жыл бұрын
Great book indeed!
@colinmacdonald5732
Жыл бұрын
Have to say I thought the same thing... as soon as he said the seeding event happened roughly every ten years, it suggested some other factor at play and not, just chronology, that favourable conditions would also have an effect.
@SkyMurphy77
6 ай бұрын
Great book, addresses important issues
@grandmasteryoda6717
2 ай бұрын
pseudoscience
@geoffreyrichardson8738
Жыл бұрын
Mother Nature is a wonderful force as long as you don’t take her for granted.
@JacobafJelling
Жыл бұрын
An Icelandic forest truly is something rare. Knowing how slow trees grow in the long and harsh winter, it makes it such a special thing. And a really interesting thing to me. All the best to the kinfolk in Iceland. Greetings from a Dane 🇩🇰
@icelandinreallife2042
Жыл бұрын
That's very interesting. I remember driving there in 2020 and wondering whether or not these trees had been planted or if they spread naturally, and I remember not being able to find any logical reason for why they would all sprout at once for any natural reason :)
@SIC647
2 жыл бұрын
Ohh! I just learned something new about Denmark, my country: Much of our very fertile soil today must be the result of glacial runs. DK was right on the glacier edge during the last ice age. As the ice retrated, grew, and retreated over a few hundred years, there were glacial runs. BUT I just now understand how much nutrient that added, and gave the forests that came later, a head start.
@grandmasteryoda6717
2 ай бұрын
what's DK? donkey kong?
@timozkurt7944
2 жыл бұрын
A great story that shows some amazingly intertwined processes and outcomes! How cool for the researchers who connected the dots on this.
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing how all of this came together! - Cheers, Tom Berry
@saurabh79323
Жыл бұрын
40% forest to just 2% is just sad
@willemvanoranje5724
2 жыл бұрын
Mossy Earth you are a true inspiration. As a teenager which is interested in ecology and biodiversity your a true gem! Hope Iceland gets to the days of deserving to be called Greenland! haha!
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Haha keep an eye out for new updates - Cheers, Tom Berry
@RCSVirginia
2 жыл бұрын
As you mention birdsong, it would be interesting to see a video on the birdlife and other fauna of the old birch woodland in Iceland, and how it is different, or the same, as other wildlife on that island.
@MrKorton
2 жыл бұрын
You could hear redwing in the background here. Redpoll are also common and stay all year round (they eat the birch seeds). Eurasian wrens are there too. Those birds are mainly the original birds of the birch forest. Meadow pipits are also in the vicinity, as are the common snipe and ptarmigan (but not where the forest is dense or high)
@thesilentone4024
2 жыл бұрын
Citys need to line the roads with native trees to help slow drivers and protect people. Also citys need to reduce big parking lots like Walmart parking lots by 80% go up not out plant trees on the freed up land solar or wind or bolth on the parking garages and batteries on bottom to help reduce energy demands and blackouts.
@makelgrax
2 жыл бұрын
Okay I was about to say that this didn't really matter as much in Iceland (the automobile industry is mainly a serious issue in specific car-centric countries like the US and Canada), but looking at Google Maps I can see that the main method of transportation in there is a literal handful of roads that go aaaalll around the island, and the towns they cross - at just a glance - heavily focus on car infrastructure (which with how small they are is rather redundant). There are a handful of very nice places that just... have a parking lot in the middle to accommodate for tourists and visitors, and I couldn't see _any_ public infrastructure (there might be tho, G-Maps is weird around there, and it appears to be rather outdated) like busses or trains to transport people. Iceland also appears to be partially based on agriculture, but I'm not sure if that's meant for exporting or for internal consumption. Regardless, the way that the produce is transported appears to be truck only, via the single road that goes in/out of fields. Overall It could be way better, but the small scale makes it not as bad/pressing as in the US. Cycling would be awesome there for people-only commuting tho, it's the perfect scale!
@joaquimbarbosa896
2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes native trees aren't great options, specially for cities where ahesthetics, damage to the ground and height are very important Also, you kinda can't put wind turbines in the midle of a city. Still agree in reducing car use
@k.s.k.7721
2 жыл бұрын
It basically comes down to money - who is paying for the planting and upkeep of trees and the beds which must be dug/built/watered? Should they be native species, or imported, low-care varieties? Does the local government require plantings, or can businesses decide how to use their land with no oversight? Lots of things to consider - and if people in a community decide to act/vote/petition, they have a good chance to improve things for everyone.
@LookForDJ
2 жыл бұрын
I love the positivity that this channel spreads. Also do you have any projects going on in Lithuania, my home country?
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, we try our best! No not yet - Cheers, Tom Berry
@SolviKaaber
Жыл бұрын
The water you bathed in at 8:00 is located in the ravine called Réttargil. I work in Skaftafell, which as you said, includes the Morsárdalur valley area which has the Bæjarstaðarskógur forest.
@PaulCoxC
2 жыл бұрын
It really did have such a different feel, excited to see it expand
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
It was an amazing experience. Looking forward to see the results in the coming years. - Cheers, Tom Berry
@ryhol5417
Жыл бұрын
That’s pretty effing cool. Iceland is building forests!
@LeaveCurious
2 жыл бұрын
Iceland is just so beautiful. Captivating video and a well told story Mossy Earth!
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Rob! It was a pleasure going there and researching this amazing story :) - Cheers, Tom Berry
@enternalinferno
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another educational video! Unrelated to the video, I hope the kelp forest reforestation will be get more focus soon, and videos. Here in Norway we need it! Personally I'm interesting in volunteering as well.
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Glad that you enjoyed the video! There is more to come in terms of kelp restoration, so keep your eyes peeled :) - Cheers, Tom Berry
@sketchy5782
2 жыл бұрын
Your pronunciations are surprisingly good! With love from Iceland 🇮🇸
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad to hear it got Icelandic approval - Cheers, Tom Berry
@KyleLB420
2 жыл бұрын
Must admit I am no scientist but I did see research out of Yellowstone restoring native Wildlife also helped to reshape and regrow the natural areas. Introducing native Wildlife back into areas after they have grown enough may also help.
@ia8018
Жыл бұрын
Imagine a project of forestation in south Greenland to expand the already existing birch forest there. A lot of trees have been introduced in SG, but what about a forestation project based mainly on the species found in Qinngua Valley?
@hunterhq295
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to see nature spots like this still around in the world today.
@MrKorton
2 жыл бұрын
There has been geneology research on the birch from Bæjarstaðaskógur and it´s origins are like none other birch in Iceland, namely, it is shown to be norwegian of origin. (the researchers are Kesara Jónsson and Ægir Þórsson) So the theory that is plausible is that some1 brought seeds from norway and sown them there. So much for the "ancient forest" ;) If you want to see the largest ancient forest it is on the south side of lake Skorradalsvatn, the forest is called Klausturskógur or Vatnshornsskógur.
@TinyWorlds
2 жыл бұрын
Wow such a cool story! Mast years are fascinating by themselves, but combined with a volcanic eruption? - just wow
@Chris-lr2qb
2 жыл бұрын
A letter to the editor: The 14th century is the 1300s, the 18th century is the 1700s. (Technically it would be 1301-1400 and 1701-1800 respectively, so your graphics aren't totally wrong, but you said "from" the 13th and "to" the 18th so I thought it was weird that you would designate those centuries with their final years and assumed you just made a mistake)
@mariafletcher6603
Жыл бұрын
Well done you guys. for planting tree an giving mother nature a helping hand. You and the team are doing a wonderful job. Hats off to you all. from UK 🇬🇧👍👍
@orvarsigurgeirsson469
2 жыл бұрын
There was an Icelandic TV show about this last year, and additonally, the area had two very favourable summers in a row, 97 and 98 I assume. A string of even more luck 🙂
@boass
Жыл бұрын
Once more you’ve created an amazing video! Your content is truly phenomenal and I’m glad to see you get more and more recognition! And on a side note, the pronunciation was very good =)
@rvre
2 жыл бұрын
Your pronunciation is fine, you're doing more for Iceland each day than most of us from Iceland are.
@peperillon
2 жыл бұрын
is the plan to plant tree/forest is to have space where no one shall remove those trees as they are here to store carbon ?
@Miron_Marnic
2 жыл бұрын
Mossy Earth's goal is mostly restoring biodiversity. So while storing CO2 is important, they focus more on making it a place for many different species.
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Well said Mirro, our goal in Iceland is to restore the landscape by planting native species of trees. You can read all about it here: www.mossy.earth/projects/reforesting-iceland
@citizenkane2349
2 жыл бұрын
Storing carbon is a waste of money and time.
@makelgrax
2 жыл бұрын
@@citizenkane2349 Yeah, for the most part focusing on emission reductions is a *way* better option at this point in time, carbon storing will eventually matter, but not now, and not in the following century.
@GrundysChophouse
2 жыл бұрын
@@citizenkane2349 Rosebud...
@Gugner
Жыл бұрын
I support you. Thank you SO much for your heroic efforts!!😊😊😊😊😃😃😃
@04williamsl
Жыл бұрын
I've just come back from Iceland today. I first visited in 2016, and have visited each year since except in 2020. It's amazing to see how many trees have been planted since my first visit - truly I was shocked and kept saying "there's ANOTHER forrest!" Absolutely amazing work to all Icelanders and organisations like yourselves who are replanting trees
@annoyed707
Жыл бұрын
Run, Forrest, run!
@ARGamingSFB260
2 жыл бұрын
Informative video I'm commentating while watching
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoyed the video! - Cheers, Tom Berry
@owenlang6188
9 ай бұрын
I am curious to know if there was any genetic testing of the seeds that were collected from Bæjarstaðaskógur. If planting these birch trees is successful in other parts of Ísland works, I wonder what kinds of phenotypic variation will be observed (due to plasticity). It would also be cool to do a long-term study to observe local adaptation of these trees.
@kismypencek6185
2 жыл бұрын
I love birch!!! I love the marked difference in your affect when you were engolfed in the forest. Thats what people need to understand/experience. Thats why people are miserable in cities and need chakras music to be calm, heal, and to fall asleep... be careful was that poison hogwart behind you with the white flower heads!
@hollish196
Жыл бұрын
This is a really beautiful area. The waterfalls are amazing! And I love the forest that has grown and the developing forest your are creating.
@EmaDurao10
2 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful view! I have to visit it one day 😍
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely Ema, Iceland is an amazing place - Cheers, Tom Berry
@2205helgi
2 жыл бұрын
Thank You
@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts
Жыл бұрын
Your videos are so wholesome and so detailed, thank you.
@Nitka022
Жыл бұрын
Amazing! One of the best stories I watched recently...Thank you for sharing!
@arnesundstrom302
Жыл бұрын
Tack!
@BeautifulEarthJa
Жыл бұрын
Being from Jamaica my first instinct indeed was 'take a dip in the waterfall' but then my brain kicked in and reminded me 'artic stream' lol
@thaifreeburma
Жыл бұрын
It was wonderful to see the impact of that old-growth(?) Birch forest on the fine narrator - his enjoyment/appreciation was palpable 😄
@stingray024ify
2 жыл бұрын
how much tree planting has to be done to fully restore the environment?
@disky01
2 жыл бұрын
These videos of the work you do give me hope for the future. Thanks for all you do.
@kimrocksthetrees
9 ай бұрын
I would love to see another update for this area in 2024.
@donmccormick615
Жыл бұрын
you are truly a inspiration
@teresapacheco63
2 ай бұрын
This is absolutely unbelievable and wonderful!
@Razius33Officiel
2 жыл бұрын
I have a question : will the native forest that you plant survive the climate change ? I mean, it's gonna be warmer in Iceland in the future, will the eco-system fit ?
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, for now the trees will be fine. Birch grows in a variety of environments - Cheers, Tom Berry
@joaquimbarbosa896
2 жыл бұрын
I live in Portugal, sometimes, for ahesthetic reasons birch is planted and ir survives well even without irrigation So, while probably not the same species, that should tell something of how much heat burch can take
@MrKorton
2 жыл бұрын
If not, we´ll just get the taller sisterspecies norwegian silverbirch (Betula pendula) ;)
@alayneperrott9693
Жыл бұрын
What I remember about Icelandic woodlands is their wonderful scent.
@blank.9301
2 жыл бұрын
Nature heals itself one way or another 👍🔥🌋🏞️
@olowrohek9540
Жыл бұрын
Well done 👏 We need to plant 🪴 more forest please
@laiyaijekiel2810
7 ай бұрын
🥰🥰 keep up all the work u do guys u doin wonders for our planet!
@walterrudin35
Жыл бұрын
Thank you man for healing the earth. I will donate as much as pssible for me.
@JN-fk8xe
2 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work. I love it!!
@JN-fk8xe
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Thank you for sharing!
@blank.9301
2 жыл бұрын
Ecosia 👍🌱🌳🌲
@joaquimbarbosa896
2 жыл бұрын
I'm super happy to see how mossy Earth is growing, but the fact that the focus on Portugal reduced kinda made me sad. Still great to see re wilding on other countries
@matthewdavies5875
2 жыл бұрын
It was well worth the long hike to see.
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
It's definitely a special place! - Cheers, Tom Berry
@dereksimpson7959
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@honodle7219
Жыл бұрын
You look very pleased to have built a forest. I look forward to seeing it grow.
@Deeeezzzzz
Жыл бұрын
I am from Iceland and I love how you at least tried pronouncing the Icelandic names. Also at one point in the video you go into the glacial water just know in some places in Iceland it is illegal to go into the water because it may be a water source for a local Farm. But i think since you were so near the glacier i dont think it applies there. Anyways, Love your Content and when i get a better job i will definitely get a Mossy Earth Membership
@llywrch7116
8 ай бұрын
If the water comes directly from glacial melt, one shouldn't bathe in it anyway due to risk of hyperthermia. So be law-abiding & safe!
@valevisa8429
Жыл бұрын
Forests are one of the wonders of our earth.As a kid i often wandered through the forest with my friends or even by myself only.Lucky me i lived in a very safe European country.
@liamsudsy7563
Жыл бұрын
i saw a veeeeery old birch last year way up in the woods of vermont, so beautiful
@deannarose2424
Жыл бұрын
thank you for bringing hope for the future
@CanseeYou-rw6rc
2 ай бұрын
Natural healing itself without Human interfering. 😊
@b3x
2 жыл бұрын
so nourishing and mysterious our planet is
@TheBobador
2 жыл бұрын
Such a cool story! Not sure I'd be dipping in that freezing water haha
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Haha not for you slippery Bob - Cheers, Tom Berry
@indietraveller
2 жыл бұрын
Love your videos and your work!
@NethDugan
2 жыл бұрын
I am a member, but one thing I'm curious about is diversity of plants. Doesn't a healthy forrest need multiple types of trees and bushes and so on to thrive? Are any of these being done with the planting project?
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your great question! You are quite right, it is crucial! That is why our aim is always to plant native trees. In Iceland, our project has two different phases. We have started by planting birch trees at a density of 1500 trees per hectare and we make sure to plant each one with 15g of fertilizer. The second phase of the project will be to plant some Rowan, Aspen and Tea-leaved Willow to add some diversity (all of which are native to Iceland) - Cheers, Tom Berry If you want to find out more: www.mossy.earth/projects/reforesting-iceland
@Lone-Lee
2 жыл бұрын
@@MossyEarth, I guess OP is asking about the new Birch forest near the volcano. It has got a lot of Birch trees due to the Masting but what about the other plants and shrubs?
@makelgrax
2 жыл бұрын
@@Lone-Lee Considering the trees were able to grow and maintain themselves for 20 years, I'd say that it isn't an issue: if the land is prepared to handle one native species that controls the terrain, they are likely to be the first in the line of succession and the other species can compete once certain conditions are met - the issue with focusing on a single species comes when said species isn't native and is able to outcome everything else forever (or when they lower the soil quality), which doesn't appear to be the case, as shown by the partially regrown forest already having different shrubs around the trees.
@iainmackenzieUK
2 жыл бұрын
At the end of a hectic day, its lovely to get your positive and inspiring messages :) Many thanks
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Iain! Hope you the rest of the day is relaxing - Cheers, Tom Berry
@Czarhay
2 жыл бұрын
Such a pretty forest
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
It really is! - Cheers, Tom Berry
@orvaratli
Жыл бұрын
Great information. Lots of stuff I did not know. I saw the aftermath of the collosal flood in 1996. Icebergs the size of appartment complexes strewn accroos the plain. But one thing I am wondering about, not all of Skeiðarársandur did get flooded. The higher elevation parts did not. All though I am not 100% sure but I believe the area that is being reforrested did not get flooded. The telative thick slow growing moss in the forrested area compared to other parts of the plain supports this.
@littlenick2559
2 жыл бұрын
With the new forest, and seedling planted else where coming from the same original birch forest is there a risk of birch forest's in Iceland lacking genetic diversity and becoming prone to infections pathogens? Awesome video as always!
@k.s.k.7721
2 жыл бұрын
There's more info on their Iclandic projects on KZitem and elsewhere. They have selected 3 indigenous species of Icelandic trees to create more diversity. And it's been shown in many permaculture projects that if you provide enhanced growing conditions, other native plants will begin to move in. Check out some of Geoff Lawton's videos on his projects in Jordan. After the self-sustaining projects were installed, with human-selected plants, native plants and animals began moving in spontaneously, and added to the biodiversity.
@adarshhariprasad6014
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing story guys. Keep going on. Love from India 🇮🇳.
@haven_lady675
2 жыл бұрын
This feels so magical and supernatural even though it's just natural.
@earthfriendly5799
Жыл бұрын
Wow, amazing description of the mast year and volcanic reforestation.
@MrRossi1805
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting and many thanks to share this with us! We really appreciate your effort and as educating us!
@joaquimbarbosa896
2 жыл бұрын
comenting for algorithm
@Ngwaaaron
Жыл бұрын
This man and this project deserves all our gold.
@2adamast
Жыл бұрын
Our trees, don't bring up those upturned landscapes of golddiggers
@RonaldReaganRocks1
Жыл бұрын
You guys need to plant Redwood trees that are 200 feet tall. Viking trees.
@rmar127
Жыл бұрын
One benefit of a reforested Iceland is the possibility for carbon sequestration in the form of peat bogs. I’m sure with the climate being so cold it would definitely hamper decomposition of organic matter. Thereby giving time for decaying matter to build in layers and thus forming peat bogs
@joaquimbarbosa896
2 жыл бұрын
You should announce your tweeter, insta, second channel etc in the videos
@MossyEarth
2 жыл бұрын
I'll look into that! Thank you for your continued support Joaquim :) - Cheers, Tom Berry
@pinkpaprika8410
Жыл бұрын
This is a really cool project - and necessary in view of climate change! Thank you!
@tezzag818
Жыл бұрын
As I love your site and I usually watch KZitem in cafes and airports, I would really appreciate the addition of subtitles 😊
@RamblingOverHillsAndDowns
Жыл бұрын
You can push the 'cc' button in the top right corner of the video to turn on subtitles. They are only available in English currently.
@OneImmortalSun
28 күн бұрын
Wow :-) I didn’t know that Iceland was covered in such a massiv forest back in the days :-) What are the current policies there to protect and support reforestation? Would be great if you mention that in future videos :-)
@AryanRaj-er3pd
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing how pure luck can bring about such wide spreading changes in a regions landscape!
@albertyo323
Жыл бұрын
💗💗💗 no climate change of course!!!
@joerogan120
6 ай бұрын
what?
@jonathanlanglois2742
Жыл бұрын
One question that I have about that forest is diversity. It sounds like most of that forest is Birchwood. That sounds highly unusual. The only single species forest that I've been in have all been manmade. They are highly vulnerable to deceases because they are monocultures. Forests typically have a variety of species.
@nathalie9905
2 жыл бұрын
This video makes me happy and excited to see what your project will bring :)
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