We breathe in what the trees breathe out. Because trees make our oxygen, and we breathe in oxygen, we breathe oxygen made by trees. However, there’s more to this story, as I’ll explain in this video. Because the trees lose their leaves in autumn, the trees actually make more oxygen than they would if they kept their leaves all year round. This contributes to the health of the planet.
TIME CODES for the Video: We Breathe In What the Trees Breathe Out
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- 0:00:00 Trees make our oxygen.
- 0:01:09 Because it is autumn, the trees are dropping their leaves, wonderful for the oxygen on the planet.
- 0:02:13 Rising levels of carbon dioxide cause climate change.
- 0:02:42 The problem is how do you make more oxygen?
- 0:03:00 Photosynthesis only happens in the light.
- 0:03:25 During the winter, your nights are longer than your days.
- 0:04:16 I’m really interested in oxygen, because I need oxygen to live like everyone else.
- 0:04:59 Unfortunately, at night, trees are creating carbon dioxide.
- 0:05:36 I’m interested in: What is making more oxygen on earth?
- 0:06:06 Trees are making no carbon dioxide after they drop their leaves.
- 0:06:44 We deplete the oxygen through breathing and industrial processes.
- 0:08:17 When nights are longest, if the trees didn’t drop their leaves, they would be making the most carbon dioxide.
- 0:08:45 Our deciduous trees and land plants are making a net gain of oxygen.
- 0:09:12 We breathe oxygen made by trees
- 0:09:57 I’m the author of When We Were Gods.
- 0:10:10 Pan Lord of the Wild
ATTRIBUTIONS for the Video
MUSIC
Undercover Vampire Policeman by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/uvp/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/
PHOTOGRAPHY
PLANKTON SATELLITE IMAGE
Attribution: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plankton_satellite_image.jpg
Description: World concentrations of surface ocean chlorophyll as viewed by satellite during the northern spring, averaged from 1998 to 2004. Chlorophyll is a marker for the distribution and abundance of phytoplankton.
ALL VIDEO FOOTAGE, Copyright 2020 Carol Anne Chapman
SOURCES
When We Were Gods: https://amzn.to/38aAf7R
Climate Change: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide:
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide#:~:text=Carbon%20dioxide%20is%20a%20greenhouse,that%20absorbs%20and%20radiates%20heat.&text=But%20increases%20in%20greenhouse%20gases,Earth’s%20long%2Dlived%20greenhouse%20gases.