Friday, April 25, 2025

PBS Terra asks 'The Biggest Climate Scam Ever?' for a Flashback Friday Arbor Day

Happy Flashback Friday and Arbor Day! I'm observing the environmental holiday with a contrary perspective, Weathered on PBS Terra asking The Biggest Climate Scam Ever?

What happens when a study goes viral? After the “trillion tree” campaign captured the internet's imagination, YouTube sensation, MrBeast, raised 20 million dollars to plant 20 million trees. But did they survive? We went to check in on them… and were shocked.

In this episode of Weathered, we get into the surprising origins of the viral “trillion tree” campaign, why it nearly ended the careers of the scientists behind it, and what actually works when it comes to storing carbon and fighting climate change. Spoiler: it’s not as simple as planting trees.
This video calls back to the second video I embedded in Vox and PBS Terra examine planting trees to fight climate change. My observation then was "Planting trees serves as an example of 'Nature knows best' for sequestering carbon, but this video shows it's not a good short-term solution." The video above shows that's still true. It also calls back to 'Weathered' on PBS explains 'Why Heat Domes Are SO Deadly', which itself revisited another entry about planting trees.
Maiya May is revisiting the weather and climate events that formed the background to PBS Terra shows how past redlining leads to heat wave deaths in the present and future and Detroit floods while the Pacific Northwest bakes in record temperatures. Those concentrated on a possible solution to the problem and pointing out how an unhealthy planet is running chills and fever.
Planting trees will definitely make the local environment cooler and relatively soon, but it will take decades for the trees to have a positive effect on global carbon dioxide. As May pointed out, we don't have decades. Conserving forests will have more of an effect now.

I already covered the top posts from PBS Terra and Weathered on PBS in PBS Terra asks 'Save the Planet? In THIS Economy? Pffft' for an Earth Month Throwback Thursday and PBS Terra tells 'The REAL Story of the LA Fires | Full Documentary' for Flashback Friday, so follow over the jump for a retrospective of the holiday entries that got traction on social media during the blogging year that ended on March 20, 2025.


Mardi Gras marching bands and one drum corps on Marching Music Day had the the third most views on Instagram during the 2024-2025 blogging year with 17 and also had 2 likes. It also had 371 views on Threads, the most during the blogging year, to be one of the most active on Threads during the first 3 weeks of March 2025 and year.

Asteroid Day, past, present, and future was from June, but it earned its four likes during July to be the most active on Instagram during the month and tied for most likes during the blogging year.

'Banshee: Ireland's Screaming Harbinger of Death' from PBS Storied for St. Patrick's Day had 2 likes, 2 reposts, most during blogging year, and 270 views to be one of the most active on Threads during the first 3 weeks of March 2025.

'New Zealand Girl Reacts to BOSTON CRUSADERS 2018 | S.O.S.' for a drum corps 'Mayday!' on Wayback Wednesday was the most active on Facebook during May 2024, earning 2468 impressions, second most during the 2024-2025 blogging year, 2313 reach, 16 likes and reactions, tied for most on Facebook during the blogging year, 4 comments, 8 shares, and 45 link clicks, second most during year.


The History Guy remembers 'Fact, Fiction, and Frankenstein's Monster' for a late Frankenstein Friday earned 4 reactions, tied for second most during year, and 1 share to be most active on MeWe during October 2024.

'Star Wars at The Oscars' for Revenge of the Sixth from May 6, 2024 has two shares, most during blogging year, two reactions, and one comment to be most active on MeWe during May 2024.


An update on Puerto Rican statehood for Piña Colada Day 2021 from July 10, 2021 and posted January 4, 2025 to Bluesky earned 3 likes, 2 reposts, and 1 reply in 1 thread the first time and 17 likes (most during January 2025 and blogging year), 3 reposts, and 3 replies in 3 threads the second time.

Stay tuned for an evergreen post tomorrow.

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1 comment:

  1. Pinku-SenseiApril 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM

    Thanks to Steve in Manhattan for linking to this entry in Mike's Blog Roundup at Crooks and Liars and welcome to all of his readers who came here from his link. Also, welcome to all my international readers from Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, Germany, Austria, Belgium, and the rest of the planet. A special shout-out to my Singaporean readers, who provided 2,849 page views this past week, more than the 2,186 page views from my American readers! Looks like you're checking in on the mood here in the U.S. May my blog be the right place for you!

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