thank you
hello everyone welcome to CNN 10. I'm
koi happy to be right here with you this
glorious Friday Eve we're almost to the
weekend so let's keep it going we have
talked Russia's war against Ukraine this
week we've explored the issue of
immigration today we're headed to Italy
to one of the most active volcanoes in
the world and it erupted again this week
it's called the Stromboli volcano
because it's located on Stromboli island
off the North Coast of Sicily the last
major eruption took place in 2019
explosions inside the volcano unleash
smoke and 2200 degree lava flow that
rapidly reached the turinian sea but why
do volcanoes erupt well more than 80
percent of the Earth's surface above and
below sea level is volcanic and deep
below the Earth's surface tectonic
plates are always moving most volcanic
activity occurs where these plates
collide deep within the Earth it's so
hot that rocks slowly melt and become
magma and because this flow glowing
substance is lighter than the Rocks
around it it rises when some of the
tectonic plates shift the magma rises
even higher some of the magma pushes
through the cracks in the Earth's crust
at Vents and fissures until it reaches
the surface where it's then called lava
all right lava Lee people an update now
on our continued coverage on NASA's Dart
Mission also known as double asteroid
redirection test as it turns out when
the dart Mission slammed into the
asteroid dimorphous on September 26th it
actually changed the space Rock's
trajectory shortening its orbit the
mission was groundbreaking and the
technology marks the first time humanity
was able to move the trajectory of a
Celestial body but there may be a catch
we'll hear more now from CNN's space and
defense correspondent Kristen Fisher
then what we've learned is that this
Mission has exceeded even NASA's wildest
dreams we already knew that the dart
spacecraft had successfully hit this
asteroid dimorphous about two weeks ago
but what we didn't know was if NASA had
succeeded in its primary objective which
was to actually move this asteroid a
little bit closer to a bigger asteroid
which it was orbiting called didymus so
NASA just wanted to move to morphis a
little bit closer to Diddy most they
weren't sure if they were going to be
able to do it but yesterday NASA
confirmed it that yes they had done it
marking the first time ever in history
that Humanity had actually been able to
move a Celestial body somewhere out
there in the universe you know for
millions of years earthlings have just
had to take whatever comets or asteroids
were headed our way now Humanity really
proving for the first time that they can
strike back and so what NASA announced
at this press conference yesterday is
that they were able to shorten the orbit
dimorphouses orbit around that bigger
asteroid didimos by 32 minutes and so
the reason this is important is it
proved that this technology actually
works and so someday if there is ever a
potentially killer asteroid headed to
wipe out planet Earth the idea is that
you could employ this type of technology
and push it off course the key though is
you would have to get there many years
in advance because you can only move in
orbit just a little bit so NASA proving
this technology is possible you just got
to find this asteroid many years in
advance in order for it to work
kangaroos are known for their powerful
leg was propel them forward with
ginormous jumps but did you know
kangaroos can't go back a kangaroo's
hopping motion is called saltation which
is the action of Leaping or dancing did
you know they can pounce forward with
ease using those strong legs but their
muscular tail tendons and long feet keep
them from being able to move in Reverse
now that's random
now I want to introduce you to Isabelle
Tompkins she and her family are
answering the Call of the Wild at Samara
private game reserve a vast 67 thousand
acres in South Africa where they're
facilitating rewilding a type of
conservation where people step back and
get out of the way of nature rewilding
is considered controversial and the
benefits for both animals and humans are
debated but for Tompkins and her team
they're hoping this approach will
Revitalize both the topography and
ecosystem there in the great karoo
region let's go there now
foreign
the word conservation means to keep
things the way they are it means to
prevent things from getting worse
but rewilding has a much more ambitious
remit and I think the planet deserves a
more ambitious remit at this point in
time
located in South Africa's great Kuru
region the Samara private game reserve
was established by Isabelle Tompkins
parents Sarah and Mark Tompkins in 1997.
what rewilding seeks to do is to restore
ecosystem Health by reintroducing all
the component parts of that system
essentially reintroducing all the pieces
of the puzzle
spanning 67 000 Acres the park is home
to five of South Africa's nine
vegetation biomes and the team says it
has over 60 different species of mammal
we're located in the global biodiversity
hotspot so despite being a semi-arid
region there's actually a remarkable
amount of biodiversity particularly
endemic plants and also certain
endangered species like the cape
Mountain zebra the cheetah the black
rhinoceros
in 2019 the Tompkins family reintroduced
Lions to the reserve after an absence of
almost two centuries
when you think of Africa you think of a
line
there's no feeling more Primal than
walking in the bush knowing there are
lines around
you feel your ecological senses tingling
it's almost like a rewilding of the self
we're seeing our Founders pride of lions
at the moment an incredible sighting one
of the best sightings I've ever had
actually seeing our new little Cub for
the first time
which is really really exciting and in
terms of
rewilding it's not just about bringing
back a species that existed maybe 300 or
400 years ago as wonderful as it is to
see them back in their natural habitat
rewalding is also about bringing back
the ecosystem and for Lions being an
apex predator quite clearly one of the
main roles is is the role of predation
and if you look around us you want to
see a lot of a lot of skulls from some
rather unfortunate wilderbeers sort of
that have been um yes lion food over the
past few years but but it's a key role
really that they play in in controlling
herbivore numbers in enabling the felt
itself and the red grass very palatable
grasses to actually regenerate
themselves as well from the mighty lion
to each and every blade of grass it's
all connected
so human beings tend to want to
compartmentalize Nature we want to
divide it up into cells and units that
we can understand but nature doesn't
really function like that nature works
as a whole system and various elements
can impact on each other in ways that we
don't even understand yet
one of the central principles of
rewilding is actually to manage an
ecosystem less it's to to give nature
Back To Nature give nature back to
itself so we need to take a step back
and sort of realize that we're a part of
nature rather than apart from it I think
that if human beings can focus on their
own sphere of influence and on making a
difference in their own little backyard
our backyard just happens to be 27 000
hectares of great karoo landscape and
what a privilege for us to actually be
able to spend our time
improving this landscape and making it
work for for both people and planet
okay for today's 10 out of 10 I've seen
a bedazzled shirt a bedazzled notebook a
bedazzled water bottle but I never seen
this this vintage pickup truck got a
fancy schmancy makeover including 300
000 glass crystals hand glued one by one
must have been exhausting auto shop
owner Cleveland Shin took this 1978
Chevy Sierra from drab to Fab in nearly
three months for the Austin City Limits
Music Festival if your favorite color is
Sparkle this ride is for you
all right time's almost up everyone but
before I go I want to give a special
shout out to Monticello Middle School in
Monticello Minnesota wishing you and
everyone watching around the world a
happy Friday Eve I'm koi this is CNN 10
and I'll see you tomorrow