Michigan Isn’t Supposed to Have Earthworms

🌏 Get that exclusive NordVPN deal here: https://NordVPN.com/alexisdahl. It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee. I grew up thinking earthworms were always good for plant communities. Turns out, I was wrong. Here's what they're doing to forests in the Upper Midwest. ✨ Want to support my work? Well, hey, thank you so much. You can learn more about how to keep this thing going at https://www.alexisdahl.com/support. Find Me Elsewhere: • Find stickers, hats, and other merchandise related to these videos: http://www.alexisdahl.com/store • Want to get e-mails about my latest videos and other happenings? You can sign up here: http://www.alexisdahl.com/newsletter • Want to work together or learn more about my work? Contact me at http://www.alexisdahl.com/ • On Instagram, I upload nature photos, plus odds and ends:   / alexis.writes   Key Research Sources: https://www.esa.org/esablog/2012/03/0... https://www.michiganpublic.org/enviro... https://www.npr.org/2022/10/06/112722... https://serc.carleton.edu/vignettes/c... https://wormwatch.d.umn.edu/forest-ec... https://wormwatch.d.umn.edu/forest-ec... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smiths... https://www.mtu.edu/news/2017/08/eart... https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/11... https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/cgi/vi... Music, video, and image credits: Epidemic Sound iStock.com/Wirestock iStock.com/SaddamStock Pexels NOAA Science on a Sphere (public domain) Great Lakes Worm Watch April S. Dalton, Chris R. Stokes, Christine L. Batchelor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La... (CCA 4.0) James S.W., Porco D., Decaëns T., Richard B., Rougerie R., Erséus C.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lu... (CCA 4.0) Robert Flogaus-Faust: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (CCA 4.0)