Climate 101: Ozone Depletion
3:25 | Learn what CFCs are, how they have contributed to the ozone hole, and how the 1989 Montreal Protocol sought to put an end to ozone depletion.
James Hansen – Scientific Reticence: A Threat to Humanity and Nature
23:44 | James Hansen, Pam Peterson, and Philip Duffy join us to discuss how the hesitancy among scientists to express the gravity of our situation is a major block to our understanding and response to climate change.
How Climate Scientists Predict the Future
9:12 | Over the years, scientists have made a lot of predictions about how Earth’s climate is changing, but they don’t just pull those predictions from thin air.
Future global warming
2:41 | IPCC report authors rigorously evaluate the latest results from climate models run on supercomputers.
New Study Says Extreme Climate Change Preventable
19:44 | Oxford University climate scientist Richard Millar says right-wing climate deniers have misrepresented his research, and that the 1.5-degree Celsius warming limit is not yet a geophysical impossibility.
Why 2°C? The Range and the Risks
9:25 | Stefan Rahmstorf talks about the role of the Paris Agreement in 2015, why we need to aim higher if we want to keep global temperature increase at or below 2°C.
Clouds, Chemistry and Climate: Why Our Climate Is What It Is
1:10:17 | Professor Daniel Cziczo explains the vital relationship between clouds and climate, and the present options for reducing atmospheric CO2.
How temperature adjustments affect long-term global warming
1:26 | Analysis by Carbon Brief finds that adjustments have relatively little impact on global temperatures, particularly over the past 50 years.
Can we trust peer-reviewed papers?
26:42
The 97% ‘Consensus’ on Climate Science
5:47 | Researcher John Cook’s analysis showed overwhelming consensus among climate scientists. Here’s how the 97% ‘concensus’ meme came to be.
The Paris Agreement and Dangerous Tipping Elements
11:28 | Stefan Rahmstorf talks about the premise behind the paper “Why the right climate target was agreed in Paris”.
Consensus on consensus: summary of studies into scientific consensus on climate change
3:42 | John Cook is lead author of a 2013 paper confirming that the vast majority of climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warming.
Iskerner afslører fortidens klima
4:17 | Fra Videnskab.dk.
In the Crosshairs of History: Michael E. Mann and the Denial Industry
12:52 | Michael E. Mann talks about his research in general, the ideological attacks on the hockey stick graph, the disinformation campain by the denial industry and the nature of true scientific skepticism.
Climate: What did We Know and When Did We Know it?
7:09 | Climate models have a strong record in helping scientists foresee a warmer world … and its impacts.
Den Kolde Krig og klimaforskning
5:55 | Tidslinje: Sådan kickstartede Den Kolde Krig moderne klimaforskning.
NASA’s Earth Minute: Why Does NASA Study Earth?
1:52 | Earth is a complex, dynamic system we do not fully understand. Today, NASA uses satellites, aircraft and even an occasional boat to study our planet’s air, land and water.
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: The Battle Continues
35:11 | A central figure in the controversy over human-caused climate change has been “The Hockey Stick”.
Global Warming vs. Global Cooling
2:32 | Weren’t scientists all freaking out about global cooling in the ‘70s? So what’s with the global waring freak out now? And – more importantly – how awesome are my parties??
What Blue Holes Have to Say About Climate Change
2:31 | Years of Living Dangerously boards the Alucia, a research vessel, to learn how scientists are researching blue holes to learn more about climate change.
Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change
35:36 | This lecture will begin with a review of the now-solid evidence for a human influence on the climate of recent decades and then address future likely impacts.
What are Tipping Points?
2:21 | Stefan Rahmstorf and Michael E. Mann talk about tipping points and the science of climate change.
Climate model success stories
5:51 | Climate models have consistently made successful predictions. Here Dana Nuccitelli shows us some examples of successful climate model predictions.
What Arctic Caves Reveal about Ancient Climate Cycles
39:35 | Dr. Jeremy Shakun discusses how information about ancient climate cycles is preserved in stalactites and stalagmites (speleothems) in Arctic caves.
The puzzling colors of climate change
3:02 | Mallory Hinks from UC Irvine explains the role of aerosols in climate change.
Is CO2 really causing Climate Change?
2:45 | If the climate has changed before, could it be natural now? How can we use carbon-dioxide’s fingerprints to identify it as the culprit? And where does that detective’s accent come from?
Neil and Bill Talk Climate Change
2:41 | Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Clinton discuss the current perception of climate change versus the way the vast majority of scientists view it.
Gavin Schmidt – Simulating the emergent patterns of climate change
27:47 | Gavin Schmidt’s primary area of research is the development and evaluation of computer simulations of the Earth’s climate. He is particularly interested in how they can be used to inform decision-making.
NASA’s Earth Minute: Greenland Ice
1:56 | Greenland is warming almost twice as fast as Antarctica, which is causing the ice to melt and raise global sea levels.
NASA’s Earth Minute: Sea Level Rise
1:30 | Since 1880, the global sea level has risen 8 inches (20 cm); by 2100, it is projected to rise another 1 to 4 feet (30-120 cm).
Guðni Elísson – Earth2015
15:22 | Hot future, cold war. Climate science and climate understanding.
Water vapor amplifies warming
5:27 | Keah Schuenemann’s lecture explains how carbon dioxide affects water vapor in our atmosphere and also how the two greenhouse gases interact to form a positive feedback loop.
The role of clouds in climate change
5:51 | Peter Jacobs talks about one of the more complicated questions in climate science: how will clouds change in a changing climate?
Making sense of the slowdown
6:39 | Climate change is real, so why the controversy and debate?
Confused decline
5:26 | Peter Jacobs explains climate proxies, which estimate temperatures in the Earth’s past. In particular, he looks at the divergence problem, where some tree-ring proxies diverge from recent instrumental measurements.
Medieval warm period
5:47 | Robert Way examines the Medieval Warm Period and how it compares to today’s temperatures.