How to Talk to an Ostrich – “We’re not Addicted to Burning!”
3:04 | What happens if we burn through all the coal and oil, and shale gas?
How to Talk to an Ostrich: “Who says CO2 heats things up?”
1:47 | The atmosphere doesn’t care whether you study it for warring, or warming. Adding CO2 turns up the planet’s thermostat.
How to talk to an Ostrich: “Global Warming Stopped in 1998!”
2:36 | Geoscientist and climate expert Richard Alley connects the dots of temperature to show the difference between short-term trends and long term direction.
How to talk to an Ostrich: “IT’S US”
2:40 | Richard Alley address a common argument about climate change: that increasing amounts of carbon dioxide, CO2, are coming from natural sources, like volcanoes.
Energy Quest USA
53:40 | Examples of positive steps toward sustainability being taken by cities and states in the US: Alaska, Kansas, Fort Worth, Baltimore and Portland.
Powering the Planet (Full program)
53:40 | Second program in the ETOM mini-series.
Yes, In My BackYard
9:03 | Samsø, Denmark and West Texas both solved the YIMBY “Yes, In my BackYard” challenge.
How to talk to an Ostrich: The Pentagon & Climate Change
3:38 | Admiral David Titley, director of Task Force Climate Change, explains why the Pentagon accepts climate change as real, and how it’s impacting military planning.
How to Talk to an Ostrich: Today’s CO2 is nothing Special
3:25 | When Earth was much, much hotter it was fine for dinosaurs. We might not like it quite so much.
How to talk to an Ostrich: “We don’t know enough…”
2:21 | It’s true that Earth’s a massive jigsaw puzzle, with lots of pieces intricately fitting together. But, Richard Alley argues, we already know enough to see the Big Picture.
How to Talk to an Ostrich: “We can’t Afford Clean Energy”
4:18 | Some people say transitioning to clean energy will simply cost too much – “leave it to future generations.”
Renewables Roundup
7:24 | Richard Alley puts numbers on global renewable resources: solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and conservation.
Earth: The Operators’ Manual, 2011 version, program 1
53:42 | Richard Alley explains the essential science of climate change, and the promise of renewable energy.