34:00 | This video focuses on conspiracy theories, delving into the seven traits of conspiratorial thinking. I also delve into conspiracy theories about climate change and how they emerged from the dark corners of the Internet to briefly go mainstream during the “climategate” incident in 2009.
22:13 | The scientific consensus on human-caused global warming has been a fierce topic for decades. To understand why, you need to know the history of consensus.
27:29 | You can summarize climate change in just ten words: it’s real, it’s us, experts agree, it’s bad, there’s hope. Climate change misinformation is like a bizarro world version of this.
28:36 | Debunking myths about Climate Change is a crucial factor in closing the gap between public and scientific consensus. The good news is that the gap is narrowing quickly.
15:59 | A compilation of animated videos debunking the most common myths about climate change.
2:08 | Debunking of the “global warming has stopped over the last few decades” myth.
1:44 | A debunking of the “climate’s changed naturally before so current climate change must be natural” myth.
2:04 | A debunking of the “CO2 is a trace gas so can’t warm the Earth” myth.
2:20 | A debunking of the “human CO2 emissions are tiny compared to natural CO2 emissions” myth.
1:28 | A debunking of the “we’re heading into an ice age” myth.
1:16 | A debunking of the “sea level rise is exaggerated” myth.
1:22 | A debunking of the “cold weather proves global warming doesn’t exist” myth.
2:02 | Debunking of the “global warming has stopped over the last few decades” myth.
2:18 | An introduction to the five techniques of science denial: Fake experts, Logical fallacies, Impossible expectations, Cherry picking, and Conspiracy theories (FLICC).
6:43 | Dry graphs and science jargon don’t cut it with most audiences. Here are 4 scientists – each with a different approach to creative, fun, insightful climate communication.
3:12 | Video abstract for paper “Deconstructing climate misinformation to identify reasoning errors”.
5:47 | Researcher John Cook’s analysis showed overwhelming consensus among climate scientists. Here’s how the 97% ‘concensus’ meme came to be.
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.
24:54 | Video talk by John Cook.
3:23 | John Cook introduces the “Fact-Myth-Fallacy” structure for debunking misinformation.
7:54 | John Cook explains the most effective way to debunk misinformation: fight sticky myths with even stickier facts and structure your debunking argument in three parts: fact, then myth, then fallacy.
5:55 | John Cook outlines how to stop science denial: by exposing people to weak forms of science denial.
5:59 | John Cook explains the vocal minority using research from The Six Americas report and from the article, “Your opinion on climate change might not be as common as you think,”
9:39 | John Cook explains the wordview backfire effect using examples from recent history and research. He also talks about ways in which we might combat this phenomenon when it comes to discussions of climate change.
5:52 | Dr. John Cook explains some of the most common methods used to manufacture public doubt about climate science.