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Introduces the idea of climate change, highlighting the difference between weather and climate, and the history of natural climate change versus man-made climate change.…
What is Climate Change?
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Explains the difference between natural climate change of the past and man-made climate change today, introducing the hockey stick graph. This video is licensed under…
Why Should We Care About Climate Change?
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Looks at climate change in the historical context, explaining why the rate of climate change today is unprecedented. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA…
Paleoclimate Evidence of Climate Change
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Looks at a demonstration of a zero dimensional energy balance model, showing the different variables and their effects on the model. This video is licensed under the…
Zero-dimensional Energy Balance Model…
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Introduces the one-dimensional energy balance model, building upon previous model's equations. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
One-Dimensional Energy Balance Models
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Explains the zero dimensional energy balance model, including how to calculate it using a linear approximation. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
Expressing a Zero-Dimensional Energy Model as a…
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Discusses the four major components of the climate system, focusing on the structure and composition of the atmosphere. It then goes on to explain the different types of…
Overview of the Climate System: How is the…
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Uses the one-dimensional earth balance model to explain how the Earth moves in and out of ice ages, existing as a multiple steady state system. This video is licensed…
Using a One-Dimensional EBM to Model the Ice Ages
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This video explains what we can do in order to stop climate change. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
Emissions Reduction: The Only Viable Way Forward
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Michael Mann explains why there is hope that we can tackle climate change and what we need to do moving forward. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
A Path of Hope: Climate Change Solutions
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Looks at the projections for extreme weather events not yet discussed in the module as climate change continues. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
Extreme Weather Projections
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This chapter looks at a demonstration of a zero dimensional energy balance model, showing the different variables and their effects on the model. This video is…
Estimating Climate Change
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Examines the fingerprint exhibited by climate models in order to show that there are no natural explanations for today's current rate of warming. This video is…
Detecting Climate Change
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Takes a look at the different representative concentration pathways that the world could take moving into the future and their impact on global warming. This video is…
Emissions Scenarios
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Explains how scientists know climate change is taking place and how the majority of these changes are anthropogenic. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA…
Changes in Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases
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Focuses on how the world can still maintain CO2 levels below the threshold of dangerous warming by 2100, highlighting the procrastination penalty. This video is…
Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations
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