These videos are from the SDG Academy course Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact, first launched in 2019 and taught entirely by Penn State University Professor Michael E. Mann.
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| 2,989 2,989 playsIntroduces the idea of climate change, highlighting the difference between weather and climate, and the history of natural climate change versus man-made climate change.… -
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| 661 661 playsExplains 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… -
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| 261 261 playsLooks 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… -
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| 97 97 playsLooks 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… -
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| 116 116 playsIntroduces the one-dimensional energy balance model, building upon previous model's equations. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license. -
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| 120 120 playsExplains 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. -
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| 62 62 playsUses 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… -
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| 69 69 playsThis video explains what we can do in order to stop climate change. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license. -
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| 89 89 playsMichael 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. -
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| 61 61 playsThis 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… -
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| 49 49 playsThe course covers the basic principles of atmospheric science, methods of climate data collection and tracking of greenhouse gas emissions. It introduces basic climate… -
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| 47 47 playsExamines 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… -
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| 60 60 playsExplains 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… -
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| 49 49 playsTakes 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… -
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| 28 28 playsFocuses on how the world can still maintain CO2 levels below the threshold of dangerous warming by 2100, highlighting the procrastination penalty. This video is… -
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| 46 46 playsExplains the impact on people that different levels of sea level rise would have. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.