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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.