Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact

We need to understand the science behind global warming to avoid the most damaging and irreversible climate change impacts on people and planet.

These videos are from the SDG Academy course C limate 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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What is Climate Change?

What is Climate Change?

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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.…
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Why Should We Care About Climate Change?

Why Should We Care About 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…
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Paleoclimate Evidence of Climate Change

Paleoclimate Evidence of 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…
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Zero-dimensional Energy Balance Model…

Zero-dimensional Energy Balance Model Demonstration

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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…
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One-Dimensional Energy Balance Models

One-Dimensional Energy Balance Models

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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.
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Expressing a Zero-Dimensional Energy Model as a…

Expressing a Zero-Dimensional Energy Model as a Linear Equation

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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.
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Using a One-Dimensional EBM to Model the Ice Ages

Using a One-Dimensional EBM to Model the Ice Ages

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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…
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Emissions Reduction: The Only Viable Way Forward

Emissions Reduction: The Only Viable Way Forward

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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.
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A Path of Hope: Climate Change Solutions

A Path of Hope: Climate Change Solutions

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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.
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Estimating Climate Change

Estimating Climate Change

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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…
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Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact -…

Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact - Trailer

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The 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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Detecting Climate Change

Detecting 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…
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Emissions Scenarios

Emissions Scenarios

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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…
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Changes in Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases

Changes in Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases

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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…
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Sea Level Rise and Coastal Impacts

Sea Level Rise and Coastal Impacts

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Explains the impact on people that different levels of sea level rise would have. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
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Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations

Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations

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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…

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