Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot
This helps protect our community. Learn more

Climate change

United Nations • Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

13 Misconceptions About Global Warming

Veritasium
17.7M subscribers
<__slot-el>
<__slot-el>
5.9M views 10 years ago
Donate to the IPCC to prevent climate change → https://ve42.co/donateIPCC Common misconceptions about climate change. Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe References below: For CO2, sea levels, Arctic sea ice, Antarctic and Greenland land ice: http://climate.nasa.gov Satellite data shows that ground-based stations underestimate recent warming: Cowtan and Way, 2014 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10... For papers published on climate change during the 1970's, see Peterson, 2008 http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/1... For solar and temperature data see NASA GISS, PMOD: http://www.acrim.com/tsi%20monitoring... Krivova et al. 2007: http://www2.mps.mpg.de/projects/sun-c... CO2 ratio of Carbon-13:Carbon-12 decreasing. IPCC AR4: http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_d... CO2 emitted by volcanoes vs by humans: Gerlach, 2011 www.agu.org/pubs/pdf/2011eo240001.pdf Gerlach Mauna Loa CO2 data: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/tre... Rising a …...more
...more
13 Misconceptions About Global Warming
214KLikes
5,922,402Views
2014Sep 22
Donate to the IPCC to prevent climate change → https://ve42.co/donateIPCC Common misconceptions about climate change. Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe References below: For CO2, sea levels, Arctic sea ice, Antarctic and Greenland land ice: http://climate.nasa.gov Satellite data shows that ground-based stations underestimate recent warming: Cowtan and Way, 2014 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10... For papers published on climate change during the 1970's, see Peterson, 2008 http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/1... For solar and temperature data see NASA GISS, PMOD: http://www.acrim.com/tsi%20monitoring... Krivova et al. 2007: http://www2.mps.mpg.de/projects/sun-c... CO2 ratio of Carbon-13:Carbon-12 decreasing. IPCC AR4: http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_d... CO2 emitted by volcanoes vs by humans: Gerlach, 2011 www.agu.org/pubs/pdf/2011eo240001.pdf Gerlach Mauna Loa CO2 data: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/tre... Rising atmospheric water vapour: Santer, 2007 http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/07028... A doubling of CO2 will likely lead to a 3C increase in global temperatures according to many independent pieces of evidence: Knutti & Hegerl, 2008 http://www.iac.ethz.ch/people/knuttir... Great resource on Milankovitch cycles: http://www.sciencecourseware.org/eec/... CO2 lags temperature rise in the southern hemisphere but leads the global average temperature rise, Shakun et al. 2012 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/... Music by Kevin McLeod, http://incompetech.com Songs: Hidden Agenda, Sneaky Snitch, Harlequin

Follow along using the transcript.

Veritasium

17.7M subscribers