THE VIDEO SHELF · climate science
1. Climate Change -- the scientific debate
The first video in potholer54's climate series, giving a basic look at how climate scientists infer that man-made carbon gases are changing the climate. It is a short explainer meant to present the scientific evidence plainly.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN users point to it as a clear, evidence-based series to counter climate skepticism.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- potholer54
- Topic
- climate science
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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itcrowd on Hacker News · 2019-10
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quink on Hacker News · 2013-09
In Dialing Back the Alarm on Climate Change>There's also some evidence that historic rises in CO2 lagged temperature rather than the reverse. That's only true in some cases with strong emphasis on "some". If you want to know how much of that is true and how much is wrong just watch this …
imtringued on Hacker News · 2021-01
In A Polar Vortex collapse sequence has begun
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