THE VIDEO SHELF · climate history
Dan Britt - Orbits and Ice Ages: The History of Climate
Dan Britt lectures on the history of climate, covering orbital cycles, ice ages and conditions millions of years ago. It frames current climate debate with deep-time context.
Why HN readers recommended it
Strongly recommended as a clear explanation of 50-60 million years of climate history that clears up confusion.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- TheIHMC
- Topic
- climate history
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2019
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From the original HN conversations
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For anyone interested in finding out more about the last 50-60 million years of climate history I would strongly recommend this talk: [VIDEO]
baking on Hacker News · 2019-01
In Pliocene and Eocene provide best analogs for near-future climatesIncidentally, yesterday I came across a great scientific talk that I think checked all the boxes here, and then some. 100k views+, but deserves an even larger audience IMO, could clear up some of the confusion about climate (the facts parts): Dan Britt - Orbits …
stareatgoats on Hacker News · 2019-01
In How to give a great scientific talk> <...> thing someone would do if they wanted to cherry pick their data to suit a case. <...> See for example the year without a summer (1816). _comes and cherry picks a single year to "prove" something_ > There are periods of human history …
trymas on Hacker News · 2019-06
In Average Global Temperatures since 1850
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