Frequently linked as a sobering, data-grounded counterpoint to techno-optimism about decarbonization and green growth.
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The best climate science & climate change videos, according to Hacker News
26 videos about climate science & climate change that Hacker News commenters keep pointing each other to, ranked by how many separate months they were recommended. Part of Earth, Energy & Environment.
HN commenters cite it whenever rocket launch pollution comes up as a rebuttal to alarm, since it shows launches are small next to other sources.
HN users recommend it as a model of communicating climate science to conservative and libertarian audiences without alienating them.
HN commenters recommend it as an articulate, uplifting counterweight to climate doomerism, though one critic calls it a form of denialism and another notes it omits nuclear.
Commenters in climate and impact-event threads send people to Carlson's Rogan appearances for his account of ancient cataclysms.
Recommended as an accessible, nuanced explanation of the mechanics of global warming, including the saturation puzzle.
HN commenters use it as proof that the climate problem was clearly explained decades ago, and as a model of clear communication to a broad audience.
Recommended whenever glaciers come up, as a stunning look at the scale of calving.
HN users point to it as a clear, evidence-based series to counter climate skepticism.
HN recommends it as an entertaining summary of early bipartisan climate action and corporate influence on research.
Used as a short, well-made rebuttal to common global warming arguments in climate threads.
Recommended as a nuanced, data-backed treatment of emissions responsibility, made with Our World in Data.
Shared by climate-skeptic commenters as a counter-argument to alarmist statistics, a contested source rather than consensus.
HN commenters point to it as a prominent physicist's skeptical counter-view, usually when someone asks for dissenting opinions.
HN shares it as an entertaining, well-argued critique of carbon offsetting in threads on greenwashing.
Strongly recommended as a clear explanation of 50-60 million years of climate history that clears up confusion.
HN cites it in energy debates as an illustration of the long-term thermal limits of exponential energy consumption growth.
HN commenters cite it as a clear, well-sourced summary of why meat, especially beef, has such a large environmental footprint.
HN commenters link it as the direct source on climate sensitivity and on the claim that past models ran too cold.
HN commenters use it as a vivid illustration of how CO2 is distributed and how vegetation absorbs it seasonally.
Cited by commenters skeptical of climate data adjustments, to support claims about NOAA modeled data. The claims are contested.
Cited as evidence that Musk has long taken climate change seriously and as a concise statement of his views on carbon pricing.
HN commenters mostly cite it skeptically in climate threads, as an example of past predictions of cooling.
Linked as a simple, replicable demonstration of CO2's greenhouse effect, even in a classroom.
HN cites it in methane and permafrost threads as an early warning that still looks relevant.
Cited as a source lecture series behind arguments on energy, EROEI, nuclear power and climate.
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