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1. Climate Change -- the scientific debate

potholer54 · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Climate science & climate change

What it is

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 Hacker News recommends it

HN users point to it as a clear, evidence-based series to counter climate skepticism.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “There is a great video series on YouTube by "potholer54" that shows the scientific evidence for it better than I can.”

    Great series presenting scientific evidence; first video is 10 minutes

    itcrowd, 2019-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise as much as predicted”

  2. “Meanwhile, you go ahead and watch this”

    Offered as the rebuttal to a skeptic video

    quink, 2013-09 · Recommendation · in “Dialing Back the Alarm on Climate Change”

  3. “That same content creator also made a whole playlist concerning climate change”

    Playlist on climate change from same creator

    imtringued, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “A Polar Vortex collapse sequence has begun”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: climate change, carbon dioxide, global warming, science communication

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