Climate Change
Climate change is the most serious issue humanity has ever faced. Scientists agree that it's happening and is caused by human activity with as much certainty as the fact that smoking causes cancer.
"It's simple math: we can emit 565 more gigatons of carbon dioxide and stay below 2 degrees Celsius of warming - anything more than that risks catastrophe for life on earth. The only problem? Burning the fossil fuel that corporations now have in their reserves would result in emitting 2,795 gigatons of carbon dioxide - five times the 'safe' amount. Fossil fuel companies are planning to burn it all - unless we rise up to stop them!" - 350.org
Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, global thinker and leader, and author of several books; including The End of Nature, and Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, shares this call to action for what could not only be the biggest fight of our time, but of all time.
The climate responds to whatever forces it to change at the time. Unfortunately, we're now the dominant force From the Climate Change Simply Explained series, produced by animation students from the University of New South Wales for Leadership Networks for Climate Change.
A musical investigation into the causes and effects of global climate change and our opportunities to use science to offset it. Featuring Bill Nye, David Attenborough, Richard Alley and Isaac Asimov. "Our Biggest Challenge" is the 16th episode of the Symphony of Science series by melodysheep. Visit http://symphonyofscience.com for more science remixes!
http://www.ted.com Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the overwhelming evidence that change is happening and why that makes him deeply worried about the future.
Animation explaining climate change for children
John Oliver hosts a mathematically representative climate change debate, with the help of special guest Bill Nye the Science Guy, of course. Connect with Last Week Tonight online...
There are some laws that Congress can change. The laws of nature aren't among them. While lobbyists continue to call for more and more "second" opinions, Sheldon points out to his colleagues that the scientific community is solidly behind the fact that climate change is a real threat.
