Summer2023wasaprettyscaryonefortheplanet.GlobaltemperaturesinJuneandJulyreachedrecordhighs.AndoverintheNorthAtlanticSea,thewatertemperaturespikedtooff-the-chartlevels.Somepeoplefiguredthatmeantwewereabouttogoovertheedge,doomsday.Inthefaceofthis,HankGreen(alongtimeenvironmentalistandscienceeducatorbehindSciShow,CrashCourse,andmore),tooktosocialmediatoputthingsincontext,tokeeppeoplefocusedonwhatwecandoaboutclimatechange.

Intheprocess,hecameacrossacouplestudiesthatsuggestedareductioninsulfuroussmogfromcargoshipsmayhaveaccidentallywarmedthewaters.AndwhileHanksawasilverliningaroundthosesmogclouds,thestoryhetold—aboutsmogcloudsandcoolingwatersandtheproblemofgeoengineering—tookusonarollercoasterrideofhopeandterror.Ultimately,wehadtowrestlewiththequestionofwhatweshouldbedoingaboutclimatechange,orwhatweshouldeventalkabout.SpecialthankstoDr.ColinCarsonandAvishayArtsy.

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CITATIONS:

Videos:

SciShow(https://www.youtube.com/@SciShow)

CrashCourse(https://www.youtube.com/crashcourse)

 

Articles:

ThearticleHankcameacross(https://zpr.io/zKYxWht3Nmy7)

 

Books: 

UnderaWhiteSky(https://zpr.io/zKYxWht3Nmy7):TheNatureoftheFuturebyElizabethKolbert

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