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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Reportedby-LuluMillerwithhelpfrom-AlyssaJeongPerryProductionhelp from-AlyssaJeongPerryOriginalmusicandsounddesigncontributedby-JeremyBloomwithmixinghelpfrom-JeremyBloomFact-checkingby-NatalieMiddletonandEditedby -N/A
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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