13 Misconceptions About Global Warming

Veritasium · 5.9M views · 2014-09-22 · 6:50

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Overview

Veritasium debunks common climate change myths in under seven minutes, with references to NASA and published research. Topics include CO2 sources, sea ice and 1970s predictions of cooling.

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Used as a short, well-made rebuttal to common global warming arguments in climate threads.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2014–2021

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Climate science & climate change Scientific method & science communication

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dwaltrip · 2016-12 · Strong recommendation
Veritassium debunks this claim on climate change, along with a dozen others, in less than 7 minutes in an informative and entertaining way. It's a great video, you should at least watch it. [VIDEO] In short, during the 70s, there were some papers on global cooling. But even then, there was still 6 times more papers on global warming. Science overall has been looking in the correct direction for a long time now. The narrative isn't changing.
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dwaltrip · 2021-07 · Recommendation
That’s actually a myth. Global cooling was a small minority of published papers in climatology at the time. They were many more papers discussing warming. Source: [LINK] P.S. I learned this watching the excellent video by Veritasium on climate change misconceptions: [VIDEO]
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jdhendrickson · 2014-11 · Recommendation
I've linked a short well made video below which addresses your arguments. TLDW Just because man's emissions are relatively small in comparison to the over all natural emissions does not mean they don't affect things. I implore you, (as you seem a reasonable fellow who values science) to give it a watch and see if you still feel the same way. I'm willing to watch or read any counter argument you care to link if you will do me the same courtesy. [VIDEO]
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