What is climate change, how long have we known about it, what will its effects be, and what can we do to help solve it? Hot Mess is a new PBS Digital Studios YouTube series from hosts Miriam Nielsen, Talia Buford, and Joe Hanson. Its mission: To explore how climate change impacts all of us, and about how we can create a better future for our planet and ourselves.
In their video premiere, Hanson explains the greenhouse effect and climate change, and then summarizes our recent history with the knowledge that burning fossil fuels is transforming the planet: We’ve Ignored Climate Change For More Than a Century.
Subscribe to their channel for more climate science and smart solutions, join us in supporting their work on Patreon, then check out another smart video from Hanson and PBSDS: The Surprising Places We Waste Energy.
Plus: Weather vs. Climate + Severe Weather from Crash Course Kids, Climate Change 101 with Bill Nye, and from the Natural History Museum in London: Ice Cores – Measuring Earth’s atmosphere from 20,000 years ago.
And some more videos about awesome solutions: Climbing Wind Turbines for a Living, how to fit 4 years of trash into a mason jar, How do solar panels work? and Do Cities Need More Green Roofs?