A high school student explains global warming for the curious.

I've watched a lot of climate videos, some are good, many are mediocre and too many are awful.  A month ago I came across this video which does a nice clean job of describing the scientific understanding regarding global warming.  When I noticed it was put together by a couple high school juniors, the unfortunates who will inherit this monstrosity our complacent self-centered society is creating, I was impressed enough to ask Emily permission to mirror her video.  It took a month, but a few days ago I received her permission, so here it is.  

THIS IS WHAT SCIENCE SOUNDS LIKE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-sy6rPJBj4

The Science Behind Global Warming (Documentary)

by Emily Blegvad

my notes of highlights followed by her citations:

1:15   What is Global Warming?

2:35   Enhanced greenhouse effect

2:45   nice graphic 

(small detail 3:00 - not "preventing" escape),

followed by a very good description and graphics of our atmosphere describing how the greenhouse process captures more heat within.

4:25   "By adding greenhouse gases we have altered the natural cycle of the atmosphere making it harder to escape into outerspace...

5:30   Kinetic molecular theory

5:50   Scattering Radiation in the Atmosphere

6:15   The Rayleigh Scattering Effect

7:30   The Melting of Glaciers and Sea Ice

8:10   Paleo-climate - studying ancient air within ice cores

10:00   Arctic Ocean and sea ice

11:00   impact on global weather - jet stream

11:20   cold and Arctic's methane storehouse

11:50   ocean chemistry

12:00   Look at global Temperature rise since 1880s

12:30   Summation

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Citations: 

"The Atmosphere." The Composition of the Atmosphere. Teacher Tech, n.d. Web. 13 May 2014. 

"Atmosphere of Earth." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, Inc., 30 Apr. 2014. Web. 15 May 2014. 

"Atmospheric Chemistry." Windows to the Universe. National Earth Science Teachers Association, n.d. Web. 05 May 2014. 

Chasing Ice. Dir. Jeff Orlowski. Perf. James Balog. Submarine Deluxe, 2012. DVD. 

The 11th Hour. Dir. Nadia Conners. Perf. Leonardo DiCaprio. Warner Independent Pictures, 2007. DVD. 

"The Greenhouse Effect." State of Delaware. State of Delaware, n.d. Web. 13 May 2014. 

"Ice Core 101." Climate Change. Climate Change Institute, 2011. Web. 13 May 2014. 

An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenhiem. Perf. Al Gore. Paramount Classics, 2006. DVD. 

"The Movement of Energy." Weather and Climate. United Kingdom, n.d. Web. 13 May 2014. 

Parrish, Zakia D. "Greenhouse Gases: The Chemistry Behind the Culprits." Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, 04 July 2005. Web. 12 May 2014. 

Przyborski, Paul. "Global Warming and Land Ice." Earth Observatory. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, n.d. Web. 13 May 2014. 

Thin Ice. Dir. Oxford University and Victoria University of Wellington. Perf. Simon Lamb. 2013. 

"What Are the Properties of a Greenhouse Gas." ACS Chemistry for Life. American Chemical Society, n.d. Web. 13 May 2014. 

"What Comes after an Inconvenient Truth." TED. TED Conferences, LLC, n.d. Web. 13 May 2014.

1. Music 

1. "Far from What They Were" by Mychael Danna