The Yale Forum on YouTube

Seven climate science experts help explain ice melt in Greenland and its implications for sea-level rise over remainder of the century.

Concerns about escape of CO₂ and methane from Arctic permafrost revolve around whether, how much, and how fast emissions could be released. This video cautions that a warmer atmosphere poses real risks and, once started, such a release ‘will just go by itself.’

Unprecedented drought, wildfires, and extreme heat in 2012 are seen offering a hint of the kinds of summers that will be ‘commonplace’ under business-as-usual energy practices.

Climate 2013: Perspectives of 8 Scientists. Independent video producer Peter Sinclair captures the views of scientists representing some of the nation’s leading research institutions in a concise video newly produced for The Yale Forum.

Has Hurricane Sandy inaugurated a new age of climate fueled superstorms? Peter Sinclair interviews Hurricane Expert Dr. Kerry Emanuel of MIT, and Dr. Jason Box of the Byrd Polar Center.

Video explores the summer of 2012 record-low Arctic sea ice coverage and provides strong visuals showing the loss of older ice coverage.

A basketball metaphor illustrating changing stats pairs with analyses from a range of experts and independent commentaries in a Yale Forum video capturing the stresses of the summer’s weather anomalies across the U.S.

Major sea level rise reports forecasting trouble ahead for much of California and the Atlantic seaboard, coupled with blistering heat records across much of the U.S. … Cap it all off with a witty Stephen Colbert commentary and you’ve got the makings of another ‘This is Not Cool’ Yale Forum video.

Recently, the Heartland Institute, a hotbed of Climate Contrarianism, posted a billboard near a Chicago freeway. The Billboard suggested that those who accept mainstream science in regard to climate change, are like Ted Kaczinsky, the Unabomber.

Explores the climate change/weather relationship and points to important new research on a confounding climate change issue at a time of wave after wave of extreme weather events across America, Asia, and Europe.

The Hockey Stick and Climate Wars: Focuses on climate scientist Michael Mann … his first-hand view of his hockey stick and ‘climate wars’ experiences. (March 6, 2012)

NASA Climate Science Expert Josh Willis: Probes recent trends in sea level rise with Jet Propulsion Laboratory climate science expert Josh Willis. (February 1, 2012)

Climate Impacts on Glacier National Park: “The glaciers are disappearing,” Glacier National Park Superintendent Chas Cartwright acknowledges, pointing to modeling results suggesting the iconic park will be without its glaciers sometime between 2020 and 2030. (November 4, 2010)

Glacier National Park’s Bill Hayden: One thing the parks’ rangers are doing to communicate with the public about Glacier National Park in a warming world involves their aggressive use of social media, says Park Interpretive Specialist Bill Hayden. (November 4, 2010)

Anthony Leiserowitz, director of Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, talks about the findings from his ‘Six Americas’ study on what the American public believes about climate change. (October 18, 2010)

Climate scientist Tony Broccoli provides important insights for both scientists and journalists on how to engage lay audiences in the complex, politicized topic of climate change. (July 19, 2010)