While the scientific community is in agreement, many people in the general public don’t have a clear picture of the evidence that Earth’s atmosphere and climate have changed and are changing. While data is convincing for scientists, others often need a more well-explained picture of events.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson as host of the National Geographic series, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, takes on the challenge of explaining the science of climate and the evidence of climate change in Season 1, Episode 12, The World Set Free. (episode originally aired March 8, 2014)
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