International Year of Chemistry - Climate Change

What this episode covers

So we keep hearing about changing climates and global warming. But what is the chemistry behind all this? Well, it turns out that in almost every step of the climate discussion, there are interesting chemical stories to be explored. In this video, we learn that chemistry has helped us to understand climate change over thousands of years by analyzing ice cores from glaciers. By looking at the ice, scientists have discovered that global temperatures are currently increasing at a tremendous rate. But thanks to chemistry, there are many new cool solutions that can help us to solve our energy needs.

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