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The emergent patterns of climate change

Gavin Schmidt · TED

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You can't understand climate change in pieces, says climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. It's the whole, or it's nothing. In this illuminating talk, he explains how he studies the big picture of climate change with mesmerizing models that illustrate the endlessly complex interactions of small-scale environmental events.

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Institution
TED
Department
TED2014
Speaker
Gavin Schmidt
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Biology, Computer science, Earth and environment
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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