# The emergent patterns of climate change

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2014
- Speaker: Gavin Schmidt
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Biology, Computer science, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/gavin_schmidt_the_emergent_patterns_of_climate_change)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [The emergent patterns of climate change](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/gavin_schmidt_the_emergent_patterns_of_climate_change/f4c67a13e4b9), 12 min (TED's player)