Get the truth about climate change, with plant scientist Bert Drake of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. In this 6-part series, learn how we got here, how we move forward, and what climate change could mean for our food, our coasts, and our homes. Learn more at https://serc.si.edu/making-sense-of-climate-change.

Lecture 1: The history and physical science of global warming
Meet the early discoverers of human-induced climate change and learn how greenhouse gases can cause temperature changes around the world.

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Opening images courtesy of NASA, Chesapeake Bay Program, USAID and the U.S. Department of Energy

Music: /"Ruckus 3/" by Dave Depper
From the free music archives
Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Carbon Dioxide Pump Handle Video by NOAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?vvA7tfz3k_9A

What is really warming the world? by NASA

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