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In this thoughtful video, Karen imagines how our kids and grandkids will feel about us. And you? What would you think if your grandparents left you with an unstable world?
Young people, you bring a new voice with energy to the climate discussion. We need that!
We know there will be changes, in some ways that are likely to be unexpected. That’s kind of scary.
Our parents solved many hard problems for us, and thankfully we can go about our lives oblivious to those. How about our children? Karen wonders though if we should pass on the message of human cooperation.
Listening to popular media you might think scientists are divided on climate change. So we asked Karen if she knows any climate scientists who disagree. She doesn't need a lot of words here...
What makes you more hopeful? Karen shares that for her, it's when she sees more people getting involved. And with recent events she's more hopeful!
As a climate scientist, Karen says the questions she hears have evolved from "Is it real?" to "How screwed are we?" Her answer to young people directly: stay hopeful, get involved, and help make the needed changes!
It's the poor people around the world, who have least contributed to climate change, who will be the least able to cope with the floods, droughts, poor harvests... In this heartfelt video, Karen expresses the feeling that this is sadly unfair. See if you agree.
Short and sweet -- yes, it is happening
It's always fascinated Karen how much the weather affects people all over the world, from their mood to their livelihood. She describes how the promise of improving people's lives by better understanding it brought her to study climate.
We wish the actions available to us individually would solve the problem, but it's a large system around us that we're all a part of.
It's an important question: how do we know climate change is real? Karen tells us some of the interwoven theory and real-world measurements they use.