A straightforward explanation of Climate Change: the heat from human emissions is roughly equal to exploding 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs every day. Historically, every time carbon dioxide levels increase in Earth's atmosphere, the average surface temperature increases, ice melts, and the seas rise. Subscribe to TDC: null The New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/28/science/what-is-climate-change.html Video by Bryce Plank Music: Dragon and Toast by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100251 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ More info: Follow Paris Climate Summit progress: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/climate/2015-paris-climate-talks/indian-activists-say-climate-solutions-must-consider-indias-need-to-grow Megacities face 20 feet of Sea Rise: http://www.climatecentral.org/news/nations-megacities-face-20-feet-of-sea-level-rise-19217 ITER (thermonuclear experimental reactor): https://www.wikiwand.com/en/ITER Like our page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thedailyconversation Join us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/100134925804523235350/posts Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/thedailyconvo