The Edx MOOC Denial101x Making Sense of Climate Science Denial was a huge success. We have a 69 page document with student praise and lists of what they learned. We have videos from students all over the world talking about how it made a difference in their lives, here's a compilation of some favorites:
It really makes me feel like all of the hard work was worth it! I spent most weekends this semester working on this course. Plus, I made a lot of new friends that I hope to continue to work with in the future. Thanks to John Cook for inviting me to participate!
The videos and the course live on for all to use!
Luckily, it wasn't just a one-time event. We have the course sitting in self-paced mode so anyone can drop in and check it out: https://www.edx.org/course/making-sense-climate-science-denial-uqx-denial101x-0 (It goes live July 1.) It's still free, you still only need an email address to participate. You also still don't have to worry about your grades because it's a MOOC. There's really nothing to lose!
Here's where you come in. One of our team goals is to make sure that these videos live on and are tweeted, posted on Facebook, and shared any time these myths pop up in main stream media. Imagine a comments section that's out of control somewhere. All you have to do is drop the proper video and your point is made! Imagine every time Donald Trump tweets about it being cold outside so global warming doesn't exist, if his followers would just reply by dropping the video or even just the infographic that proves him wrong. Frankly, I feel like I explain the same climate myths over and over and over again and I look forward to video-dropping knowledge to save myself some time (and sanity).
This means that the skeptical science team is working to embed these videos into the existing myth debunking system on their website. We're working on other easy ways to make sure teachers can find our videos and use them in class. Luckily, all of our videos are freely available on YouTube.
Here's a playlist of the videos I made (hey, it's my blog, I get to self-promote!): Heat Waves, Wavy Jet Stream, Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, Weather vs Climate models, Water Vapor Amplifies Warming, and IPCC Underestimates.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_EjPkqH3G1pM_H9qHjeWT9mn_mPp5-BW
Here's the Denial101x playlists for all of the weeks in the course: https://www.youtube.com/user/denial101x/playlists
Here's the full list of videos in case you are looking for something specific:
Week 1: Overview of
the climate controversy
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Consensus of evidence
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Consensus of scientists
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Consensus of papers
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From the experts: Scientific consensus
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Knowledge based consensus
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Vested interests
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Dragons of inaction
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Ideological bias
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From the experts: Psychology of denial
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Manufacturing doubt
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From the experts: Skepticism vs Denial
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Media balance-as-bias
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Five characteristics of science denial
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From the experts: Spread of denial
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From the experts: Attack on science
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Week 1 wrap up
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Full interview with Ben Santer
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Full interview with Naomi Oreskes
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Full interview with Peter Doran
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Full interview with Stephan Lewandowsky
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Full interview with Lawrence Hamilton
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Full interview with Katharine Hayhoe
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Full interview with Michael Mann
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Full interview with Eugenie Scott
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Scientific Method
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Full interview with Ritayan Mitra
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Week 2:
Global warming is happening
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Week 2 overview
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Heat build-up
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Hot records
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Shrinking glaciers
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Greenland ice loss
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Antarctic land ice vs sea ice
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Cryosphere: Expert Interviews
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Building a robust temperature record
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Heat in the city
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Wavy jet stream
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Climate change vs global warming
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From the experts: Full interview with Phil
Jones
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Week 2 wrap up
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From the experts: Full interview with Jonathan
Bamber
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From the experts: Full interview with Fabrice
Calmels
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From the experts: Full interview with Antoni
Lewkowicz
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From the experts: Full interview with Eric
Rignot
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From the experts: Full interview with Lonnie
Thompson
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From the experts: Full interview with Isabella
Velicogna
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Week 3:
We are causing global warming
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Week 3 overview
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Upsetting natural balance
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The CO2 rise is man man-made
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Taking up residence
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From the experts: Carbon cycle
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The greenhouse effect
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Increasing the greenhouse effect
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Reinforcing feedback
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From the experts: Greenhouse effect
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Structure of our atmosphere
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Measuring from space
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Daily and yearly cycle
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Week 3 wrap up
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Full interview with Corinne Le Quéré
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Full interview Ed Hawkins
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Full interview with Steve Sherwood
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Full interview with Luke Barnard
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Full interview with Joanne House
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Full interview Mike Lockwood
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Full interview with Bill Ruddiman
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Week 4:
The past tells us about the future
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Week 4 Overview
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Message from the past
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The Little Ice Age
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Ancient CO2 levels
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From the experts: The past
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Medieval warm period
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Confused decline
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From the experts: The decline
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Principles that models are built on
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Success stories
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Weather vs climate
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Climate science in 1970s
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Future ice age
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Tendency to underestimate climate impacts
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From the experts: Climate Models
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Week 4 wrap up
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The Climate of Middle Earth: Part 1
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Full interview with Tim Osborn
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Full interview with Andy Pitman
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Full interview with Greg Webb
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Full interview with Katrin Meissner
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Full interview with David Stevens
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Week 5:
We are feeling the impacts of climate change
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Week 5 overview
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Climate is sensitive
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Water vapor amplifies warming
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The role of clouds in climate change
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Methane clathrate feedback
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Adaptation takes time
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From the experts: Ecological impacts
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Polar bears
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Ocean acidification
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From the experts: Coral bleaching and ocean
acidification
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Overall impacts
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Carbon Dioxide is a pollutant
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Agricultural impacts
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From the experts: Impacts on society
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Extreme weather
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Heat waves
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Hurricanes
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Week 5 wrap up
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Making sense of the slowdown
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The Climate of Middle Earth: Part 2
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Full interview with Richard Alley
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Full interview with Charlie Veron
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Full interview with Annamieke Van De Heuvel
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Full interview with Sir David Attenborough
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Full interview with Christine Hoskings
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Full interview with Kevin Trenberth
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Week 6:
Responding to denial
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Week 6 overview
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Vocal Minority
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Worldview Backfire Effect
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From the experts: Psychology of denial
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Inoculation Theory
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Sticky science
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Flu Shots
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From the experts: Debunking
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From the experts: Climate metaphors
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Week 6 wrap up
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The Climate of Middle Earth: Part 3
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Full interview with Dan Lunt
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Full interview with Simon Donner
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Full interview with Ullrich Ecker
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Full interview with Michael Ranney
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Full interview with Courtney St. John
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Full interview with Mark McCaffrey
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Please help us share these videos, especially with teachers who are encouraged to use them in their classes. Enjoy!
Citation for MOOC:
Cook, J., Schuenemann, K., Nuccitelli, D., Jacobs, P., Cowtan, K., Green, S., Way, R., Richardson, M., Cawley, G., Mandia, S., Skuce, A., & Bedford, D. (April 2015). Making Sense of Climate Science Denial. edX. http://edx.org/understanding-climate-denial
Update: Here's a more detailed version of the above list: http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2015/08/index-uqx-denial101x.html