TED-Ed 
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-the-arctic-is-climate-change-s-canary-in-the-coal-mine-william-chapman
The Arctic may seem like a frozen and desolate environment where nothing ever changes. But the climate of this unique and remote region can be both an early indicator of the climate of the rest of the Earth and a driver for weather patterns across the globe. William Chapman explains why scientists often describe the Arctic as the “canary in the coal mine” when it comes to climate change.
Lesson by William Chapman, animation by Sandro Katamashvili.
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1st, im so cool
very nice animation!
Is the title in English?
I wonder how many people are going to try to bring up the debunked "Antarctica's ice is expanding" argument because they don't understand the difference between sea ice and land ice.
just a matter of time when a wild climate change denier appears and sprouts facts that are not based on proper scientific observations
Preasuming all that is true, how ice age has ended then?
Are the pictures/animations in the video shaking? Makes me dizzy
It will only become worse..
Climate change. Yeah right…
Unless you're a Republican…
WARNING REPUBLICANS BELOW
You may lose your IQ
Antarctic ice is at its highest level in recorded history, polar bear numbers are up, NASA itself admits that it's only 38% sure that 2014 was the warmest year of the last 100 years. They said they have 38% confidence in a 0.02 deg increase w/ a 0.1 deg margin of error! Human impact on the climate is minuscule & a CO2 tax won't change temps at all. But it will destroy of millions of jobs and raise energy prices, slamming the poor. Look at the US & Europe. Fracking for natural gas has caused CO2 emissions in the US to FALL MORE than in Europe, which wasted billions on emissions cuts.
Learned something today
There is MUCH more ice in the antarctic cap, and it is not melting, it is growing. The warming of our planet by the sun, causes the CO2 to increase, not the other way around. Climate change is caused by the sun's energy, which is trapped by the green house gasses in our atmosphere, warming our planet. CO2 has almost no effect on our climate, water vapor on the other hand has a large effect. Maybe we should regulate water emissions.
I don't even believe in much Climate Change happening now, but still, just move to Nuclear. Nuclear is safe (Chernobyl was caused by the Soviet Union's bad reactor design, because they were just pumping them out), efficient, does not pollute (except in minuscule amounts), is beneficial to most ecosystems (In a pond in Miami next to a nuclear reactor, the water is used as coolant. The hot water coming out of the reactor is beneficial to cold blooded animals like Alligators, and that lake is home to many endangered species), and produces A TON of energy. Now, we have Nuclear Fusion coming out too, which is even better on all of these reasons than Nuclear Fission (What we use today).
IF…
Less Arctic Ice = Less reflecting of the Suns rays
——> Global WarmingTHEN???
More Reflective Roofs and Driveways = More reflected Sun rays
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—->Paint the World White to Fight Global Warming!!!The thing that strikes me most about this video is that NOBODY REALLY KNOWS what is going to happen. Just that whatever does will likely be EXTREME.
can't understand
It's interesting how the narrator conveniently leaves out the rest of the world to get to the answer he wants. The Antarctic's negative feedback is conveniently ignored.The fact is that we are releasing more carbon than ever in history, and that global warming is one significant probable result of that. We should act as if it's true due to the possible consequences. Turning carbon credits into a global financial profit machine is not the answer.
1:09 – 1:15 Could someone explain to me how the opposite is possible? I don't get it…
If it warms up how can it freeze more?
not my circus, not my monkeys
Gore the Bore
this was soo confusing lol
I really like the narrator.
can I get this video narration?
Lol
The YouTube Crazy arctic weather by Rutgers scientist Jennifer Francis is very useful in getting deep into recent science on this subject.
I DONT GIVE A FUCK<, MOM STOP MAKING ME WATCH THIS FUK.
HI DBOSS AKA PAUL!!!!
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We need emergency geoengineering now. Start spraying reflective aerosols in the atmosphere to alleviate temperatures until we find a more permanent solution
Why the melting of the Arctic will likely lead to global agricultural collapse is the missing piece of information that folks should understand. Plus 2degrees.
It is the Antarctic ice melt Which is "the canary in the coal mine"!
we are at the end of an ice age … it goes in cycles… Google : World maps before an ice age …then world maps after a ice age …
Plants tree and stop maiking roads and stop consumming products that need to travel more than 100 km. And also never almost eat beef.
Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and the Warm Arctic-Cold Continent Conjecture may be additional factors to consider. Looking at where the head of the elephant is pointed is a good start to determining where the animal is headed. But you really need to look at the rest of elephant (ie the legs) to figure out where it really is going.
the truth about climate change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZGKyILMvTE&t=3s
You were wrong. So very wrong. Guessing you don't know CO2 is plant food and it is not causing global warming. Fake news again….will you apologize? Nope.
NOT CURIOUS GEORGE
Do something about it
Hiiiiiiii
This has not aged well!
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No doubt that canary is long dead, but 9 years later and humanity has never been safer, healthier or more prosperous than at any time in history.