The REAL Reason We Confuse Weather and Climate | Hot Mess 🌎

[@CaptainPIanet]

It's like we're all frogs in a pots that slowly heating up. We don't feel the incremental change too well. And the occasional ice cube or two that is dropped in will convince others that it's not getting warmer or is in fact cooling.

[@ElynevanOpzeeland]

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[@Ziorac]

We are. I mean, frogs don't actually stay in the pot that slowly heats up. That whole saying is based on people just putting a frog in a pot and not letting it get out and then saying 'ha look at the dumb frog'. So... We're dumber than frogs, is what I'm saying. ;)

[@Ziorac]

Michael Gusevksy, so would that argue for or against the 'frogs are dumb' hypothesis?

[@Markle2k]

+Ziorac You made an important point, but there is more. The guy who tested the myth and found that the frog would jump out went beyond the strict instructions in the analogy and found that he could boil a free and (temporarily) alive frog. But he had to destroy enough of the frog's brain such that it wasn't aware of the danger it was in. I propose that this extension describes the social aspect of climate change denial. Influential people can generate the peer pressure to convince otherwise rational people to ignore the evidence and even develop a hostility to those who try to make them aware of the problem.

[@dysonsquared]

This fits nicely in my sub collection. Your vids will now be among my favorite "go to" channels (alongside the other PBS Studios offerings). Congratulations on another success!

[@bbbb95476]

The enironment is often a go to conversation starter for me if I don’t know what to talk about or say. No matter where someone stands on the issue, they usually end up engaged in a real conversation with me. It helps me asses where people are in terms of how much the environmental matters and I also get to teach them things they didn’t know or should consider. Climate change is just one of the topics that I bring up, but I can definitely assure you I am not one of the people who stay quiet on the issue. In fact, most people I talk with appreciate the conversation I have with them because it was genuine and wasn’t just small talk. Even those who oppose me in my views still appreciate the conversation. So if you ever need a conversation starter, bring up an environmental issue and truly discuss it. I would however recommend being very knowledgeable in the issue before discussing and being able to dispel myths.

[@shirosenshiesq]

You can absolutely see the climate changing where I live. Used to be in the 80s and 90s that seasons fell properly in their blocks, and Summer had a warm/hot/warm series, Winter had a cold/freezing/cold series, with Autumn and Spring bridging between. Now, instead of Summer lasting Dec-Feb, it's already hot by October and stays hot into April. We were still on 30 degres C and over well into the second month of Autumn.

[@awkward.anonymous]

The wardrobe analogy about climate vs weather is really good. I'll think I'll be using that from now on!

[@Girlcatlove1524]

This is honestly amazing I love this channel

[@callmejeffrey4999]

Guys amazing job once again. I hope that many people visit ur channel and work together to beat climate change. Good luck guys 🍀

[@TommoCarroll]

Happy to see this channel gaining the traction it deserves too! What a great idea from the folks at _It's Okay To Be Smart_ to make this channel! What videos do you want to see them make?

[@joshuadeyoung5540]

"How's the Climate these days?" !!!!! yes! yes what a simple easy way to bring this subject up all the time. I love it and I for one am going to start using it. Climate change is real and more needs to be done about it.

[@TommoCarroll]

Haha "well, it's generally heading in a direction more akin to being warmer and more erratic in its weather dear boy, how's the climate for you!?"

[@MaryBuckie]

Please keep up the good work. As s teacher, this helps mcgr fight the sometimes incorrect or not thoroughly researched info I share with kids

[@AEther0238]

This answered every question about climate and weather, except for the question in the title of the video.

[@Naiadryade]

Lol, I'm one of those few people who's always talking about climate change. Long cold spell due to a wobbly jet stream? I'm like "did you know this is probably because the Arctic is warming fastest? Let me tell you about the shape of the atmosphere!" I meet somebody from another bioregion? I get REAL excited like "oooh, tell me about the climate where you live. Have you noticed a change in patterns over your lifetime?? Please tell me all the details."

[@zentouro]

that is really awesome to hear! keep it up :D

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

I wonder how much talking about weather and climate has become a taboo subject. We're often told not to bring up politics and religion at polite dinner parties. Thanks to political polarization perhaps weather and climate has been added to the pile of taboo subjects. I have worked alongside people who get really upset when anything political, religious or climate are brought up so in the interest of getting along I stick to inoccuous topics like movies, music or sports.

[@whatshisnamegain1]

I've mostly heard this from people who are from the US, funnily. In my personal experience (I'm from Austria, Europe) whenever I meet strangers or go to dinners, politics so often come up as a subject and sometimes we disagree... What a shocker! ;) But we still get along. It would be super boring to just small-talk all the time. Also I regularly talk about climate with my peers, but that might be because I'm in my bubble of more eco-conscious people.

[@mr.boomguy]

Eh, he... Ain't music and sports (especially sport) as 'heated' conversations as politics 🤣

[@nickc3657]

I keep thinking this channel’s logo is College Humor

[@TommoCarroll]

OH YEAH! Knew it reminded us of something! THANK YOU Nick! Didn't realise our brains needed it but you just eased our minds chap!

[@ricericericericericericerice]

You’re doing important work. Keep it up!

[@nicholasroyer9066]

I'd be very interested in where you got those statistics on how often climate is discussed in the US. I somehow doubt that it took into account *any* part of the internet....

[@afrogufo772]

Damn, I never thought about the "spiral of silence". Thanks.

[@TommoCarroll]

Yeah that was actually a really hard hitting truth. So many times I will decide to not bother getting into things, simply due to being tired of being heckled or having the same arguments over and over with different people, but this makes it clear that you've got to keep on fighting the good fight no matter how exhausting it is!

[@paulgirtu2463]

Surprisingly, no Emperor Lemon puns. I'll be the first one then * D O W N W A R D S P I R A L* *DOWNWARD SPIRAL* DOWNWARD SPIRAL Downward Spiral downward spiral _downward spiral_

[@jackdalton2538]

I'm British and i probably talked about the weather today

[@TommoCarroll]

I think whilst watching this video we discussed what the weather was like now, yesterday and the forecast for the next month - it was like deja vu...probably had the same conversation yesterday....

[@ClimateChanger]

This is such a good description of weather v climate. I loved the plinko bit, a great way to make probability distributions more accessible

[@jep9092]

Shared this on twitter and tagged Trump I will never stay silent

[@MrFindX]

To be honest I feel very hesitant to talk about climate change around other people. However, Joe does have a point. A lot of people do believe in climate change, even though we don't think that's the case. In fact, a guy I knew, who was over 60 years old, said that he believed in climate change. I think it is important to talk about climate change, because you never know how many connections you'll make by doing so.

[@ginawoolsey987]

You guys should do a video about how global warming and climate change produce more extreme weather. Like how there are extreme snow storms while also having really hot days.

[@ghosetclosetanimals4life667]

YOU NEED MORE SUBS AND VIEWS!!

[@chiragadwani1875]

I just like the drumroll too much too not subscribe and press that bell icon. 😆😆 Great content too👍👍👍

[@ZephyrsTuneOfficial]

Thank you guys for the great content and commitment to this great cause!

[@KatrinaEames]

I hope that in this world, there is at least one tall person who gets the question "How's the weather up there?" and then talks about climate change and how it is impacting weather.

[@pranavlimaye]

Why in the WORLD would 4 people think of disliking this video???

[@livingroomtv9591]

Hey guys, the Plinko analogy was excellent. I think it might help those who often say stuff like "its really cold today, climate change is fake"

[@SarahLJP]

I remember when Republican Senator James Inhofe brought a snowball into Congress as proof climate change wasn't happening. That's a principal example of confusing weather and climate.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

While that was a Record Cold February for the Eastern US in 2015. At the same time year to date Earth saw its HOTTEST February on record and 2015 ended up being both America’s and Earths 3rd warmest year on record. He definitely dose not understand the difference between weather and climate and regional and global. Lol

[@TheAnjelHarte]

lol I can’t stop myself from talking about climate change a lot of the time. I can’t stop thinking about it, so I bring it up all the time

[@NotHPotter]

Climate is such a fair weather friend.

[@JohannesLilover]

One of the best channels

[@javierdrake1803]

Why the hell does this channel only have 97k views?!🤦

[@attilao]

Since you mentioned "offset the climate impact": it would be nice to have a video on the topic of carbon footprint and offset. And, great video, as always!

[@Ziorac]

I dunno about the whole staying silent thing. I bring it up with people a lot. Usually whenever someone tells me 'it's so nice out today!' when it's literally 20F above normal temperature. (It's only May, but we've had about 10 days like that already.) (Here in the Netherlands.) Anyway, when someone says that to me, I usually say something along the lines of 'you know this isn't normal right? We should be worried.' And people just shrug it off. Cause it's 'so nice out'....

[@gupta-pw5xb]

I saw someone *doing a science* just now......

[@TommoCarroll]

Awful folks, can't they *do a science* in the privacy of their own homes!

[@whatabouttheearth]

Its ok, their speciation is probably to divergent to breed.

[@coppersalts]

How is it that this video has any dislikes at all‽

[@cainiddrie1482]

Nice description of a complex topic

[@TommoCarroll]

They handle these topics well - they kind of get it right for both the people that are just curious and those that have knowledge about these topics already...they hit the sweet spot between the two! Do you agree?

[@TommoCarroll]

Mental shortcuts with important issues has got to be one of the worst things evolution handed to us.... *DAMN YOU DARWIN* !

[@paulgirtu2463]

*_E M P E R O R L E M O N_* *SILENCE HAS BEEN GOING ON A DOWNWARD SPIRAL*

[@eddiewiller]

Is this channel ever going to get into developments in climate science? Like I'm thinking in the same way as Spacetime's Journal Club episodes. I subscribed thinking this channel might bring up new studies that I had not yet heard about, but so far it has been much more base-level understanding stuff.

[@darkestkhan]

Ryan Anderson give it some time to cover basics first. Then they can start assuming more knowledge from the audience.

[@zentouro]

Yeah, thats the plan currently. We're trying to balance both getting info out to folks that may not know the basics as well as providing resources and tools for those already involved. That being said, if you do run across anything that you think is new or exciting in the world of climate science, tell us!

[@yeehawyall]

CLIMATE LOUDNESS

[@TommoCarroll]

That "Climate Science? More like Climate Silence" line was heavy!!!

[@EasterWitch]

Maybe it's more common to talk about climate change up here in the north where we can actually see the changes our actions have on our planet. Yes, this winter was colder than it's been in many years, but the sea ice is still melting quicker and quicker and reforming later every year.

[@HQ4575]

climate silence.... this hit me hard, we do need to talk about climate more

[@olivercunningham8270]

subed at 1.6k!!!

[@zentouro]

heck yeah!

[@डॉ.अतुलचौरे-ऑनलाईनकवीकट्टा]

Thanks

[@ZomBeeNature]

So, how's the climate going?

[@josedanielvillegas4475]

That merch cameo was awesome

[@sujeetdas1783]

keep doing this.

[@TGC40401]

My dad recently said, "Today is 6 degrees colder than the hottest this date has ever been... and they call that global warming" I eloquently retorted, "Ha, you're an idiot."

[@fuge74]

except I pulled information for my area and other areas around me and it is.... stagnant literally no change for all recorded time. which is like the 1800s to now. east coast for the win.

[@wyndhamcoffman8961]

I'm trying to figure out how to fit climate change into small talk. Hey bob how's it going, did you see that the lake is down a whole metre. Yeah it's getting really dry out there. If it doesn't rain soon, then the utilities are going to need a new water source.

[@TommoCarroll]

That would be a fun-filled conversation...haha! We would say it's a great way to break the ice...but there probably won't be any ice left to break! #ClimateHumourIsAllowedRight?

[@TheReligiousAtheists]

The fact that you can make and run a channel entirely devoted to climate change makes it even scarier

[@MadSpacePig]

I talk about it as much as I possibly can, it's probably very annoying. Also what uneducated world do we live in where Americans think that if they mention proven science they'll be disagreed with?

[@itchy7879]

Fun fact: Spanish has no distinction between weather and climate. They are both 'el clima'

[@ElynevanOpzeeland]

that just very confusing i guess.. how do you talk about this?

[@ManuelReynamanuelmreyna]

Tiempo and clima would be the equivalents, but it's true clima gets used a lot for talking about the weather, which is problematic.

[@ElynevanOpzeeland]

that will just make this problem even more complicated...

[@TommoCarroll]

Oh Jeez - do you live in Spain? Do you have first hand experience having this conversation with people? Would love to know because that sounds like a nightmare of a conversation! Cheers Daniel!

[@adolfodef]

As a latin american, I can say that this is not an issue at all. -> We just simply add another word to be more specific about the subject: . _"Vamos a hablar del tiempo/clima"_ -> We are gonna talk about the weather. . _"Vamos a hablar del cambio climatico"_ -> We are gonna talk about climate change.

[@atree8648]

Hey , at 1:36 when you put 24th june Me: 🥳( how do you know that's my birthday which is a fornight later) (I will definitely plant a plant on that day(I will be 16)) (And when I will become able , I will plant tens of *trees on my birthday as well on world earth day both (which was probably on 22nd April this year (2021)))

[@lucidmoses]

Also... People already know what the climate is like in there area and it doesn't change that much so no need to ask. However, because of climate change, people will have to talk about. Say... Once every ten years or so.

[@TommoCarroll]

Once every ten years seems to be what it already is for the proper discussions...sad times!

[@williamcloreiv3675]

Science not Silence!

[@novaevan]

1:07 I DID A SCIENCE!

[@perks6292]

Blimey... Woo!!!

[@afolarinshonubi5816]

I'm British and I only talk about the weather to complain

[@saswatsarangi6669]

4:22 i'll get kicked if i ask that... L O L

[@barath781]

Again I'm one of the first members yaya

[@saswatsarangi6669]

we had environmental engineering(about acid rain, acidity etc) , nobody took seriously, even smart guys r like - we just need for marks, study forget it

[@SrmthfgRockLee]

morevids!

[@illiteratemochi4150]

It’s basically the silent majority vs the loud minority. We think most people don’t believe it, but that’s because those who don’t are more vocal about it.

[@rt-ik7ik]

It has been way colder and way hotter on this planet in the past. I think the sun actually plays a waaay bigger role in climate change than we now know. Even bigger than all the CO2 stuff.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

While that is true. The sun is not causing the current warming. It’s actually been dimming. Yet Earth keeps warming.

[@rojorohr4723]

Holy macaroni, more Joe Handsome!

[@VladyF]

Came here to upvote the "Because you're americans" comment. There wasn't any, what's wrong with the internet!?

[@ndpd7695]

So...how's the climate these days?

[@TheKelvinator11]

Can you guys please do an episode on the many different ways to remove carbon dioxide from the environment? There are several ways to do this and nobody ever talks about it.

[@littleg3827]

Iam so confused about climate

[@TheInselaffen]

Weather and climate are the same thing. What is climate if not just the range of possible weathers over time. It's all just physics. Don't let semantics blind us to the problem.

[@aka_pcfx]

It's not that I don't talk about global warming because I fear backlash, but because I think that everybody agees with me anywy, and that an empty discusson wont change anything. i much rrather do my part, pay for clean energy, local ecologicly sourced food and ride my bike to work. Talk is cheap. And useless. act, vote and quit talking about things we already agree on. Which is not to say, you should stop making these videos. keep em comming

[@zentouro]

I'd agree that actions speak louder than words, but though many folks may agree with your views on climate change, that doesn't mean they are doing the action. Simple chit-chat is a great place to start to keep issues around climate at the top of peoples minds so that they do act and vote.

[@goddamnpiero6153]

I think that this episode is deeply connected to the previous one, about how climate change doesn't affect everyone in the same way. Maybe some people tend to deny climate change because they have the luck to be in a warmer/colder environment than some other people?

[@doomjunyu_]

*TEA*

[@lilj4818]

I feel like it’s mostly people in their thirties or forties that don’t believe something is going on with the climate. Younger people grew up with climate science being taught in science class, and the older generations always talk about how much more snow they got when they were kids or how much cooler the summers were. Whether they believe in man made climate change is a whole different story. I wonder if this show will talk about many of the theories for stopping or slowing climate change. Recently I heard about a plan to pump chalk into the air to reflect sunlight. And about a new carbon scrubbing facility. Those would be great topics for future videos :)

[@gabrielre5009]

this guy looks like my uncle

[@brunomeral7885]

Who is the "we" in the title of the video... because for the record: I don't.

[@LukHaider0]

We the USA xD every other country has decent education

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Yes you do; the emotional part of your brain confuses the two all the time, but you don't worry about that because you're able to consciously correct yourself.

[@LukHaider0]

No because the are 2 diffrent words with different meaning. 2 completely different concepts. As i said: Nowhere in the world is this even an issue, except the USA

[@zentouro]

i spend most of my day studying and talking about climate change and still catch myself realizing i'm just associating recent events in ways that aren't accurate. brains are weird and as Joe says, not always the super rational beings we like to believe ourselves to be.

[@silentwitness7132]

@zentouro. This happens to the media too when talking about climate change, when events are associated to it when we can''t even know if it was, they should be careful when talking about such complex issues.

[@anntopacio5192]

climate is important. idk how is it tell me anything bout it

[@Juhanikki.]

First hotmess video made sense. The black girl on race race race video was awful..

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landon potato ()_()

[@1103Leona]

Poop fart

[@terraform7365]

Someone stole your wallet.

[@mareshbm2731]

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