I have been seeing the same comments/questions over and over again on my modern climate related videos, so I decided to make this video to answer and/or clarify the most common climate change questions and misconceptions that I have been seeing! I hope this helps clear things up for you guys, enjoy! ;)

0:00 Reason for video
1:00 #1 “Climate is always changing”
3:45 Importance of life ‘types’
6:41 #2 “We are in an ice age”
8:04 Rate vs magnitude of change
10:02 Does more CO2 = more trees?
12:24 #3 “Warming increases CO2 levels” (not the other way around)
15:49 #4 “Atmospheric CO2 is not increasing”
17:19 Harm of CO2 going into oceans & algae
18:30 #5 We need to “Save Earth”

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