Best Climate science & climate change videos, as recommended on Hacker News

21 videos about climate science & climate change that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2013 and 2026. Mostly explainer, talk, commentary. Channels that come up most: Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, Sabine Hossenfelder, potholer54, Climate Town. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is Václav Smil at Driva Climate Investment Meeting 2019: Frequently linked as a sobering, data-grounded counterpoint to techno-optimism about decarbonization and green growth.

talkVáclav Smil at Driva Climate Investment Meeting 2019Nysnø Klimainvesteringer · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
explainerHow Much Do Rockets Pollute? Are They Bad For Our Air?Everyday Astronaut · 6 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
explainerA CONSERVATIVE solution to global warming (Part 1)potholer54 · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
explainerWe WILL Fix Climate Change!Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · 6 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
podcastJoe Rogan Experience #606 - Randall CarlsonPowerfulJRE · 4 HN recommenders · 2018–2020
explainerI Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works.Sabine Hossenfelder · 5 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
talkCarl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate changecarlsagandotcom · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
documentary"CHASING ICE" captures largest glacier calving ever filmed - OFFICIAL VIDEOExposure Labs · 4 HN recommenders · 2013–2017
explainer1. Climate Change -- the scientific debatepotholer54 · 3 HN recommenders · 2013–2021
commentaryThe Time America Almost Stopped Climate Change | Climate TownClimate Town · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
explainer13 Misconceptions About Global WarmingVeritasium · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2021
explainerWho Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
commentaryMy Gift To Climate AlarmistsTony Heller · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
interviewFreeman Dyson on the Global Warming Hysteria April, 20151000frolly PhD · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2020
commentaryCarbon Offsets! Can't we just buy our way out of climate change?Climate Town · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
lectureDan Britt - Orbits and Ice Ages: The History of ClimateTheIHMC · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2019
explainerI recently learned that waste heat will boil the oceans in about 400 years.Sabine Hossenfelder · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
explainerIs Meat Really that Bad?Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
explainerI wasn't worried about climate change. Now I am.Sabine Hossenfelder · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2024
demoNASA | A Year in the Life of Earth's CO2NASA Goddard · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2022
talkElon Musk's Unbelievably Simple 12-minute Killer Break Down on Climate Changeyonseienglish · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2023