These are video recordings of Prof. Dessler's on-line class based on the second edition of the book. Videos for the third edition can be found here.

Chapter 1: climate vs. weather / how science works / scientific assessments / IPCC vs. NIPCC / COVID as a science question

Chapter 2: temperature anomalies / the surface thermometer record / confirming the warming / “global warming has stopped” / paleoclimate data

Chapter 3: energy and power / temperature / electromagnetic radiation / blackbody radiation I / blackbody radiation II / energy balance / energy balance example

Chapter 4: energy in / energy out / one-layer atmosphere / two-layer atmosphere / example problem / other planets

Chapter 5: atmospheric composition / atmosphere-land interaction / atmosphere-land-ocean interaction / interactions with rocks / human impact on the carbon cycle / carbon cycle myths

Chapter 6: transient warming / radiative forcing / historical radiative forcing / climate sensitivity I / climate sensitivity II

Chapter 7: introduction / continental drift and the Sun / orbital variations and unforced variability / greenhouse gases / summary statement

Chapter 8: IPAT / historical emissions / future warming / long-term climate change / predictability of future climate change

Chapter 9: introduction / how people experience climate change / temperature / precipitation / sea level rise / ocean acidification and abrupt changes / summary

Chapter 10: exponential growth / limits to exponential growth / discounting / social cost of carbon

Chapter 11: adaptation / mitigation I / mitigation II / solar radiation management / carbon dioxide removal / summary

Chapter 12: the free market / carbon tax I / carbon tax II / cap and trade / more policy details

Chapter 13: the 19th century / first half of 20th century / the tobacco playbook / ozone depletion / IPCC & FCCC / Kyoto Protocol / Paris Agreement

Chapter 14: carbon budgets / 1.5- and 2-degree limits / how fast emissions must come down / a policy to do this / the end