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in the form of light waves
and that heats up the Earth.
And then some of the radiation
that is absorbed and warms the Earth
is reradiated back into space
in the form of infrared radiation.
And some of the outgoing
infrared radiation is trapped
by this layer of atmosphere
and held inside the atmosphere.
And that's a good thing because
it keeps the temperature of the Earth
within certain boundaries,
keeps it relatively constant and livable.
But the problem is this thin layer
of atmosphere is being thickened
by all of the global warming pollution
that's being put up there.
And what that does is
it thickens this layer of atmosphere,
more of the outgoing infrared is trapped.
And so the atmosphere heats up
worldwide. That's global warming.
Now, that's the traditional explanation.
Here's what I think is
a better explanation.
You're probably wondering
why your ice cream went away.
Well, Susie, the culprit isn't foreigners.
It's global warming.
- Global...
- Yeah.
Meet Mr. Sunbeam.
He comes all the way from the sun
to visit Earth.
Hello, Earth.
Just popping in to brighten your day.
And now I'll be on my way.
Not so fast, Sunbeam.
We're greenhouse gases.
You ain't going nowhere.
Oh, God, it hurts.
Pretty soon, Earth is chock-full
of Sunbeams.
our atmosphere.
How do we get rid
of the greenhouse grasses?
Fortunately, our handsomest politicians
came up with a cheap, last-minute way
Ever since 2063,
we simply drop a giant ice cube
into the ocean every now and then.
Just like Daddy puts in his drink
every morning.
And then he gets mad.
Of course, since the greenhouse gases
it takes more and more ice each time.
Thus, solving the problem
once and for all.
- But...
- Once and for all!
This is the image that started me
in my interest in this issue.
And I saw it
when I was a college student
because I had a professor
named Roger Revelle
who was the first person to propose
measuring carbon dioxide
in the Earth's atmosphere.
He saw where the story was going
after the first few chapters.
After the first few years of data,
he intuited what it meant
for what was yet to come.
They designed the experiment in 1957.
He hired Charles David Keeling
who was very faithful and precise
for decades.
They started sending
these weather balloons up every day
and they chose the middle of the Pacific
because it was the area
that was most remote.
And he was a very hard-nosed scientist.
He really emphasized the hard data.
It was a wonderful time for me
because, like a lot of young people,
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