Glaciers Are Disappearing Almost As Fast As You Can Ski Down Them | Climate Games

Sorry, but I'm going to join in the chorus here and say that this video wasn't up to Physics Girl's usual high standards. I get that global warming is one of the biggest issues we're dealing with, and not enough people are taking the warning of the climate science consensus seriously, but did we really have to call this an "experiment?" If I was still on the fence about climate change, this video would've pushed me a little in the other direction: that perhaps climate change activists aren't being critical if even an educated person with a physics degree from MIT could call this an experiment and had dialogue that implied that the skier had gained some kind of first-hand experience with the climate change reality.

Like almost all videos on divisive topics, this is mostly preaching to the converted. My concern with this one is that it may fan the flames of the climate change denialists more than convince anyone that it's real or that it's a bigger issue than they thought. Climate science is obviously complicated, which affects our about ability to (individually) understand it properly and (even more) our ability to convey the important messages - but I'm not convinced that we should resort to these sorts of tactics. It seems underhand.

As I started with, Physics Girl is a very smart, talented science communicator. Even the greats make a dud occasionally, and I think that this is hers.