On his popular Veritasium site, science video blogger Derek Muller argues that climate change is boring—and that’s why so many people misunderstand the basics of climate science. But with the stakes so high, it’s essential to push back against climate denial and call out governments like Australia’s, which recently rescinded the country’s successful carbon tax. With the U.N. climate summit coming up later this month in New York, he said listeners between the ages of 13 to 21 can enter a contest to attend the event and ask climate questions of world leaders. (h/t to Adrian Irving-Beer for pointing us to this story)
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