The theme looks at how Open Science is being used for Climate Change research.
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If you would like to contribute an article or help with the YouTube channel catalog please raise an issue on GitHub or drop GenR a line! DM @Gen_R_ or email [email protected] | The GenR theme started in Nov 2019 and will be ongoingg in parallel with other themes.
Generation Research is funded by the Leibniz Association within the funding line strategic networks as part of the Leibniz Research Alliance Open Science. GenR editorial büro is based at the TIB – German National Library of Science and Technology.
GenR carried an interview with Joachim Allgaier looking at the question of how YouTube is being strategically gamed to have anti-science climate denial content shown when users search for climate change subjects.
Joachim advocated that scientists should be posting on YouTube to help push back against this trend of obscuring climate science. To answer that call GenR has been compiling a list of 'Top 10 Climate Change - Science - YouTube Channels'. This is our initial list and we'll keep on updating the list and sending out announcements on a regular basis. The channel list will continue to be updated as the architecture of YouTube prevents a simple catalog of channels being made publically available.
The objective of the 'Top 10' is to look at how the scientific community and individualy can represent climate change science research.
The channel catalog is a community effort and will be updated regularly. Get involved!
The preferrences for adding channels (evolving):
- Preferably made by scientists or the science community
- Show a variety of YouTube format styles and production values
- Looking for creative lectures or conference formats so that YouTube styles of video delivery can be shown
- Include one or more selections that show off the work of the IPCC
- No broadcaster or mainsteam media celebrity channels
- To focus on climate change issues and exclude where possible other environmental questions about health, conservation, or polution etc.
Channels listed on Zotero (pasted below) on GenR's YouTube channel. NB: We have to use a video playlist as Google doesn't provide Channels lists.
- Borlace, Dave. ‘Just Have a Think’, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRBwLPbXGsI2cJe9W1zfSjQ/featured.
- ‘Climate State’, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateState.
- IASS Potsdam. ‘Climate Engineering Conferences: Critical Global Discussions’, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg4cyMKncP4HiQPwnjNMotQ.
- IPCC. ‘Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’, 2011. https://www.youtube.com/user/IPCCGeneva.
- Levy, Adam. ‘ClimateAdam’, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam.
- MIT. ‘MIT Climate’, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCenSARsycBiZwoO5UvwVJ6w/about.
- MPIC. ‘Max-Planck-Institut Für Chemie’, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/user/mpichemie.
- NASA. ‘NASA Goddard’, 2006. https://www.youtube.com/user/NASAexplorer.
- standard.tv. ‘Our Changing Climate’. Our Changing Climate, 9 December 2016. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ.
- zentouro. ‘Zentouro’, 13 July 2007. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAz17eZxF5tD7vNOEVgegKg.
- Fully Charged - https://www.youtube.com/user/fullychargedshow
Test edit for YouTube embed, see: https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet#videos
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A small selection from YourTube - https://www.youtube.com/feed/guide_builder
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Channel tracker plugin https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/yt_tracker/952783286913?pann=gam
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Channel search (its very dumn, but in filters you can select 'channel' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN1PIj3eyeA | But the results are rubbish, actually worse - dissinformation.
If things go well the ambition would be to build up a bigger collection.
NB: It would also be interesting to find ways for channels to identify as being Climate Change Science channels and be cataloged and searchavble. Please suggest ideas! So far we have:
- Add a tag to channels
- Add Crypto ID in channel description
- Community maintained catalog: run cataloging sessions