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So it's come to this: Bill Nye explains climate change with emoji

So it's come to this: Bill Nye explains climate change with emoji

By James Vincent, a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge.

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It seems like the longer that certain elements of society deny the existence of climate change, the more scientists have to use ever-simpler arguments to get their point across. A decade ago we were looking at detailed studies and charts to prove the Earth is getting warmer, and now we're here: Bill Nye breaking things down with emoji.

Sure, it's not the most nuanced explainer we've seen, but it gets the basics across. There's way more of us on the planet than there used to be and we're producing much more carbon dioxide as a result. This warms up the planet, and to mitigate the effects of this warming we need new technologies, like renewable energy sources and new ways of storing electricity in networks of batteries. After all, there's only one .

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