Simon Clark
Video-maker and Science Communicator
May 25, 2024
Talk: “Falling Upwards: The Story of an Unsuspecting Climate Communicator”
Simon Clark on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SimonClark
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Summary
In 2013 I started my PhD with the best of intentions, yet after graduation found myself as a full-time science communicator. As the years went on I became more and more known online for covering the climate crisis as a recovering scientist. In this talk I’ll cover quite how I fell upwards into this position, how I think about the climate crisis, and how I try to make people care about it.
Bio
Dr Simon Clark is an award-winning science communicator and author from Bath, UK. He holds a master’s degree in Physics from St Peter’s College, University of Oxford, and a PhD in atmospheric physics from the University of Exeter. His eponymous YouTube channel, where he covers topics in science and specifically the climate crisis has accrued over half a million subscribers and over 50 million lifetime views. His first book, Firmament, was published in 2022 and is an introduction to atmospheric science for a general audience.