'The Daily Show' Celebrates Earth Day by Tackling Climate Change

Happy Earth Day! I know I told my readers that I already have more conventional videos for today's celebration, but I decided to go with TDS Celebrates Earth Day by Tackling Climate Change. I needed a good laugh.

Unlike the Trump administration, The Daily Show acknowledges the existence of climate change. In this collection of segments honoring Earth Day, Ronny Chieng breaks down rising global temperatures, Michael Kosta discovers an environmental safe haven in Duluth, Minnesota, and Troy Iwata investigates solutions to the climate crisis, including a trip to Mars and a woolly mammoth resurrection.

Michael Kosta is complaining about snow? He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just like my younger daughter! We know snow! On the other hand, he spent long enough to Los Angeles to know about the people there. He may be telling a joke, but he's not kidding! On a more serious note, Duluth is on CNBC's list of safest places in the U.S. from climate change, but so is Detroit, and we already have better weather than Duluth!

Troy Iwata managed an interesting transition from 2024 being the world's hottest year on record to a space ark to mammoth de-extinction. Re-establishing the mammoth steppe would help keep methane from permafrost in the ground, but that's an entire biome; bringing back one species would not be enough, which is part of why Colossal Biosciences also revived dire wolves, although those are Game of Thrones dire wolves, not the real ones. George R.R. Martin is even listed as a co-author on the paper!

That's a wrap for Earth Day. Stay tuned for Wayback Wednesday.