Independent video producer Peter Sinclair captures the views of eight scientists representing some of the nation’s leading research institutions in a concise video newly produced for The Yale Forum.

The hallways of San Francisco’s Moscone Center each early December are fertile grounds for planned and chance encounters with leading climate scientists.

Attending the American Geophysical Union’s 2012 Fall Meeting in early December, independent Michigan video producer Peter Sinclair clearly found that to be the case, and his most recent “This Is Not Cool” video produced for The Yale Forum provides witness.

Among the issues touched on in this new video featuring concise comments by eight scientists representing various climate research organizations: