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“Fortnite” is currently the biggest game in the world, hosting millions of players of all ages on a daily basis. As such, it provides interested groups with the opportunity to tap into the phenomenal interest that the game has attracted to pursue certain goals. In the case of climate scientists, using “Fortnite” to talk about climate change makes as much sense as anything, these days.

One of the climate scientists trying to use “Fortnite” as a medium to reach out to the greater public consciousness is Henri Drake who has a Twitch channel named ClimateFortnite. Drake is an honest-to-goodness climate specialist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

He got the idea to use “Fortnite” as a communication platform after he saw significantly more interest in watching a live stream of the game by an 11-year-old than a climate change lecture. Instead of quibbling over the population’s skewed priorities, he decided to go where the people are to spread his message.

Drake is not the only one to do this, either. There are actually other climate scientists playing “Fortnite” and he streams gaming sessions with them while answering questions related to climate change, ABC News reports.

While the Twitch channel is not getting nearly as much attention as some of the biggest streamers on the platform, Drake is of the opinion that it’s still worth the effort. In fact, a “Fortnite” streaming session can be a lot more effective than most of the options available to climate scientists when giving lectures.

“I like to compare that with some of the other outreach that I do, so I’ll go and do a talk at a middle school, that’ll be a two-hour event, I have to travel there, I have to prepare and then only about 20 kids get to see it,” Drake said.

“Even now I’ve amplified my communication just by doing it online, so I’m pretty happy with that.”