Brutally Cold Outbreaks in Our Warming World

Dr. Peter Carter, Paul Beckwith, and Regina Valdez discuss the occurrence and causes of extreme cold snaps/outbreaks in spite of the rising global average temperature.

This video was recorded on January 8, 2022, and published on January 22, 2022.

Some of the topics discussed:

• Causes of extreme cold snaps/outbreaks
• Major snow storm that hit Texas in 2021 and the resulting power outages
• Snow storm in Pakistan in January 2022
• NASA temperature maps
• Extreme heat and cold in the Arctic
• Loss of sea ice in the Arctic
• Southern shift of the polar vortex
• Kentucky tornadoes
• Fire in Boulder, Colorado

Links:

• State of emergency: Virginia, DC, bracing for more snow on heels of crippling blizzard

• Cold kills 22 stuck in cars in heavy snow at Pakistan resort

• Temperature Anomoly

• Goddard Institute for Space Studies

• Dr. John Holdren

• Jennifer A. Francis Ph.D.

• ‘Urban fire storm’: suburban sprawl raising risk of destructive wildfires

• Increasing large wildfires over the western United States linked to diminishing sea ice in the Arctic

Regular Panelists:

• Dr. Peter Carter - MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and the director of the Climate Emergency Institute

• Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton University

• Regina Valdez - Program Director, Climate Reality Project, NYC. GreenFaith Fellow and LEED Green Associate

Video Production:

• Charles Gregoire – Climate Reality Leader, Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum

• Heidi Brault - Climate Reality Leader, BA(Psychology), Library & Information Technician Diploma - Video production and website assistant - Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP26 Team Lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum.

Attributions:

Background Music:

• Title: Through the City II
• Author: Crowander
• Source: Free Music Archive
• License: BY-NC 4.0

Image and Video:

• Image and Video Attributions