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 rising global average temperatures.
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
https://nypost.com/2022/01/06/virgini...
Cold kills 22 stuck in cars in heavy snow at Pakistan resort
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/cold-kil...
Temperature Anomoly
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/wor...
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
https://www.giss.nasa.gov/
Dr. John Holdren
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ho...
Jennifer A. Francis Ph.D.
https://www.woodwellclimate.org/staff...
'Urban fire storm': suburban sprawl raising risk of destructive wildfires
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
Increasing large wildfires over the western United States linked to diminishing sea ice in the Arctic
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146...
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 in the 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 - Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth & the Climate Emergency Forum; Climate Reality Leader
Heidi Brault - Video production and website assistant, Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP26 team lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum; BA (Psychology); Climate Reality Leader
Our Website:
https://climateemergencyforum.org/
Attributions:
Background Music:
Title: Through the City II
Author: Crowander
Source: Free Music Archive
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
Image and Video: https://climateemergencyforum.org/ass...
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