Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Phew! What a year 2022 was. Feels to me like many more years crammed into one.
As the year draws to a close, here’s my look back over the 2022’s major climate events. Here’s to much more good stuff in 2023. Happy New Year!
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You can support me on Patreon here: patreon.com/Dr_Gilbz.
Subscriptions help me make more (& better!) video content about climate and polar science, and keep these videos independent.
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Sources
As some of you asked, here are some general, reputable sources on climate:
- Greenpeace Unearthed
- Carbon Brief
- The Conversation
- Climate Action Tracker
- Phys.org
- ECMWF
- NASA worldview
- Met Office(s)
… and some more specific ones for this year’s events:
January
Nature: nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00618-z
Phys.org : phys.org/news/2022-03-tonga-volcano-smaller-cooling-impact.html
Weather: rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14778696/2022/77/3
March
British Antarctic Survey blog: bas.ac.uk/blogpost/what-extreme-temperatures-mean-for-antarctica
University of Washington: https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2022/record-smashing-heatwaves-are-hitting-antarctica-and-the-arctic-simultaneously.php
Guardian: theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/20/heatwaves-at-both-of-earth-poles-alarm-climate-scientists
Severe Weather blog: https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/powerful-heatwave-affecting-antarctic-continent-unprecedented-temperatures-40-degrees-above-average-rrc/
April/May
Carbon Brief: carbonbrief.org/climate-change-made-india-and-pakistans-2022-early-heatwave-30-times-more-likely%EF%BF%BC
June
2022 is bringing the heat. What does it mean for the climate? youtu.be/T3gyIh0gTQc
ECMWF: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2022/european-heatwaves-june-2022
July - European heatwave
ECMWF: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/focus/2022/update-european-heatwave-july-2022
My Guardian article: theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/19/britain-heatwave-1976-crisis-summer-heat
Tysky Sour discussion (from 13:51): #TyskySour: Tory Debate CANCELLED After Sunak & Truss Pull Out
July - Svalbard
I went to the fastest warming town on Earth: youtu.be/Ynw-cDDU3uI
August - Pakistan floods
Carbon Brief: carbonbrief.org/climate-change-likely-increased-extreme-rainfall-that-led-to-pakistan-flooding
BBC: bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62712301
Red Cross: redcross.org.uk/stories/disasters-and-emergencies/world/climate-change-and-pakistan-flooding-affecting-millions
August – Inflation Reduction Act
Guardian commentary: theguardian.com/global-development/2022/nov/06/inflation-reduction-act-climate-crisis-congress
Autumn - SEE MONSTER
Making-of documentary (Sodium films): youtube.com/watch?v=edPCDgnE-xY&ab_channel=SEEMONSTER
Transforming a North Sea rig into a vision of the future: youtu.be/Axr4_TciOcI
How re-design can change the world for the better: youtu.be/zX_ElBYnsf8
seemonster.co.uk
September
NASA: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150318/a-long-lasting-western-heatwave
Weatherflow blog: blog.weatherflow.com/west-coast-wind-blog-this-heat-dome-is-a-marathon-heat-wave-not-a-sprint
October
Carbon Brief: carbonbrief.org/analysis-bolsonaro-election-loss-could-cut-brazilian-amazon-deforestation-by-89
Independent: independent.co.uk/news/ap-jair-bolsonaro-brazil-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-workers-party-b2250708.html
November
#COP27 was hard. Here’s why: youtu.be/WF5d4eoiS3I
UK CCC: theccc.org.uk/publication/cop27-key-outcomes-and-next-steps-for-the-uk
UNFCCC: https://unfccc.int/news/cop27-reaches-breakthrough-agreement-on-new-loss-and-damage-fund-for-vulnerable-countries
Carbon Brief: carbonbrief.org/cop27-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-sharm-el-sheikh
December - Argentina/Paraguay heatwave: preventionweb.net/news/climate-change-made-record-breaking-early-season-heat-argentina-and-paraguay-about-60-times
COP15 outcomes: carbonbrief.org/cop15-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-biodiversity-conference-in-montreal
December - Bomb cyclone: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150770/blizzard-conditions-in-the-us-northeast
2022: the hottest year.
Guardian: theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/28/2022-will-be-warmest-year-on-record-in-uk-says-met-office
Met Office: metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2022/2022-provisionally-warmest-year-on-record-for-uk
BBC: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64111625
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Original music by Pete Cannon.
Phew! What a year 2022 was. Feels to me like many more years crammed into one.
As the year draws to a close, here’s my look back over the 2022’s major climate events. Here’s to much more good stuff in 2023. Happy New Year!
###############################################
You can support me on Patreon here: patreon.com/Dr_Gilbz.
Subscriptions help me make more (& better!) video content about climate and polar science, and keep these videos independent.
##################################################
Sources
As some of you asked, here are some general, reputable sources on climate:
- Greenpeace Unearthed
- Carbon Brief
- The Conversation
- Climate Action Tracker
- Phys.org
- ECMWF
- NASA worldview
- Met Office(s)
… and some more specific ones for this year’s events:
January
Nature: nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00618-z
Phys.org : phys.org/news/2022-03-tonga-volcano-smaller-cooling-impact.html
Weather: rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14778696/2022/77/3
March
British Antarctic Survey blog: bas.ac.uk/blogpost/what-extreme-temperatures-mean-for-antarctica
University of Washington: https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2022/record-smashing-heatwaves-are-hitting-antarctica-and-the-arctic-simultaneously.php
Guardian: theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/20/heatwaves-at-both-of-earth-poles-alarm-climate-scientists
Severe Weather blog: https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/powerful-heatwave-affecting-antarctic-continent-unprecedented-temperatures-40-degrees-above-average-rrc/
April/May
Carbon Brief: carbonbrief.org/climate-change-made-india-and-pakistans-2022-early-heatwave-30-times-more-likely%EF%BF%BC
June
2022 is bringing the heat. What does it mean for the climate? youtu.be/T3gyIh0gTQc
ECMWF: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2022/european-heatwaves-june-2022
July - European heatwave
ECMWF: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/focus/2022/update-european-heatwave-july-2022
My Guardian article: theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/19/britain-heatwave-1976-crisis-summer-heat
Tysky Sour discussion (from 13:51): #TyskySour: Tory Debate CANCELLED After Sunak & Truss Pull Out
July - Svalbard
I went to the fastest warming town on Earth: youtu.be/Ynw-cDDU3uI
August - Pakistan floods
Carbon Brief: carbonbrief.org/climate-change-likely-increased-extreme-rainfall-that-led-to-pakistan-flooding
BBC: bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62712301
Red Cross: redcross.org.uk/stories/disasters-and-emergencies/world/climate-change-and-pakistan-flooding-affecting-millions
August – Inflation Reduction Act
Guardian commentary: theguardian.com/global-development/2022/nov/06/inflation-reduction-act-climate-crisis-congress
Autumn - SEE MONSTER
Making-of documentary (Sodium films): youtube.com/watch?v=edPCDgnE-xY&ab_channel=SEEMONSTER
Transforming a North Sea rig into a vision of the future: youtu.be/Axr4_TciOcI
How re-design can change the world for the better: youtu.be/zX_ElBYnsf8
seemonster.co.uk
September
NASA: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150318/a-long-lasting-western-heatwave
Weatherflow blog: blog.weatherflow.com/west-coast-wind-blog-this-heat-dome-is-a-marathon-heat-wave-not-a-sprint
October
Carbon Brief: carbonbrief.org/analysis-bolsonaro-election-loss-could-cut-brazilian-amazon-deforestation-by-89
Independent: independent.co.uk/news/ap-jair-bolsonaro-brazil-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-workers-party-b2250708.html
November
#COP27 was hard. Here’s why: youtu.be/WF5d4eoiS3I
UK CCC: theccc.org.uk/publication/cop27-key-outcomes-and-next-steps-for-the-uk
UNFCCC: https://unfccc.int/news/cop27-reaches-breakthrough-agreement-on-new-loss-and-damage-fund-for-vulnerable-countries
Carbon Brief: carbonbrief.org/cop27-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-sharm-el-sheikh
December - Argentina/Paraguay heatwave: preventionweb.net/news/climate-change-made-record-breaking-early-season-heat-argentina-and-paraguay-about-60-times
COP15 outcomes: carbonbrief.org/cop15-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-biodiversity-conference-in-montreal
December - Bomb cyclone: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150770/blizzard-conditions-in-the-us-northeast
2022: the hottest year.
Guardian: theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/28/2022-will-be-warmest-year-on-record-in-uk-says-met-office
Met Office: metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2022/2022-provisionally-warmest-year-on-record-for-uk
BBC: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64111625
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Original music by Pete Cannon.
