Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This year has been a wild one. 2023 has been a big year for climate change, polar science and…. this channel. References and links to all the events I’ve talked about are below. Thanks for watching in 2023 and see youse next year!
Contents
00:00 - We made it
00:27 - THANK YOU
01:01 - Polar science
02:19 - Icebergs
03:13 - Sea ice
04:44 - Hottest year
05:31 - Year of extremes
07:00 - Science on TV
08:04 - Looking ahead
09:17 - Happy New Year!
#ClimateChange
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Thanks to my Patreon subscribers, including my Patreon Saints:
Steven Cowling, Eliot Bryant, Baerbel Winkler, Patrick Hillberg, Michael Unterweger, James Harley Gorrell & Lucien Mansell.
Join them here: patreon.com/dr_gilbz
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Image credits:
Anthony Quintano
WHAS11
Copernicus Climate Change Service
Sky News
BBC News
Channel 5 News
Beach House Pictures / Curiosity Studios
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References
#Antarctic sea ice
bas.ac.uk/media-post/the-mystery-of-the-missing-antarctic-sea-ice
theconversation.com/antarctica-is-missing-a-chunk-of-sea-ice-bigger-than-greenland-whats-going-on-210665
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/07/is-the-climate-crisis-finally-catching-up-with-antarctica-finding-the-answer-has-never-been-more-pressing
climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/2023-antarctic-sea-ice-winter-maximum-lowest-record-wide-margin
nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2023/09/antarctic-sets-a-record-low-maximum-by-wide-margin
Purich & Doddridge (2023) Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state. Communications Earth and Environment 4, 314, doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00961-9
Turner et al. (2017) Unprecedented springtime retreat of Antarctic sea ice in 2016. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(13), 6868-6875, doi:10.1002/2017GL073656
Turner et al. (2022) Record low Antarctic sea ice cover in February 2022. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(12), e2022GL098904, doi:10.1029/2022GL098904
Zhang et al. (2022) The relative role of the subsurface Southern Ocean in driving negative Antarctic Sea ice extent anomalies in 2016–2021, 3, 302, Communications Earth and Environment doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00624-1
sciencealert.com/6-4-sigma-event-antarctic-sea-ice-hits-lowest-point-since-official-records-began
#ExtremeWeather events
Zachariah et al. (2023) Extreme heat in North America, Europe and China in July 2023 made much more likely by climate change. World Weather Attribution report. doi.org/10.25561/105549
Kimutai et al. (2023) Human-induced climate change increased drought severity in Horn of Africa. World Weather Attribution report.
Arias et al. (2023) Vulnerability and high temperatures exacerbate impacts of ongoing drought in Central South America. World Weather Attribution report.
Barnes et al. (2023) Climate change more than doubled the likelihood of extreme fire weather conditions in Eastern Canada
Zachariah et al. (2023) Interplay of climate change-exacerbated rainfall, exposure and vulnerability led to widespread impacts in the Mediterranean region
worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-fuelled-extreme-weather-in-2023-expect-more-records-in-2024
#Polar research
Naughten et al. (2023) Unavoidable future increase in West Antarctic ice-shelf melting over the twenty-first century. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 1222–1228. doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01818-x
ICCI, 2023. State of the Cryosphere 2023 – Two Degrees is Too High. International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), Stockholm, Sweden. 62 pp.
England & Polvani (2023) The Montreal Protocol is delaying the occurrence of the first ice-free Arctic summer. PNAS 120 (22) e2211432120.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.221143212https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-warming-of-2c-would-trigger-catastrophic-loss-of-worlds-ice-new-report-says
#COP28
bbc.com/news/science-environment-67508331
carbonbrief.org/cop28-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-dubai
bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-67691536
unep.org/news-and-stories/story/some-key-takeaways-cop28-climate-summit
theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/13/cop28-landmark-deal-agreed-to-transition-away-from-fossil-fuels
Hottest year
theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/2023-on-track-to-be-the-hottest-year-on-record-say-scientists
https://climate.copernicus.eu/record-warm-november-consolidates-2023-warmest-year
https://climate.copernicus.eu/july-2023-global-air-and-ocean-temperatures-reach-new-record-highs
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151743/the-ocean-has-a-fever
RMetS award
rmets.org/awards-educating-inspiring-and-enthusing-1
Lift the Ice
curiositystream.com/video/6071
awards.realscreen.com/nominees
This year has been a wild one. 2023 has been a big year for climate change, polar science and…. this channel. References and links to all the events I’ve talked about are below. Thanks for watching in 2023 and see youse next year!
Contents
00:00 - We made it
00:27 - THANK YOU
01:01 - Polar science
02:19 - Icebergs
03:13 - Sea ice
04:44 - Hottest year
05:31 - Year of extremes
07:00 - Science on TV
08:04 - Looking ahead
09:17 - Happy New Year!
#ClimateChange
##################################################
Thanks to my Patreon subscribers, including my Patreon Saints:
Steven Cowling, Eliot Bryant, Baerbel Winkler, Patrick Hillberg, Michael Unterweger, James Harley Gorrell & Lucien Mansell.
Join them here: patreon.com/dr_gilbz
##################################################
Image credits:
Anthony Quintano
WHAS11
Copernicus Climate Change Service
Sky News
BBC News
Channel 5 News
Beach House Pictures / Curiosity Studios
##################################################
References
#Antarctic sea ice
bas.ac.uk/media-post/the-mystery-of-the-missing-antarctic-sea-ice
theconversation.com/antarctica-is-missing-a-chunk-of-sea-ice-bigger-than-greenland-whats-going-on-210665
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/07/is-the-climate-crisis-finally-catching-up-with-antarctica-finding-the-answer-has-never-been-more-pressing
climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/2023-antarctic-sea-ice-winter-maximum-lowest-record-wide-margin
nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2023/09/antarctic-sets-a-record-low-maximum-by-wide-margin
Purich & Doddridge (2023) Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state. Communications Earth and Environment 4, 314, doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00961-9
Turner et al. (2017) Unprecedented springtime retreat of Antarctic sea ice in 2016. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(13), 6868-6875, doi:10.1002/2017GL073656
Turner et al. (2022) Record low Antarctic sea ice cover in February 2022. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(12), e2022GL098904, doi:10.1029/2022GL098904
Zhang et al. (2022) The relative role of the subsurface Southern Ocean in driving negative Antarctic Sea ice extent anomalies in 2016–2021, 3, 302, Communications Earth and Environment doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00624-1
sciencealert.com/6-4-sigma-event-antarctic-sea-ice-hits-lowest-point-since-official-records-began
#ExtremeWeather events
Zachariah et al. (2023) Extreme heat in North America, Europe and China in July 2023 made much more likely by climate change. World Weather Attribution report. doi.org/10.25561/105549
Kimutai et al. (2023) Human-induced climate change increased drought severity in Horn of Africa. World Weather Attribution report.
Arias et al. (2023) Vulnerability and high temperatures exacerbate impacts of ongoing drought in Central South America. World Weather Attribution report.
Barnes et al. (2023) Climate change more than doubled the likelihood of extreme fire weather conditions in Eastern Canada
Zachariah et al. (2023) Interplay of climate change-exacerbated rainfall, exposure and vulnerability led to widespread impacts in the Mediterranean region
worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-fuelled-extreme-weather-in-2023-expect-more-records-in-2024
#Polar research
Naughten et al. (2023) Unavoidable future increase in West Antarctic ice-shelf melting over the twenty-first century. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 1222–1228. doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01818-x
ICCI, 2023. State of the Cryosphere 2023 – Two Degrees is Too High. International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), Stockholm, Sweden. 62 pp.
England & Polvani (2023) The Montreal Protocol is delaying the occurrence of the first ice-free Arctic summer. PNAS 120 (22) e2211432120.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.221143212https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-warming-of-2c-would-trigger-catastrophic-loss-of-worlds-ice-new-report-says
#COP28
bbc.com/news/science-environment-67508331
carbonbrief.org/cop28-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-dubai
bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-67691536
unep.org/news-and-stories/story/some-key-takeaways-cop28-climate-summit
theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/13/cop28-landmark-deal-agreed-to-transition-away-from-fossil-fuels
Hottest year
theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/2023-on-track-to-be-the-hottest-year-on-record-say-scientists
https://climate.copernicus.eu/record-warm-november-consolidates-2023-warmest-year
https://climate.copernicus.eu/july-2023-global-air-and-ocean-temperatures-reach-new-record-highs
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151743/the-ocean-has-a-fever
RMetS award
rmets.org/awards-educating-inspiring-and-enthusing-1
Lift the Ice
curiositystream.com/video/6071
awards.realscreen.com/nominees
