White House: The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes

by Becky Fried | January 08, 2014  | Release URL Here […]

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January 9, 2014

by Becky Fried | January 08, 2014  | Release URL

Here at the White House, while we’re beginning to thaw from this week’s bone-chilling deep freeze, our discussions about the science of weather extremes are heating up.

We know that no single weather episode proves or disproves climate change. Climate refers to the patterns observed in the weather over time and space – in terms of averages, variations, and probabilities. But we also know that this week’s cold spell is of a type there’s reason to believe may become more frequent in a world that’s getting warmer, on average, because of greenhouse-gas pollution.

Join us this Friday, January 10th at 2:00 p.m. ET for We the Geeks: “Polar Vortex” and Extreme Weather, for a conversation with leading meteorologists, climate scientists, and weather experts about why temperatures dipped to such frigid lows this week, how weather experts turn raw data into useful forecasts, and what we know about extreme weather events in the context of a changing climate.

Cristin Dorgelo and resident polar-science expert Brendan Kelly from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will moderate the live discussion, to include:

We hope you’ll join us this Friday at 2:00 p.m. ET at WhiteHouse.gov/We-The-Geeks and on the White House Google+ page to hear from the experts on the front lines of weather forecasting and climate science.

See also  NASA: Four Decades of Sea Ice From Space

Got questions? Ask using the hashtag #WeTheGeeks on Twitter or on Google+ and we’ll answer some of them during the live Hangout.

We the Geeks” is a series of Google+ Hangouts to discuss science, technology, and innovation here in the United States. Join the conversation on Twitter and be sure to sign up for email updates about future “We the Geeks” hangouts.

Becky Fried is Senior Communications Advisor and Web Editor at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy

ps. Visit the White House blog and sign-up for the White House climate newsletter http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/01/08/we-geeks-polar-vortex-and-extreme-weather

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115 Comments

  1. The White House January 8, 2014 at 11:22 pm - Reply

    The #PolarVortex explained in 2 minutes—and why climate change makes
    extreme weather more likely going forward → http://go.wh.gov/431vam

  2. PeterSiNeh January 8, 2014 at 11:49 pm - Reply

    LOL more of that GLOBAL WARMING BS to push the AGENDA 21 in our throts. If
    THEY stop the weather modification BS, everything will come back to normal
    but sure also need some time. An interesting “thing” I would mean is that
    now the WH make a short video for it. Is here still someone that BELIEF
    what the WH broadcast is true?

  3. skylarscaling January 9, 2014 at 12:51 am - Reply

    The bottom line that’s being missed here is that global warming IS real, as
    is global cooling. It’s just the way the earth works. The LIE is that AGW
    is real (that’s Anthropogenic Global Warming, aka man-made global warming).

    CO2 has an insignificant impact on global temperatures, and the
    concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere LAGS temperature increases (that
    means higher temps CREATE more CO2, not the other way around). You know
    what LEADS global temperature change? Solar activity. Until mankind learns
    to legislate the SUN, climate will CONTINUE to change and the world will
    continue to both warm AND cool.

  4. Deb Castellana January 9, 2014 at 1:48 am - Reply

    The #PolarVortex explained in 2 minutes—and why climate change makes
    extreme weather more likely going forward → http://go.wh.gov/431vam

  5. groundhog2008 January 9, 2014 at 2:31 am - Reply

    If you people think that global warming is a hoax, then why is the ice at
    the polls shrinking?? If our government doesnt develop a clean energy
    strategy, our planet is doomed!!!!! If we cannot vote for Obama in 2016,
    then it HAS to be Hillary, because nobody else is as qualified!!!!!

  6. Google Science Fair January 9, 2014 at 2:32 am - Reply

    The #PolarVortex explained in 2 minutes—and why climate change makes
    extreme weather more likely going forward → http://go.wh.gov/431vam

  7. La Sage January 9, 2014 at 3:49 am - Reply

    Intelligent Americans aren’t buying this hoax any longer. When can we
    expect the sequel to the Al gore Scare Movie? Panic for Profit is what we
    will be calling it.

  8. MrSlatra January 9, 2014 at 4:43 am - Reply

    The President should be doing presentations on this stuff during the
    superbowl. Just cut into the middle of the game – midplay – and explain to
    these hillbillies what is going on. Every channel.
    The reality just hasn’t sunk in for close to half of the country and the
    scientists have been warning about this since Al Gore spoke about it in the
    90s. The half that still don’t get it or call it a hoax won’t get it
    without drastic action that congress will never agree to.

  9. Danny Wilten January 9, 2014 at 4:46 am - Reply

    Oh palease… how is that global warming ship doing? Ice breakers get to it
    yet? Oh yeah… where do I send my tax money? Should I make a personal
    check to our favorite tree hugger?

  10. Travis McCoy January 9, 2014 at 12:29 pm - Reply

    Wow… the ignorance on these comments is staggering. We have a climate
    SCIENTIST telling us the Polar Vortex is caused by global warming, and we
    have conservatives who STILL refuse to believe it…

    ‘Merica, where being gay is a choice and being obese is genetic…

  11. Toni Palmén January 9, 2014 at 12:31 pm - Reply

    White House science advisor explains the polar vortex.

  12. Neil Caulfield January 9, 2014 at 4:40 pm - Reply

    Its the president’s science advisor. Bias alert. How about more credible
    data from several sources?

    This is not the first polar vortex and certainly not the last. Climate
    change is completely normal, as the earth heats and cools. If any of you
    remember your first grade science class, back when Pangea was around, the
    earth was quite warm. And it cooled. And it is simply warming back up.

    If you could compare what a tiny surface area of the earth is actually
    inhibited by humans to the uninhibited parts, there is no way co2 emissions
    from that source alone could do that much damage. Not saying clean energy
    is bad, but there is just not enough evidence to support human-caused
    global warming. Boats got stuck in the antarctic ice a few weeks back.
    Those guilt videos of ice melting are probably a normal occurrence in the
    summer solstice. That is the end of my rant. Believe what you want, but
    just saying, there is a large bias from something coming from one big
    administration.

  13. Waterbuoyed January 9, 2014 at 5:25 pm - Reply

    Some of these commenters must be slack-jawed, Faux News-believing, yokels.
    If 97 doctors told them they needed an operation to remove their fungating
    tumour, they’d believe the 3 who told them it was a hoax created by doctors
    to make money.

  14. Claude B. January 9, 2014 at 6:30 pm - Reply

    PURE PROPAGANDA from the white house

  15. methylamine January 9, 2014 at 7:21 pm - Reply

    Well I guess that also explains why not one “global warming” computer model
    got the temperatures right the last 15 years. But remember–in 1974, the
    polar vortexes were used to explain why there would be global COOLING, and
    it was a big bad crisis! Give it up, Holdren. You’re a political hack at
    best. At worst, you’re a nasty little eugenicist freak–Google the book
    “Ecoscience” he wrote in the 1970’s. Yeah. He wants you dead.

  16. Bad Jaeaux January 9, 2014 at 7:57 pm - Reply

    thanks can i have my chicken now Mr KFC

  17. john stebner January 9, 2014 at 8:04 pm - Reply

    Oh its the white house! It must be true!!

  18. john stebner January 9, 2014 at 8:05 pm - Reply

    Is this the same vortex that was going to freeze of the earth in the 70’s?

  19. cbrusharmy January 9, 2014 at 9:22 pm - Reply

    I know better because my political ideology informs me far better than any
    expert consensus. Wow, people. Hats off to the WH channel for allowing
    comments, unlike some whose nonsense can’t stand up to criticism.

  20. rawtheory333 January 9, 2014 at 9:23 pm - Reply

    All you idiots that believe this garbage deserve the coming liquidation.

  21. Eric Schmidt January 10, 2014 at 12:48 am - Reply

    White House Science Advisor Dr John Holdren explains the Polar Vortex and
    why we are so cold, or not. The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes

  22. Eric Schmidt January 10, 2014 at 12:48 am - Reply

    White House Science Advisor Dr John Holdren explains the Polar Vortex and
    why we are so cold, or not. The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes

  23. Robert Steed January 10, 2014 at 1:40 am - Reply

    Here’s the math for all you dummies: Scientist + Politics / (UN based
    marxism X (hope + change) X Obama) = bat guano. You can detect this
    poisonous gas by it’s distinct swampy-bottom/ammonia odor.

  24. The Texan Jew January 10, 2014 at 3:08 am - Reply

    OBAMA SUCKS

  25. carey g. butler January 10, 2014 at 3:15 am - Reply

    *A Global Government needs Global Problems to Solve*
    The NPR-style NLP voice will not convince anyone, but trendies that what
    you say is true. Global warming… ah… climate change… (changed at
    Bilderberg 2010) is the means to usher in a new global taxing scheme.
    Personal and Collective sovereignty is being transfered to this global
    system in order to keep us ‘safe’.
    *Why are we not looking at **REAL** global problems like Fukushima?*

    #Agenda21 #Propaganda #SocialEngineering #ArtificialScarcity

  26. Andrew A January 10, 2014 at 5:45 am - Reply

    LIES LIES DON’T BELIEVE THIS VIDEO LMAO, GLOBAL WARMING IS A MYTH

  27. getbo January 10, 2014 at 7:37 am - Reply

    Absolute nonsense! Nonscience!…from Eugenicist John Holdren, author of
    the nazi anti-human, population reduction death book, ‘Ecoscience’!

    Earth has been cooling for 13 years in line with the decrease in sunspot
    activity. The Global warming FRAUD is EXPOSED!

  28. Justin L January 10, 2014 at 9:30 am - Reply

    Yeah I am going to believe some scum bag who advocates poisoning the water
    supply!

  29. Carlos Pinheiro January 10, 2014 at 10:38 am - Reply

    Thanks for the explanation… Europe’s next, right? Is this a changing
    point on white house environmental policies?

  30. Loren Couch January 10, 2014 at 1:13 pm - Reply

    Looks like all the holes in their “theory” are widening faster than we
    could have thought for the “Global Warming”…oh wait I mean “Climate
    Change” crowd. Newsflash people, the climate changes, Winter is cold, and
    summer is hot! Deal with it!

  31. Lee Arnold January 10, 2014 at 2:39 pm - Reply

    Now… We finally know the REAL effects of global “warming”.

  32. Paul Madley January 10, 2014 at 3:30 pm - Reply

    I think it’s telling that all the GLOBAL WARMING IS A HOAX videos tend to
    moderate comments and disable ratings.

    A strong argument doesn’t need censorship to succeed.

  33. John Paily January 10, 2014 at 4:36 pm - Reply

    With the recent extreme cold and freeze condition experienced by many parts
    of USA, Canada, the hype about Global Warming seems to have taken back
    seat. The fact of the matter is that earth is violently fluctuating between
    two extremes. Earth has parallel world design, where when one part is
    heating another part is cooling to balance the system. Exponentially
    increased heat and unwinding force invariably means there will be
    exponentially increased winding force. These forces are bound to unleash
    when climate changes. We are heading for huge destruction by unwinding
    force of heat manifesting into fire bound destructions and destruction by
    flash flood/snows, earth quakes and volcanic eruptions due to winding force
    of earth. We are experiencing this. Our only hope exist in evolving our
    knowledge of Nature and take quick actions to manage the Energy of Earth’s
    environment and develop new technologies and bring ground level knowledge
    changes to live in peace with nature. Please viral such that leaders and
    intellectual ruling us awaken and take immediate steps-
    http://www.thecanadiandaily.ca/2013/08/30/part-1-knowledge-that-can-save-humanity-from-climate-catastrophes/

  34. John Paily January 10, 2014 at 4:36 pm - Reply

    With the recent extreme cold and freeze condition experienced by many parts
    of USA, Canada, the hype about Global Warming seems to have taken back
    seat. The fact of the matter is that earth is violently fluctuating between
    two extremes. Earth has parallel world design, where when one part is
    heating another part is cooling to balance the system. Exponentially
    increased heat and unwinding force invariably means there will be
    exponentially increased winding force. These forces are bound to unleash
    when climate changes. We are heading for huge destruction by unwinding
    force of heat manifesting into fire bound destructions and destruction by
    flash flood/snows, earth quakes and volcanic eruptions due to winding force
    of earth. We are experiencing this. Our only hope exist in evolving our
    knowledge of Nature and take quick actions to manage the Energy of Earth’s
    environment and develop new technologies and bring ground level knowledge
    changes to live in peace with nature. Please viral such that leaders and
    intellectual ruling us awaken and take immediate steps-
    http://www.thecanadiandaily.ca/2013/08/30/part-1-knowledge-that-can-save-humanity-from-climate-catastrophes/

  35. Environmental Defense Fund January 10, 2014 at 5:18 pm - Reply

    The White House is hosting Google+ Hangout discussion at 2 PM ET today with
    prominent scientists and meteorologists to discuss the “Polar Vortex” and
    how singular weather events play into the larger issue of climate change.

    They’ll be taking questions using the hashtag #WeTheGeeks . We hope you’ll
    join!

  36. TheCaptainT January 10, 2014 at 5:52 pm - Reply

    We had temperatures like these and record cold days several times 30 or 40
    years ago. No one called it a “polar vortex”. It was called a cold snap.
    It’s funny how they made an ordinary winter cold snap sound all science-y
    and scary. Run for your lives! It’s the polar vortex…

  37. Polar Bears International January 10, 2014 at 7:04 pm - Reply

    The Polar Vortex explained in two minutes (and why climate change makes
    extreme weather more likely going forward.)
    The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes

  38. Polar Bears International January 10, 2014 at 7:04 pm - Reply

    The Polar Vortex explained in two minutes (and why climate change makes
    extreme weather more likely going forward.)
    The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes

  39. Tom Harris January 10, 2014 at 7:29 pm - Reply

    Brilliant – global warming that is not occuring is causing extreme weather
    that is occuring. What will they think of next to support the global
    warming hoax?

  40. rivercarper01 January 11, 2014 at 1:01 am - Reply

    This is proper Orwellian shit here, that John P Holdren is Obama’s top
    eugenicist, Webster Tarpley exposes this scumbag in great detail, SEARCH:
    “The elites plan for global extermination”

  41. Tommyo B January 11, 2014 at 2:08 am - Reply

    Anything to keep taxing the life out of the common worker. Forced health
    care is not enough. You’re gonna pay more for gas & energy taxes too
    because of Global Warming. You vote democrat or republican & you lose so
    DON’T VOTE!!

  42. DAN LAROCA January 11, 2014 at 11:07 am - Reply

    Bullshit, no such thing as global warming. A complete hoax and fabrication
    to create another tax.

  43. Jim Cori January 11, 2014 at 3:16 pm - Reply

    crock of *___*

  44. Paul W January 11, 2014 at 6:26 pm - Reply

    I see the Flying Monkey’s of Denial has swarmed over from their echo
    chambers in order to thumb this down: dismissives, you can thumb down a
    video/science/data all you wish, but reality WILL bite you in your tuchas
    the same as it will those of us who understand the data.

  45. irocktype955 January 11, 2014 at 11:20 pm - Reply

    u people saying global warming is fake…funny thing is that you know
    nothing about it….GLOBAL WARMING IS CAUSED BY THE SMOKES A GAS’S FROM
    CARS DESTROYING THE ATMOSPHERE MAKING THE MORE UNPROTECTED FROM THE SUNS
    RAYS OF HEAT!!!! GOD DAMM U PEOPLE ARE STUPID!!

  46. Mary K. Mennenga January 12, 2014 at 3:09 am - Reply

    It’s real there are gases trapped in the ice that are being released. Could
    cause a chain reaction, that may make living here much harder than it needs
    to be.

  47. Joel Galilee January 12, 2014 at 9:32 am - Reply

    Hank Green’s summary and explanation is still better, clearer and more
    desicive than this one..

  48. Amanuel Geda January 12, 2014 at 4:55 pm - Reply

    Thank you Sir ! Climate change has to be addressed globally; I am glad the
    US President has an adviser who recognizes the problem.

  49. Matthew Sylva January 12, 2014 at 6:23 pm - Reply

    *Man** I love science!*

    A platform upon which things can be explained and rationalized. #MakesSense
    #t

  50. David Erdman II January 13, 2014 at 2:00 am - Reply

    *President Obama’s Science and Technology Advisor, Dr. John Holdren,
    explains the polar vortex in 2 minutes—and why climate change makes extreme
    weather more likely going forward.*

  51. JohnnyKMusic January 13, 2014 at 11:15 am - Reply

    what a crock. Storms and events such as this are the earths way of
    correcting itself.
    – if there was no human race on the planet this would still happen.
    – when I have a cold my nose runs. When the earth has a cold it creates a
    super polar vortex.
    -if you try to prevent a cold. You actually weaken the immune system. Then
    you get an even worse one later. FACT.
    – THE EARTH HAS A FRICKEN COLD.
    . You think a Fricken Prius will help this. the fact is that you spend
    countless dollars fighting global warming but you actually make it worse.
    all this prevention
    batteries – go bad in 5 years then you dump em in the ground. TERRIBLE.
    WIND – no thanks I’d rather have a Fricken cloud of smog in my back yard
    than 500 wind mills that don’t work half the time.
    oh yeah and the factory that makes those windmills is still pumping smog.
    So YOU MAKE IT WORSE. NO COMMON SENSE.

    on a positive note if I have a windmill in the backyard it can blow the
    smog away…

  52. Electric Cars January 14, 2014 at 5:40 pm - Reply

    The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes: http://buff.ly/1eGqpuo #auspol

  53. Sense Of Rumor January 15, 2014 at 1:18 am - Reply

    Now we find out republicans are *Polar Vortex* deniers too. What next?

  54. Malthus John January 15, 2014 at 5:00 pm - Reply

    *Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes*

    US Science and Technology Advisor, Dr. John Holdren, explains the polar
    vortex in 2 minutes—and why climate change makes extreme weather more
    likely going forward. Learn more at http://wh.gov/climate-change

    Who is putting forth the idea that this phenomenon shows that the climate
    is not warming?

    h/t to +Roger Harris for posting the +Mother Jones article to the +STEM on
    Google+ Community

    #science #climatechange #polarvortex

  55. Raresh Vlad Bunea January 15, 2014 at 5:06 pm - Reply

    +Oana Anita Bunea

  56. Robert Slack January 15, 2014 at 7:03 pm - Reply

    Does anyone think that Republicans are going to listen to Nerdlinger P.
    Scientist when they have a much better source of information about climate
    change: Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh?

  57. Ole Olson January 15, 2014 at 9:49 pm - Reply

    Excellent video. Really sums it up in a clear, concise way that ordinary
    folks can understand perfectly. The conservative and libertarian Climate
    Science deniers that I have to deal with daily will obviously call this
    some type of “government conspiracy”, but those people are irrational to
    begin with, and many don’t even accept Evolution or Geology either. I’m
    surprised they accept the Theory of Gravity! We don’t have to convince
    people like that, only mock them and show the science so people that still
    have the ability to reason can examine the evidence for themselves.

  58. John A Hardy January 15, 2014 at 10:30 pm - Reply

    Global weirding messing with climate. Great clip.

    Via +Malthus John

  59. Colin Fish January 15, 2014 at 11:28 pm - Reply

    Interesting video that explains a bit about climate change.

  60. Reinventors Network January 16, 2014 at 12:58 am - Reply

    Great video by +The White House explaining the #polarvortex .
    #Globalwarming means it is very likely these extreme weather patterns will
    be continuing.

  61. J.C. Daniels January 16, 2014 at 3:54 am - Reply

    Always a point of interest for me The Climate learning to make sense of it.

  62. ForgottenWolf88 January 16, 2014 at 1:00 pm - Reply

    Politicians trying to get savvy with the internet? It’s a whole ‘nother
    world, they can’t handle the truth!

  63. TAOFLEDERMAUS January 16, 2014 at 2:50 pm - Reply

    If the White House is telling you one thing, chances are the opposite is
    true.

  64. Mart Muru January 16, 2014 at 5:28 pm - Reply

    Global warming = sun’s influence

  65. Citra Pramadi January 16, 2014 at 5:42 pm - Reply

    Still don’t understand of what he said, but the point is, the global
    warming is really happening right now.

  66. Joseph Gatto January 16, 2014 at 8:11 pm - Reply

    As an engineer and a scientist who studies fluid dynamics, I can honestly
    say that this is the biggest load of OVERSIMPLIFIED CRAP that I have ever
    heard.

  67. kevin budda January 16, 2014 at 9:49 pm - Reply

    Global warming is Fake you dumb ass… there is no such thing… so do not
    listen to obamas lies like he lied About ObamaCare NDAA IRS NSA Benghazi
    SealTeamSix FastAndFurious InvadingLibya and much more!
    #ImpeachObama #TryObamaForTreason

  68. Celestial Green Ventures January 17, 2014 at 10:58 am - Reply

    That’s an excellent video! It clarifies a lot of questions about climate
    change and the intense cold in the United States. Thank you for posting it.

  69. Trolliat Trollstor January 17, 2014 at 4:38 pm - Reply

    “The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes” wtf???
    Please bitch I can do beater than that
    “The Polar Vortex Explained in 1 second”
    Explanation:Shits cold

  70. Michal Weidinger January 17, 2014 at 11:45 pm - Reply

    Can you explain, why the same vortex in 70. was blamed to global cooling?
    But it is always great to see scientist now saying that we are freezing
    because of global warming lol and wavier is really great scientific word :-D

    and always we are thankful, that all your computer models predicted this
    and warned us in advance…. wait no they didn’t…

  71. xxladybug94 January 18, 2014 at 2:00 am - Reply

    Polar Vortex explained in 2 minutes: *watches 2 minutes of Let it Go scene*

  72. Paul Barbato January 18, 2014 at 4:28 am - Reply

    Wait, did a DEMOCRATIC advocate Scientist just say “don’t believe in Global
    warming?” ……Wow didn’t expect that.

  73. Vujke Digital January 18, 2014 at 12:46 pm - Reply

    One word
    HAARP

  74. Truthiness231 January 18, 2014 at 1:39 pm - Reply

    *Warning: the proceeding contains harsh but necessary criticism of science
    denial in an age where almost everything in our lives is due to the process
    of empirical study and tests to find out what’s true, what’s false, and
    what’s currently undecidable (also known as the scientific method):*

    Stop being dipshits!

    *I thank you for your time.*

  75. slabiciune January 19, 2014 at 3:45 am - Reply

    Global Warming is a Myth.
    Obama sux and so does this video.

  76. RCT3Enthusiast January 19, 2014 at 5:36 am - Reply

    Okay, that’s all well and good, but what was that music?

  77. […] White House: The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes […]

  78. crystalveg522 January 19, 2014 at 6:15 pm - Reply

    Vote GOP 2014 Obama =Lame Duck

  79. Erick Brito January 19, 2014 at 10:46 pm - Reply

    It’s very depressing how much demonizing is taking place in the comment’s
    section.
    It is. really.

  80. GTiszaczac111 January 21, 2014 at 9:32 pm - Reply

    Does anyone else think that all these weather patterns that we’re just now
    observing could simply be natural phenomenon? Based on the times between
    Ice Ages in the past, we’re actually due for another one sooner or later.
    We’ve only been recording weather for a few hundred years now, and just
    because a ‘new’ and strange occurrence happens we believe that it’s
    unnatural and thus must be man-made. We make assumptions and accusations
    too quickly nowadays. Sure, we’ve been burning off lots of carbon and the
    such, but the Earth is a hardy system, and has taken large amounts of
    chemicals well before we were around. Giant pockets of methane gas would
    arise long ago and have a green house effect on the world, and it was
    released due to high temperatures, which in turn, released more and more.
    Yet, even after that cycle, the Earth came back to it’s same, stable zone.
    we as humans don’t have the knowledge required to look back thousands and
    thousands of years, even millions, and figure out each and every cycle of
    weather that has occurred. Sure, we don’t have a great impact on the Earth,
    but it’s nothing it can’t truly handle. I’m not saying that we should carry
    on polluting it, but it’s not the end of the world and we’re not going to
    all die in twenty years.

  81. Zachhhx January 22, 2014 at 1:13 am - Reply

    Pretty sure this is all a lie and the Polar Vortex is actually a work of
    the Illuminati.

  82. 170324341a January 22, 2014 at 4:45 am - Reply

    You guys do realize that Australia is being affected by a record breaking
    hot summer right now, right?

  83. King Daniel January 22, 2014 at 8:38 am - Reply

    The day after tomorrow anyone?

  84. Hera Mitropoulou January 22, 2014 at 12:10 pm - Reply

    That’s propaganda.

  85. folasade Adeluola January 22, 2014 at 4:20 pm - Reply
  86. mpeterll January 22, 2014 at 6:22 pm - Reply

    That guy is an ASS. “Extreme cold is a result of global warming” What a
    crock of shit! How does he explain the arctic ice cap gaining 930,000
    square miles last year if the arctic is warming at twice the rate of the
    mid latitudes as he claims? I guess I should have checked the source of
    the video before watching it.

  87. Mike Flores January 24, 2014 at 9:16 am - Reply

    Climate change and Peak Oil are hotly debated but what if we are wrong
    and we pass the point of no return? Who plays GOD on who survives or
    we let the planet go bye bye?

  88. Atrail Grady January 26, 2014 at 2:28 pm - Reply

    Addendum, lets address one major issue causing harm to the world. Fracking,

  89. Sana Arvind January 26, 2014 at 8:11 pm - Reply

    thank u

  90. Steve Valdez January 27, 2014 at 3:26 am - Reply

    I don’t care

  91. Gruntig2008 January 27, 2014 at 8:15 pm - Reply

    misleading headline

  92. Frank Daley January 28, 2014 at 4:42 pm - Reply

    The Polar Vortex or the Jet Stream?

  93. Billy Adams January 29, 2014 at 12:22 am - Reply

    Wow just wow

  94. Darren Guilliams January 29, 2014 at 8:00 pm - Reply

    if they really believed in Global warming they would not be flying military
    planes 24/7 in circles over the small town i live in…plus all the
    chemtrailing to go with it…if anything our government is trying to cause
    global warming while wasting all our tax money doing it

  95. Darren Guilliams January 29, 2014 at 8:00 pm - Reply

    if they really believed in Global warming they would not be flying military
    planes 24/7 in circles over the small town i live in…plus all the
    chemtrailing to go with it…if anything our government is trying to cause
    global warming while wasting all our tax money doing it

  96. calculatertree January 30, 2014 at 3:16 pm - Reply

    FAKE SNOW—Google it

  97. Helena Talaya January 31, 2014 at 5:47 am - Reply

    Very well explained something so complex!

  98. mailmasavideo February 5, 2014 at 11:35 am - Reply

    It makes me sad, that ONLY 200.000 people have watched this video. I
    expected it to be very viral, spreading through the web quickly. It
    explains so much. But, it also shows that many people still not have
    understood how serious and urgent this topic is.

  99. Countrycowboy08 February 6, 2014 at 3:53 am - Reply

    The only reason for this is that Elsa is very upset..

  100. Tony Broomfield February 7, 2014 at 5:43 pm - Reply

    https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
    For those of you who are claiming Sea Ice grew this last 2 years
    Please look at the graph on the left of the above page, some way down
    You will see a steady continual decline in Sea Ice over the last few
    decades

  101. Mikeishere1st February 7, 2014 at 9:36 pm - Reply

    What’s with the up-sloping “zero line” (whatever “0” means?) in the chart @
    0:26 Holdren? You can’t even tell the truth about ‘horizontal’ on a damn
    chart! Do you think such sophistry helps your ‘image’ in the eyes of
    scientifically minded people like me?

  102. GlennJericho February 16, 2014 at 12:45 am - Reply

    You all should believe that more cold equals more global warming because
    Obama REALLY wants more of your money.

  103. RantWithJeff February 17, 2014 at 11:10 pm - Reply

    It’s cold because it’s getting warmer….. ohhhh kay ))

  104. Annie Lee Sor Wah February 18, 2014 at 7:29 am - Reply

    The Polar caps both north and south are larger , this is bulls–t This is
    example of man drinking a coke from McDonalds and saying he never drinks
    coke Lie Lie Lie

  105. x420xavier February 21, 2014 at 3:57 pm - Reply

    the earth has been warming and cooling for thousands of years, was co2 the
    cause of it since way back then? or was it our sun?

    Show us some graph’s of the temp change from a couple thousand years back
    or would that disprove your claim? The ones you show are only from the
    1970’s lol…

  106. Steven Guynn February 24, 2014 at 6:11 am - Reply

    What is a PolarVortex? Polar Vortex 2014. Find out more in the short video
    below…#GlobalWarming #PolarVortex #WinterStorm

  107. Gary Wager February 24, 2014 at 5:17 pm - Reply

    We need to increase public awareness, and stimulate innovative ways to deal
    with the “new normal”. Sometimes less is more.

  108. Susan Baber February 24, 2014 at 7:50 pm - Reply

    The good thing about science is that it’s true, whether you believe it or
    not.

  109. TheMostAwesomeMan242 February 27, 2014 at 1:36 am - Reply

    The extreme cold equals global warming! Yeah and my ass is green!

  110. Henry Lu March 3, 2014 at 2:07 pm - Reply

    Dictator Obama’s white house science czar John Holdren speaks! *bows head*

  111. TheChristianMystic March 7, 2014 at 12:03 am - Reply

    lol. How quickly you forget climategate.

  112. BlasianMane March 8, 2014 at 1:54 am - Reply

    hahahahaha. This is even more ridiculous than the HealthCare Bill.

  113. Miles McNeil March 30, 2014 at 5:59 pm - Reply

    the north pole is shifting. the polar vortex isnt shifting away from the
    pole, it means the actual pole is shifting and the polar vortex is
    following it. they wanna save fuel through going green to enslave us longer
    to the need of it. when we know they already have advanced technologies
    that would change the world. the bible says there will be a pole shift,
    people need to be looking to jesus our lord to understand all things not
    man science.

  114. miresly777777 April 1, 2014 at 8:04 pm - Reply

    I like his pin….lol

  115. goasfaras youcansee May 10, 2014 at 5:33 pm - Reply

    Are you God of some sort of?

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