In the past week, extreme cold has hit many parts of Canada, including –40 C temperatures in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, where the record-breaking cold led to electricity shortages.
B.C. experienced both record cold and unusually heavy snow, and much of the snow fell in parts of the province that aren’t usually snowy, closing schools and downing trees and power lines.
And yet, we’ve just heard that globally, the world has just set a new heat record for the hottest year, and cyclical warmth in the Pacific Ocean, called El Nino, is supposed to make it even warmer.
So what’s going on?
Well, even in
