As extreme as this year’s temperatures were, they did not catch researchers off guard. Scientists’ … 2023’s heat is still broadly within this range, albeit on the high end. … one exceptional year would not be enough to suggest something was faulty with the computer models … Global temperatures have long bobbed up and down around a steady warming trend because of cyclical factors like El Niño … has intensified since, possibly signaling more record heat to come in 2024. … “I’m not willing to say that we’ve ‘broken the climate’ or there’s anything weird going on until more evidence comes in.” … Until the current El Niño is over, “it’s unlikely we’ll be able to make definitive claims,” he said.
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Researchers know we’re screwed, so saying they weren’t caught off guard doesn’t make me feel better.
Yep. Hunting for the drama of a surprise or models being wrong is pretty dumb stuff at this stage.
There’s almost an air of owning the scientists by fucking the climate even harder than they understood.
Apocalyptic climate changes on schedule.