Bread and Circuses on Nostr: We already know we're in trouble. But are we in even worse trouble than we thought? ...

We already know we're in trouble.

But are we in even worse trouble than we thought?
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Much of the warming over the past year is well within the range of what scientists have long predicted would be the result of burning fossil fuels with abandon. The heat dialed up even more when a recurring climate pattern known as El Niño took hold last summer.

But scientists say these two factors alone can’t account for the surging temperatures the world has seen recently, particularly in the second half of 2023. Was that extra warming a blip they can brush off, explained away by natural variability or randomly coinciding events, or was it a sign that climate change has begun to veer off predictable tracks?

Some scientists argue that the planet is more sensitive to climate change than previously thought.
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FULL ARTICLE -- "The mysterious X factor"
➡️ https://grist.org/science/mysterious-x-factor-2023-heat-records/

SEE ALSO -- "The scientist who first warned about climate change says it’s worse than we thought. Again."
➡️ https://grist.org/climate/the-scientist-who-warned-the-us-about-climate-change-says-its-getting-worse-again/

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