This is not good. This is driven by both underlying climate and an unprecedented super-El Nino. Either way, are now exceeding climate model forecasts. Warming is accelerating and CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere increase. And the acceleration is faster than we expected.
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“If methane emissions, primarily from biogenic methane sources, continue to rise at rate similar to observed in recent yrs, the modern rise since 2006 would be large enough to be identified as first part of a ‘termination-scale’ event…”
Nisbet July 2023
From 1850, interesting because the agreed upon ending of the “Little Ice Age” is 1850.
Meaning temperatures in Europe were a lot cooler.
Worth pointing out that ENSO, as in La Nina and El Nino only redistribute energy in Earth's systems, whilst fossil fuel emissions add to it.
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So far, the second half of 2026 has been sweltering in San Diego, which is ridiculous.
Would you compromise on a "big bargain deal", say: $40 per ton carbon tax at every primary source point (Dem's interest), in exchange for 25 years of ZERO legal immigration and end to all work visa programs, TPS, refugees, asylum, etc.(MAGA's interest).?
Big question is whether climate models generally have historically underestimated sensitivity.
Will be hard to say for some time
Need better observational data on lots of things, such as falling sulfate aerosol stocks' impact on diminishing cloud formation
smart geopolitical play by muricans,fuk everybody with heat,while chilling under ac.clever.