"Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory
Taking into account all known factors, the planet warmed 0.2 °C more last year than climate scientists expected. More and better data are urgently needed."

Good piece in Nature this week by Gavin Schmidt covers the extremely anomalous temperatures in 2023, well before El Nino got started as well as the loss of #Antarctic #SeaIce and aerosols...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00816-z

Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory

Taking into account all known factors, the planet warmed 0.2 °C more last year than climate scientists expected. More and better data are urgently needed.

@Ruth_Mottram Isn't James Hansen making the hypothesis that new "cleaner" diesel regulation for maritime transport is a contributing factor to the recent monstrous jump in the global absorbed solar irradiance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTWUJ8Lvl-U

#AbruptClimateChange

Dr. James E. Hansen in Conversation with Paul Beckwith

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