Data from Climate Reanalyzer says that daily sea surface temperatures for January 2024 are higher than they were in January 2023.

  • Sonori@beehaw.org
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    9 months ago

    While it is possible we hit an unknown and unmodeled tipping point, until we get conformation as to what caused the vast shift in the last year it’s still possible it is temporary and we’ll fall back down to the temperature increases we’ve seen up until this point.

    Not that it really matters, seeing as what we need to be done doesn’t change with how high it gets.

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      9 months ago

      Doesn’t help that El Niño is currently in effect, with the next several seasons predicted to be affected by it. Muddies the data, so to speak.

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        9 months ago

        I’m honestly curious, what science suggests that our current climate models and projected warming are so widely off base?