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Repeat it after me:
The most common phrase of this decade will be 'faster than expected'.
but also the coldest year from now on.
Well, as the article kind of tries to explain, some of the heat might actually hide down at the bottom of the Pacific over the next few years (La Niña). So, in terms of what we measure and what effects the temperature has on us directly, we might actually see some slightly cooler years coming up.
Basically, if you look at this diagram:
...you see that red years are peaks and blue years are troughs. We just came out of a red year, so we expect blue years to follow.
But yes, this is only a short breather. In a few years, the La Niñas will surpass this El Niño, and the next El Niño will be worse.
Your diagram didn't load, but otherwise good comment.
Hmm, seems like Lemmy does a new thing, where it proxies images, and maybe that broke, because it was an SVG?
Anyways, I think, I fixed it.
Bart, post the meme
I did
2025: Hold my beer.