“Dr. Schmidt pointed out that when scientists put together their estimates so far of how much the volcanic eruption, the reduced shipping pollution, El Niño and climate change should warm the planet, the numbers don’t add up.
“There could be still something missing,” he said, like other sources of aerosol pollution having improved more than researchers know, or Earth’s climate having more internal variability than expected, or global warming amplifying the effects of El Niño.”
Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/climate/ocean-heat-records.html
