Since early 2023, the world has seen a steep rise in temperatures that scientists are struggling to explain. Our contributor Elizabeth Kolbert talked with Gavin Schmidt, NASA’s top climate scientist, about possible causes of the warming and why experts cannot account for the heat.
I had gotten into the habit of watching world average sea surface temperature neatly charted over at https://climatereanalyzer.org/ and wondering if it will ever go back to levels closer to what used to be normal.
Since 26 September the data is unavailable due to hurricane damage. So there’s one indicator that’s not looking entirely healthy.