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“Human emissions are adding a permanent El Niño worth of heat to the climate system each decade.” Berkeley Earth's @zekehausfather.com spoke with @bennollweather.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com about the future preview coming via this year's record-setting El Niño. Gift link: wapo.st/4htwiBY

washingtonpost.comWe’ll soon get a glimpse of future temperatures, thanks to this record El NiñoIt will act like a climate time machine, temporarily pushing temperatures to levels that otherwise might not be felt for a decade or so.

14/8/26, 4:49 pm20 reposts39 likes

Stefan Urbat

@stefanurb.bsky.social

14 Aug

This is a little downplayed considering accelerated heating by @rahmstorf.bsky.social and Foster

Zeke Hausfather

@zekehausfather.com

14 Aug

That recent trend line is in-line with the Foster and Rahmstorf estimates (~0.35C/decade). Though I'd argue the actual human-induced warming rate is a bit lower than that: essd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...

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