> However, what it also demonstrates is that you can't reliably predict 'the next five years' Generally, you can't, though I think in this case, the prediction

> However, what it also demonstrates is that you can't reliably predict 'the next five years' Generally, you can't, though I think in this case, the prediction is more confident due to the La Nina/El Nino phenomena. Basically, the last few years have been breaking heat records despite a cooling force being in effect (La Nina). Now, that cooling force is gone and is replaced by a heating force (El Nino). So it's likely the fluctuations will now rather go up than down for the next few years.