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The world, oceans and surface, have been warming because of us humans. Cycles like La Nina and El Nino bring variability to the weather around an ever warming p
by mempko 3y ago
The world, oceans and surface, have been warming because of us humans. Cycles like La Nina and El Nino bring variability to the weather around an ever warming planet. La Nina cools while El Nino warms. So it's likely that we will break all time heat records (you see that already in Texas for example) and that means more dead people. We may even temporarily go above 1.5C, providing a nice preview of what "normal" will look like in a couple years time (well, there is no longer a normal, expect warming and chaos).
- refulgentis 3y agoYeah I get global warming What I don’t get is how 3 years is unusually long if the average is 2-7 years (And I really do think I’m missing something important but can’t quite pull the fact out of the neurons I think it’s in. Idk why I’m downvoted through the floor, seems like a real reach to read it as climate skepticism)
- kelseyfrog 3y agoThe distribution could be heavily right-skewed. Not necessarily saying it is, but it would be an example of a case where such statements would still be valid.
- dsmithn 3y agoI can’t even find the quote you’re referencing in the article. It seems like you subconsciously changed it to meet your interpretation… > The ocean seesaws between these states every two to seven years, though the past three years unusually saw three back-to-back La Niñas.
- mvdtnz 3y agoLa Nina and El Nino are the extreme ends of the oscillation. By my reading it's saying that the oscillation pattern got "stuck" at peak La Nina for 3 years running. I'm not exist that's just how I read it.