EU monitor says global temperatures were 1.75C above preindustrial levels, extending run of unprecedented highs
Climate scientists had expected this exceptional spell to subside after a warming El Niño event peaked in January 2024 and conditions shifted to an opposing, cooling La Niña phase. But the heat has lingered at record or near-record levels, prompting debate about what other factors could be driving it to the top end of expectations.
“Mystifies”
Only in the sense of “this is much worse than we expected and we don’t know why”, not in the sense of “oh, a hot January, how mystifying”
As far as I can tell we are still on the worst case scenario path so im pretty sure any realistic expectation would have it but all the things want to pretend like even though we barely try as a species we will somehow be on the best case because god or something.