Let's see what "media" is actually saying
sciencenews.org:
What’s concocting these bouts of extreme heat? It’s partly because the world has been exceptionally warm this year, thanks to the compounding of human-caused climate change with a natural climate phenomenon called El Niño, whose influence is known to temporarily warm our planet (SN: 7/13/23).
nytimes.com:
The warmer baseline contributes to extreme-weather events and helps make periods of extreme heat more frequent, longer and more intense. The return this summer of the natural climate pattern known as El Niño brings increased chances for hotter-than-normal temperatures later this year and in 2024.
scientificamerican:
The trend toward more frequent, longer-lasting and more intense heat waves is a hallmark of the climate emergency that has resulted from humans burning fossil fuels and releasing planet-warming greenhouse gases. These heat extremes—along with exceptionally warm ocean waters—contributed to the first week of July becoming the hottest week on record globally, based on preliminary data, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). That milestone came just after the hottest June on record. With an El Niño event in place that is set to further boost global temperatures, experts expect that more monthly—and potentially even yearly—heat records could be topped.
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