Record Heat in 2023 and 2024 May Result from Natural Variations

The past few years have witnessed alarmingly high temperature records. However, the extreme heat observed globally in 2023 and 2024 may not necessarily signal a crisis, but instead reflect natural variability, according to some climate scientists.

“From a modeling standpoint, yes, that’s the variability we expect,” stated Karsten Hautin during a talk at the European Geoscience Union conference in Vienna, which took place last week at the University of Leipzig, Germany.