Dear Diary
The 12 month average is now and truly on the slide once again – and for the third time since 2016. Mean global temperatures are no higher that they were seven years ago, back in 2015. I don’t think this was a talking point at the recent COP27COP27 The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference Of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP27, was the 27th United Nations Climate Change conference, held from 6 November until 20 November 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. summit, and I’m sure if Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist who is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation knew about it, she would have a big scowl on her face. I’m sure that the climate scientists will blame it all on the triple dip La NiñaLa Niña La Niña is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Niño, as part of the broader El Niño–Southern Oscillation climate pattern. The name La Niña originates from Spanish for "the girl", by analogy to El Niño, meaning "the boy". In the past, it was also called an anti-El Niño[1] and El Viejo, meaning "the old man.", which may be true, but I reckon there’s a bit more natural variability in the mix, but then again what the hell do I know.
As an example of just how the world is cooling at the moment take a look at the estimated monthly anomalies from the GISTempGISTemp v4 The GISS Surface Temperature Analysis version 4 is an estimate of global surface temperature change using data from NOAA GHCN v4 (land stations) and ERSST v5 (ocean areas). series since 1970. This November [2022] is a full 0.2°C cooler than last year, this may not sound much, but in regard to global temperatures that’s a massive amount of cooling.
