Fake news tries to blame human-caused global warming on El Niño | Dana Nuccitelli
by Dana Nuccitelli from on (#242JH)
Climate scientists and real science journalists pushed back, holding the post-truth crowd accountable
Human carbon pollution is heating the Earth incredibly fast. On top of that long-term human-caused global warming trend, there are fluctuations caused by various natural factors. One of these is the El Nino/La Nina cycle. The combination of human-caused warming and a strong El Nino event are on the verge of causing an unprecedented three consecutive record-breaking hot years.
Simply put, without global warming we would not be seeing record-breaking heat year after year. In fact, 2014 broke the temperature record without an El Nino assist, and then El Nino helped push 2015 over 2014, and 2016 over 2015.