Power Line,
by
John Hinderaker
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1/1/2026 2:32:25 PM
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Satellite records indicate that there was a sharp uptick in global temperatures in 2023, followed by a steep decline by 2025: [chart] Warmists were ecstatic over the 2023 increase, which they attributed to “climate change.” (It makes no sense to say that a change was caused by change, but put that aside for the moment.) As to the subsequent decline, they were almost entirely silent.
It seemed obvious to me that the most likely explanation was the extraordinary eruption of the Hunga Tonga underwater volcano in January 2022. That eruption, unprecedented in recorded history, sent vast quantities of water vapor into the atmosphere. Water vapor is, of course, the principal greenhouse