But 2023 ended up at around +1.4°C, with huge wildfires, massive floods and storms, killer heat waves -- and Dr Hansen says 2024, with the El Niño boost, will be much worse. Then after the El Niño finishes, it will drop back -- but it's not going to drop all the way back to 1.2°. Dr Mann responded to Dr Hansen's paper within a few days of its publication in November. Neither is very optimistic about our ability to deal with the climate threat: even Dr Mann, dismissing Dr Hansen's arguments, says "It's bad enough already." Dr Hansen has been kind enough to give us a tool.
