As El Niño ends, posts on X are blaming the natural phenomenon for record heat in 2023. This is misleading; while the climate pattern did affect average temperatures, the claims omit the impact of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions which climate scientists say are the single largest contributor to global warming .
The European science agency Copernicus said that for the first time global average heating exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius for a 12-month period, passing a threshold climate scientists have long warned against crossing.
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