I’m not being snarky here so bear with me: how does this hypothesis account for the high temps of 2023 when it happened in January 2022? Maybe the article mentioned it but honestly I’ve been drinking.
Good question? Maybe takes that long for the oceans to warm from lack of cloud ?
Personally I thought it read more like an opinion piece ? Interesting ideas there but seems unverified ?
The authors of the paper suggest a +0.15 Wm−2 radiative forcing and give the radiative forcing increase due to CO2 form 1996 to 2005 as +0.26 Wm−2.
This seems to provide an explanation of a huge jump in temperatures non expected by current CO2-only models.
Why this effect would not have been seen in the summer of 2022 I don't know, nor seems the authors of the paper or the liked article address it.
Also the author says this effect may dissipate in 5-10 years at which point the expected warming from CO2 would "match" the current temperatures anyway so there's no real 'cooling' to be expected.
Good question? Maybe takes that long for the oceans to warm from lack of cloud ?
Personally I thought it read more like an opinion piece ? Interesting ideas there but seems unverified ?