Why Was 2023 So Warm? | Power Line

Satellite records indicate that there was a sharp uptick in global temperatures in 2023, followed by a steep decline by 2025 - John Hinderaker

• Warmists were ecstatic over the 2023 increase, which they attributed to “climate change.”
• 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 gas...