Report: US Sees Hottest March in 132 Years of Records

Climate-skeptic narrative

Record March temps look alarming until you factor in that a major El Niño is forming — a natural ocean cycle that redistributes existing heat, just like it did in 1998, 2016 and 2023. Natural variability, high-pressure ridging and ENSO cycles still drive short-term temperature extremes far more than a trace gas at 0.04% of the atmosphere. Calling this a climate emergency ignores the physics of how Earth's heat system actually works.