Current and former Mann Research Group members, including Michael E. Mann, Xueki Li, and Shannon A. Christiansen, along with collaborators Byron A. Steinman and Alejandro Fernandez, showed that the recent global surface temperature spike is entirely consistent with expectations from the combined effects of model-predicted long-term warming and routine natural climate variability. They found that without human-caused global warming, the record warmth from 2024 would have been highly unlikely.
Penn Omnia: https://omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/heating-expectations-climate-models-michael-mann
Climate Thoughts with Brian: https://climatewithbrian.com/2026/05/11/2024-global-temperature-record-is-consistent-with-model-predictions/
The Asia Business Daily: https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/world-general/2026051209382749135
The Mainichi Shimbun (translated from Japanese): https://mainichi-jp.translate.goog/articles/20260511/k00/00m/040/017000c?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Yonhap News (translated from Korean): https://www-yna-co-kr.translate.goog/view/AKR20260511134700017?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
