Happy 2024 to all who celebrate.
I'm going to go ahead and say this here, as I am not sure if I've explicitly said before on Fedi (though if I go back through stuff I could probably find something, my gut tells me) but I think our climate has already permanently changed. The El Nino predicted for this year is looking less and less likely. Which would mean 4 straight years of La Nina. There are predictions that long term our climate, in general, is going to hotter AND wetter. Yes there will be drier years. But overall, I think we're going to see more flooding rains, with increasing instability and ferocity. That's already here, and it's going to get worse.
Want to make sure I've said this unambiguously somewhere I can refer back easily.