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Who wrote this headline, an AI? It being hotter than models predicted does not mean we didn't expect it to be hotter. A better title could've been: "2024 was mysteriously hotter than climate science predicted" or "global heating smashes scientists' expectations"
Maybe the models didn't place it as the hottest. Even with an upward trend, not every year has to be hotter than the previous and other factors (or even model inaccuracies) can yield unexplained results.