by dohboi » Wed 16 Mar 2016, 09:09:41
I am dubious, too. As I understand it, a lot of this is based on reporting from China, but they have been notoriously...slippery about their reporting on energy and emissions in the past, often filing official figures, only to 'adjust' them, sometimes quite significantly, much later.
In some ways, it could be even more worrying if true: if atmospheric concentrations are skyrocketing as we human emissions are stalling, it either means that El Nino is having an even bigger effect on CO2 levels than expected, or more ominously, that carbon feedbacks are already really starting to kick in in a big way.