"It is a little warmer in parts of the planet at the moment, a mostly natural process probably due in part to the effects of a developing El Niño and, possibly, the extra 13% water vapor in the stratosphere due to last year’s Hunga-Tonga submarine volcanic eruption. Spencer shows how the heat bait is set and happily swallowed by narrative-driven mainstream media. “A city has record warming, so it must be due to global warming caused by burning fossil fuel,” he explains, “but what role does climate change have in these recordings at selected cities? Most of what we hear through the media comes from urban reporting stations, or at least airports serving major urban areas.”