As temperatures climb, air conditioners – which work by sucking in indoor air, heating it via compressor and then dumping that heat outside

This is not how split units, window units, or central air conditioning units work. The only units that work this way are the notoriously inefficient single hose portable units. How does an article about air conditioning manage to mess this up?

This is why when I last got a new AC I got one that was overcapacity.