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Recent hiatus caused by decadal shift in Indo-Pacific heating
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Looking for the missing heat: Global warming apparently slowed, or even stopped, during the first decade of the 21st century. This pause is commonly called the “hiatus.” We know, however, that Earth's climate system is accumulating excess solar energy owing to the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Where, then, has this energy gone if not into the air? Nieves et al. find that over this period, the surface Pacific Ocean has cooled but the upper Indian and Southern Oceans have warmed. Thus, the decade-long hiatus that began in 2003 would appear to be the result of a redistribution of heat within the ocean, rather than a change in the whole-Earth warming rate. Science , this issue p. 532
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- Nieves, V., Willis, J. K., & Patzert, W. C.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2015-07-31
- Volume
- 349
- Issue
- 6247
- Pages
- 532-535
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- 25.53
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- en
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