![]() ![]() Since 2000, the temperature at the Earth’s surface hasn’t warmed as quickly as it has in previous decades, despite greenhouse gas emissions rising faster than they were before.Ī growing body of evidence is homing in on the Pacific Ocean as the main culprit for why we’re seeing “unexpectedly modest” warming, as the Nature Climate Change paper puts it. The scientists say most of it is lurking in the deep ocean and we can expect the pace of warming to pick up when this heat gets released again. ![]() Don’t be surprised if the slower pace of warming we’re seeing at the Earth’s surface lasts for another five years, scientists say.Ī new paper out today puts the chances of the so-called “hiatus” staying until the end of the decade at about 15 per cent, or one in six.īut the heat hasn’t gone away.
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