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Oceans Hid the Heat and Slowed Pace of Global Warming
2014-08-22 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Newly published data suggest that a hiatus in rising global air temperatures in the 21st century is the result of heat sinks deep in the Atlantic and Southern oceans. The trend is likely connected to roughly 30-year global warming and cooling cycles, according to researchers. The study could put to rest a long-standing debate among scientists about why air temperature rise had halted after a period of rapid increases at the end of the 20th century. "We weren't surprised by the results, but...
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