The ‘pause’ in global warming is not even a thing

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/12/the-pause-in-global-warming-is-not-even-a-thing/



All signs point to an acceleration of human-caused climate change. So why all this talk of a pause?

The ‘pause’ in global warming is not even a thing
By Graham Readfearn, The Guardian
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:27 EST

The idea that global warming has “paused” or is currently chillaxing in a comfy chair with the words “hiatus” written on it has been getting a good run in the media of late.

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Global warming has not stopped. People should understand that the planet is a closed system. As we increase our emissions of greenhouse gases, the fundamental thermal dynamics tells us we have added heat into the system. Once it’s trapped, it can go to a myriad of places – land surface, oceans, ice shelves, ice sheets, glaciers for example.

England explained how the winds help the ocean to absorb heat into the thermocline – that’s roughly the area between 100 metres and 300 metres deep. He says once the trade winds drop – which is likely to come within years rather than decades – then the averaged surface temperatures will rise sharply again.

Media outlets across the world have extensively covered England’s paper. National Geographic told us the study revealed how the heat had been “hiding” in the oceans.