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Deeper Ocean Waters Absorbed Much Excess Atmospheric Heat
2015-07-10 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment 360: The waters of the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean warmed significantly from 2003 to 2012, but most of the heat is being stored at depth rather than near the surface, NASA researchers explained this week in the journal Science. The findings shed light on mechanisms behind the so-called global warming "hiatus," in which air temperatures appeared to rise more slowly from 2003 to 2012. Warming in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean during that period started to appear at roughly 32 feet below the surface,...
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