Quartz: It's been called the "hiatus,' "pause,' or "slowdown' and has been a favored meme of climate skeptics for years.
Despite the continued increase of greenhouse gas emissions from us, rise of global surface temperatures has been easing since 1998.
Two new studies published this week examine the origins of the"pause,' and, surprisingly, suggest that it may persist for years even in our notably warming world.
The first study, published on Feb. 26 in the journal Science, looked into likely causes....