The massive Pacific Ocean is helping absorb the extra heat trapped by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
About 15 years ago, the Earth's temperature was rising fast. Most climate models predicted that trend would continue, as humans continued to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Instead, the Earth's surface temperature over the past 13 years has been mostly stable.
In recent years, scientists have worked to understand why this "pause" in warming has occurred and was not predicted by models
See full Article: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stronger-winds-over-pacific-ocean-help-slow-global-warming/
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