The study’s long-term perspective suggests that the recent pause in global warming may just reflect random variations in heat going between atmosphere and ocean, with little long-term importance, says Drew Shindell, a climate scientist with joint appointments at Columbia’s Earth Institute and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and a lead author on the latest IPCC report. “Surface temperature is only one indicator of climate change,” he said. “Looking at the total energy stored by the climate system or multiple indicators – glacier melting, water vapor in the atmosphere, snow cover, and so on – may be more useful than looking at surface temperature alone.”
The study’s third author, Delia Oppo, is a climate scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Check the following link to read/download the Full Study – “Pacific Ocean Heat Content During the Past 10,000 Years”:
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6158/617
Source: The Earth Institute, Columbia University.
