Some of you may have noticed that global temperatures appear to have stopped increasing over the last decade or so. The Yale Forum on Climate and the Media has a good summary post as to why:
http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/2013/09/examining-the-recent-slow-down-in-global-warming/
The article breaks down "global" temperature into its components - like land surface temperature, ocean surface temperature, and shows the data and temperature trends for each component. It also investigates natural variability in the climate system that could be contributing to the recent flatness.
Basically, natural variability is masking a lot of the human-caused change over the past decade. There's more to it than that, including things we'll talk about like other places that are taking up the heat (like the deep ocean), but that's one piece of the puzzle. The article is a little dense with info, but if you're interested, check it out!
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