Open AccessLikely cause found for global warming “hiatus”
Author(s) -
Wendel JoAnna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo340004
Subject(s) - hiatus , climatology , oceanography , global warming , deep water , deep sea , climate change , geography , geology , paleontology
An Atlantic current may be the cause of the recent warming “hiatus” observed since the beginning of the 21st century, according to new research published last week in the journal Science (doi:10.1126/science.1254937). The conclusion is based on observations of deep‐sea temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean, from floats that sample water down to 2000 meters deep and from looking at historical records from the mid‐ to late 20th century.