One of the problems with trying to convince climate science 'skeptics' that the missing surface temperature (heat) was going into the oceans, was that scientists could not yet show exactly where that heat was going. That was because of a lack of observational capability, which scientists have been doing their best to fill in with the ARGO system of floats.
ARGO
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New study finds sea level rose 2.4 mm/year between 2005 and 2011
Jun 03, 2013 by Bob Yirka
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Global Warming Has Accelerated In Past 15 Years, New Study Of Oceans Confirms
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And now we have this:
Varying planetary heat sink led to global-warming slowdown and acceleration
- Science 22 August 2014:
Vol. 345 no. 6199 pp. 897-903
DOI: 10.1126/science.1254937
Deep-sea warming slows down global warming
Global warming seems to have paused over the past 15 years while the deep ocean takes the heat instead. The thermal capacity of the oceans far exceeds that of the atmosphere, so the oceans can store up to 90% of the heat buildup caused by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Chen and Tung used observational data to trace the pathways of recent ocean heating. They conclude that the deep Atlantic and Southern Oceans, but not the Pacific, have absorbed the excess heat that would otherwise have fueled continued warming.
Science, this issue p. 897
