Global Warming Components

A visual depiction of how much global warming heat is going into the various components of the climate system for the period 1993 to 2003, calculated from IPCC AR4 5.2.2.3.  Note that focusing on surface air temperatures misses more than 90% of the overall warming of the planet.

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SkS Resources that use this Graphic

• Where is Global Warming Going?
• What has global warming done since 1998? (basic)
• What has global warming done since 1998? (intermediate)
• Human Activity Continues to Warm the Planet Over the Past 16 Years (intermediate)
• Human Activity Continues to Warm the Planet Over the Past 16 Years (advanced)
• Infographic on Where Global Warming is Going
• Did Global Warming Stop in 1998, 1995, 2002, 2007, 2010?
• A Case Study in Climate Science Integrity
• Ocean Heat Content And The Importance Of The Deep Ocean
• Pielke Sr. and SkS Disagreements and Open Questions
• David Evans: All at Sea about Ocean Warming and Sea Level Rise
• Misleading Daily Mail Article Pre-Bunked by Nuccitelli et al. (2012)
• The Latest Pre-Bunked Denialist Letter in Lieu of Real Science
• This is Global Warming - A Lesson for Monckton and Co.
• Resolving Confusion Over the Met Office Statement and Continued Global Warming
• Did Murdoch's The Australian Misrepresent IPCC Chair Pachauri on Global Warming?
• Global Warming is Accelerating, but it's Still Groundhog Day at the Daily Mail
• Media Overlooking 90% of Global Warming
• Global Warming Paws Fails to Materialise: Earth Still Warming and Global Sea Level Rising Like Gangbusters
• Global warming is unpaused and stuck on fast forward, new research shows
• Warming oceans consistent with rising sea level & global energy imbalance
• Corrections to Curry's Erroneous Comments on Ocean Heating
• Global warming not slowing - it's speeding up
• Answers to the top ten global warming 'skeptic' arguments
• Global warming conspiracy theorist zombies devour Telegraph and Fox News brains
• Seal of approval - How marine mammals provide important climate data
• Nigel Lawson suggests he's not a skeptic, proceeds to deny global warming
• Unpacking unpaused global warming – climate models got it right
• Rising Ocean Temperature: Is the Pacific Ocean Calling the Shots?
• Ocean Warming has been Greatly Underestimated
• From Pole to Pole - a climate-themed tour through a zoo
• The global warming 'pause' is more politics than science
• The climate 'hiatus' doesn’t take the heat off global warming

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