But the reason it has occurred is not that our greenhouse-gas emissions are no longer changing the earth’s climate; it is that surface temperature is a poor metric for human-induced warming. Indeed, what scientists have figured out is that, instead of warming the surface, the excess heat that is being generated has gone to the deeper oceans.
地表温度升高暂停确是事实。海洋表面和对流层卫星测量结果观察到了这一现象。但为何如此？原因不是我们的温室气体排放不再改变地球气候；而是因为地表温度并非衡量人为导致变暖的好指标。事实上，科学家发现，产生的过多热量并没有让地表变暖，而是去了更深的海洋。