Nonetheless, at some point, the natural cycles will shift; the oceans will cease to absorb the bulk of the planet’s warming; and surface temperatures will begin to climb again. When they do, we can expect the increase to resume the rapid pace observed during the late twentieth century, when surface temperature rose by about 0.17 degrees Celsius every ten years.
没人知道目前的升温暂停会持续多久。尽管如此，在某个时刻，自然循环会发生变化；海洋将停止吸收大部分地球升温；地表温度将再次开始升高。当这一幕发生时，我们可以预期，地表温度的升高速度将回到20世纪后期所观察到的速度，即每十年升高0.15摄氏度左右。