Failure to include this aspect of ocean heat content changes the shape of the curve. (realclimate.org)
But when the first analyses of past ocean heat content changes appeared around the turn of the century they were rightly labelled «the smoking gun». (skepticalscience.com)
A major feature of Figure 5.1 is the relatively large increase in global ocean heat content during 1969 to 1980 and a sharp decrease during 1980 to 1983. (ipcc.ch)