Meehl and Teng recently showed that when this is done, thereby turning a model projection into a hindcast, the models reproduced the observed trends — accelerated warming in the 1970s and reduced rate of surface warming during the last 15 years — quite well. (shapingtomorrowsworld.org)
The global oceans comprise some 93.4 % of Earth's global heat reservoirs, and despite a slower rate of surface warming over the last 16 years, the atmosphere has still warmed and the oceans have warmed even more strongly than before. (skepticalscience.com)
More limited data suggest that stratospheric water vapor probably increased between 1980 and 2000, which would have enhanced the decadal rate of surface warming during the 1990s by about 30 % as compared to estimates neglecting this change. (joannenova.com.au)