The time lag occurs because rising air temperatures take time to make themselves felt throughout the immense thermal mass of the oceans. (newscientist.com)
The time lag occurs because rising air temperatures take time to make themselves felt throughout the immense thermal mass of the oceans. (newscientist.com)
The Bush administration killed a NASA satellite intended to measure the Earth's radiation balance to allow calculation of how much heating overshoot is already built into the atmosphere and how long it will take to heat up the thermal mass of the oceans and icecaps. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)