The phenomenon lowered precipitation over the oceans in the last decade, dampening the warming signal, they said. (scientificamerican.com)
Some have continued to argue that various «buffers» in the system will prevent run - way warming — such as increased temperatures leading to increased cloud cover and so dampening the warming (but clouds also have an insulating effect and so increase miniumum temperatures). (johnquiggin.com)
This includes feedbacks which can either amplify or dampen that warming. (skepticalscience.com)