Not exact matches
Two things can be going on here, firstly, the loss in the tropics may be more than compensated for in the rest
of the world (which is consistent with the extensive Southern
Ocean warming observed by Gille (2002)-RRB-, and secondly, the data from the tropics may be less complete or accurate than claimed, although I am not
aware of any specific reasons why that might be.
I've read the guest post from Peter Minnet but as far as I know the experimental data, while interesting, is not yet part
of a peer reviewed study.So I'm not
aware of solid evidence that CO2 directly
warms the
ocean.
Since you are a frequent visitor to WUWT, you are well
aware that I have illustrated, explained, and animated cause (ENSO) and effect (the
warming of sea surface temperatures,
ocean heat content, lower troposphere temperatures, and land + sea surface temperatures) in dozens
of blog posts over the past 3 1/2 years.