The recent slowdown in global warming challenged our understanding of climate dynamics and anthropogenic forcing. An early study gave insight to the mechanisms behind the warming slowdown and highlighted the ocean's role in regulating global temperature.
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Xie, SP. Leading the hiatus research surge. Nature Clim Change 6, 345–346 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2973
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