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Where's the heat?

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In recent decades, over nine-tenths of Earth's top-of-the-atmosphere energy imbalance has been stored in the ocean, which is rising as it warms. Combining satellite sea-level data with ocean mass data or model results allows insights into ocean warming.

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  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 3, Seattle, 98115, Washington, USA

    Gregory C. Johnson & John M. Lyman

  2. University of Hawaii Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, 1000 Pope Road, Marine Science Building, Honolulu, 96822, Hawaii, USA

    John M. Lyman

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