"General" wrote in message ...

"Ian Bingham" wrote in message
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The question is not so much where the heat energy has gone (it has evidently
gone into beefing up the atmospheric circulation, both horizontal and
vertical) ....

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Actually, the excess heat appears to be being captured in the deep ocean.
See eg:

http://www.skepticalscience.com/surf...land-2014.html

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Yes, no doubt that's happening as well and due to the interaction between
sea surface and atmosphere, the two processes go hand-in-hand. The article
you cite mentions "the dramatic increase in the strength of the equatorial
trade-winds" (invigorated circulation). This, as the article says, entrains
heat into the upper layers of the oceans; this heat is eventually given back
to the atmosphere, and further invigorates the global circulation. At
least, that's what I think; this is a subject on which you can never be
dogmatic.

Ian.