'Missing' heat may affect future climate change

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 14:17 in Earth & Climate

Current observational tools cannot account for roughly half of the heat that is believed to have built up on Earth in recent years, according to a new article. Scientists warn in the new study that satellite sensors, ocean floats, and other instruments are inadequate to track this "missing" heat, which may be building up in the deep oceans or elsewhere in the climate system.

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