Pacific 'flip' ends global warming 'slowdown': UK Met Office
The 2014-2016 global mean temperatures broke records after a "slowdown" in global warming in the early 2000s, due to variations in the Pacific climate, UK Met Office said. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation is a pattern of warm-cool phases in Pacific sea-surface temperature, which can persist for a decade. PDO being "flipped" to its warm phase, ended the global warming slowdown.