A visual depiction of how much global warming heat is going into the various components of the climate system for the period 1993 to 2003, calculated from IPCC AR4 5.2.2.3.  Note that focusing on surface air temperatures misses more than 90% of the overall warming of the planet.

SkS Resources that use this Graphic

• Human Activity Continues to Warm the Planet Over the Past 16 Years (intermediate)
• Human Activity Continues to Warm the Planet Over the Past 16 Years (advanced)
• Where is Global Warming Going?
• Infographic on Where Global Warming is Going
• Did Global Warming Stop in 1998, 1995, 2002, 2007, 2010?
• A Case Study in Climate Science Integrity
• Ocean Heat Content And The Importance Of The Deep Ocean
• Pielke Sr. and SkS Disagreements and Open Questions
• David Evans: All at Sea about Ocean Warming and Sea Level Rise
• Misleading Daily Mail Article Pre-Bunked by Nuccitelli et al. (2012)
• The Latest Pre-Bunked Denialist Letter in Lieu of Real Science
• This is Global Warming - A Lesson for Monckton and Co.
• Resolving Confusion Over the Met Office Statement and Continued Global Warming
• Did Murdoch's The Australian Misrepresent IPCC Chair Pachauri on Global Warming?

Images

• High resolution JPEG (1024 pixels wide)
• High resolution PNG (1024 pixels wide)
• Vector (Windows Metafile WMF)