Roy Spencer has discussed this issue. Spencer describes what may be happening:
Warming of the deep ocean originally caused by radiative forcing of the climate system cannot literally bypass the surface without some effect on temperature. But that effect might be to keep some cooling process from causing an even steeper dive in temperature.
For Spencer the deep ocean appears to be warming because the top 700 meters of the ocean and surface is cooling. Heat isn't being stored at the bottom of the ocean; the cooling hasn't yet reached there.
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The evidence against AGW is now becoming cogent. While one can wish Bloom had not resorted to the term "denier" it does seem as though the shoe is now on the other foot.
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