There’s really no legitmate explanation for how the warming can take a hiatus. El Nino, el Nina, PDO , whatever only affects the distribution of the heat. If AGW greenhouse gases behave as the warmies claim, the heat has to exist somewhere; in the atmosphere, the ground or the oceans.
The atmosphere has not warmed (radio sondes/microwave sounding units), the oceans have not warmed (measure sea-level-stable/declining), and terrestrial temps have not increased since about 2001.
So where’s the heat? (In the imaginations of the warmies perhaps?)
Its in Mr. Hansen’s charts !!!
I meant to stick a “/sarc” tag on that.