Why don't we see the atmosphere warm at the South Pole in response to increased CO2 concentration?

[Noah]

The question isn't why hasn't the atmosphere warmed appreciably, but where all the excess heat trapped in the atmosphere has gone. The sun isn't any 'hotter', there's been no massive volcanic explosions and the only variable is the accumulation of over 200 years of CO2 generated by the burning of fossil fuels and the 'greenhouse effect generated by that burning. So...where's the heat?

Heat energy goes from warm to cold. What's cold in this case? Ice and seawater. The oceans are warming and the ice is melting...ALL the data shows that to be true. The South Pole is on a different time scale than the northern hemisphere because the conditions, extent of the oceans, ocean currents and land masses are different, but that doesn't alter anything and so the difference between the hemispheres can't be used to deny the overall facts.....more CO2 and other greenhouse gasses are rapidly accumulating and these gases trap the sun's heat energy. That's the science, the physics and the data. it's as simple and as complex as that.