Earth hits record energy imbalance

The UN’s weather agency warns that Earth’s climate is now
more imbalanced than ever before, noting that global average air
temperatures are roughly 1.43°C higher than in the pre-industrial era

GLOBAL AVERAGE AIR
TEMPERATURE COMPARED
TO PRE-INDUSTRIAL (1850-1900)
LEVELS, 1850-2025 (°C)

1.5
1.0
0.5
0
-0.5

1860
1880
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020

Nine different data
sets corroborate
same trend line

Pre-industrial
average

ANNUAL GLOBAL OCEAN
HEAT CONTENT, 1960-2025
(zettajoules to 2,000m depth)
1 zettajoule = 10 21 joules

200
100
0
-100
-200
-300
-400

1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020

Four different data
sets share same
trajectory

Shaded areas show
uncertainty ranges

WHERE ENERGY TRAPPED BY POLLUTED ATMOSPHERE GOES

Oceans 91%
Land: 5%
Ice: 3%
Atmosphere: 1%

Source: WMO Picture: Anton Chubarov (Unsplash)

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