Earth's Energy Imbalance More Than Doubled in Recent Decades
- Author(s)
- Thorsten Mauritsen, Yoko Tsushima, Benoit Meyssignac, Norman G. Loeb, Maria Hakuba, Peter Pilewskie, Jason Cole, Kentaroh Suzuki, Thomas P. Ackerman, Richard P. Allan, Timothy Andrews, Frida A.M. Bender, Jonah Bloch-Johnson, Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo, Anca Brookshaw, Paulo Ceppi, Nicolas Clerbaux, Andrew E. Dessler, Aaron Donohoe, Jean Louis Dufresne, Veronika Eyring, Kirsten L. Findell, Andrew Gettelman, Jake J. Gristey, Ed Hawkins, Patrick Heimbach, Helene T. Hewitt, Nadir Jeevanjee, Colin Jones, Sarah M. Kang, Seiji Kato, Jennifer E. Kay, Stephen A. Klein, Reto Knutti, Ryan Kramer, June Yi Lee, Daniel T. McCoy, Brian Medeiros, Linda Megner, Angshuman Modak, Tomoo Ogura, Matthew D. Palmer, David Paynter, Johannes Quaas, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Mark Ringer, Karina von Schuckmann, Steven Sherwood, Bjorn Stevens, Ivy Tan, George Tselioudis, Rowan Sutton, Aiko Voigt, Masahiro Watanabe, Mark J. Webb, Martin Wild, Mark D. Zelinka
- Abstract
Global warming results from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions which upset the delicate balance between the incoming sunlight, and the reflected and emitted radiation from Earth. The imbalance leads to energy accumulation in the atmosphere, oceans and land, and melting of the cryosphere, resulting in increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, and more extreme weather around the globe. Despite the fundamental role of the energy imbalance in regulating the climate system, as known to humanity for more than two centuries, our capacity to observe it is rapidly deteriorating as satellites are being decommissioned.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Meteorology and Geophysics
- External organisation(s)
- Stockholm University, Met Office, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, NASA Langley Research Center, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), University of Colorado, Boulder, Environment and Climate Change Canada, University of Tokyo, University of Washington, University of Reading, Tufts University, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Imperial College London, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Texas A&M University, Université Paris VI - Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Jacobs Universität Bremen, James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, University of Leeds, Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Pusan National University (PNU), University of Wyoming, National Science Foundation, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan, University of Bristol, Universität Leipzig, University of California, San Diego, Mercator Ocean international, University of New South Wales, McGill University, NASA/GISS
- Journal
- AGU Advances
- Volume
- 6
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2024AV001636
- Publication date
- 06-2025
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105205 Climate change
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 13 - Climate Action
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/a86ed744-3981-4692-86d0-b92643419571