Everything from the hottest years on record to ruining astronomy can be tied to climate change.
Now some new science lays another potential problem at climate change's feet – Earth is retaining more than twice as much heat annually as it was 15 years ago.
A team from NASA and NOAA found that Earth's "energy imbalance" doubled between 2005 and 2019.
The energy imbalance is simple to understand but complex in its causes and impacts.
It is the difference between the amount of energy absorbed by Earth and the amount of energy emitted by it.
Any increase in the energy imbalance means the overall Earth system is gaining energy, causing it to heat up.
First, understanding what caused the increase in absorbed heat in order to potentially mitigate it in the near future would be helpful. »