Wow! Thanks for sharing Renaud. I haven't read it but from the abstract it (very unfortunate for all of us humans and most other species, but not really surprising for many of us humans) looks like forecasts of Hansen et al. 2024 are being vindicated! Best, Ron
On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM Renaud de RICHTER < [email protected]> wrote: > Earth's Energy Imbalance More Than Doubled in Recent Decades > https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024AV001636 > 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. > Key Points > > > - > > Earth's energy imbalance more than doubled in recent decades > - > > The large trend has taken us by surprise, and as a community we should > strive to understand the underlying causes > - > > Our capability to observe the Earth's energy imbalance and budget > terms is threatened as satellites are decommissioned > > Plain Language Summary > > Global warming is caused by the imbalance between the incoming radiation > from the Sun and the reflected and outgoing infrared radiation from the > 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 > according the the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change > (IPCC). Observations from space of the energy imbalance shows that it is > rising much faster than expected, and in 2023 it reached values two times > higher than the best estimate from IPCC. We argue that we must strive to > better understand this fundamental change in Earth's climate state, and > ensure our capacity to monitor it in the future. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Healthy Planet Action Coalition (HPAC)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/healthy-planet-action-coalition/CAHodn9-e2iCfiPJYDRnv2TTcjgCueetUw9Fs83Tp48B2gA0jJA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/healthy-planet-action-coalition/CAHodn9-e2iCfiPJYDRnv2TTcjgCueetUw9Fs83Tp48B2gA0jJA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Healthy Planet Action Coalition <http://www.healthyplanetaction.org> YouTube Channel <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdt5vatByfyg-Pm9Vu6ahZg> @HPACoalition (Bluesky and Twitter/X) Addressing the Urgent Need for Direct Climate Cooling: Rationale and Options <https://academic.oup.com/oocc/article/4/1/kgae014/7731760> Baiman et al. 2024. *Oxford Open Climate Change* An Open Letter to the IMO Supporting Maritime Transport that Cools the Atmosphere While Preserving Air Quality Benefits <https://academic.oup.com/oocc/article/4/1/kgae008/7706251>. Baiman et al. 2024. *Oxford Open Climate Change* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAPhUB9CgtRaN9XVB%2Bvm28vfR5hLjH-13eFxVG6OKdawLwSEk9w%40mail.gmail.com.
