Earth is trapping ‘unprecedented’ amount of heat, Nasa says

Scientists from agency and Noaa say Earth's energy imbalance' roughly doubled from 2005 to 2019 in alarming' way

The Earth is trapping nearly twice as much heat as it did in 2005, according to new research, described as an unprecedented" increase amid the climate crisis.

Scientists from Nasa, the US space agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), reported in a new study that Earth's energy imbalance approximately doubled" from 2005 to 2019. The increase was described as alarming".