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807 Earth Began Absorbing More Sunlight in 2023, Climate Researchers Find

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 12/05/2024 19:25 EDT

Earth Began Absorbing More Sunlight in 2023, Climate Researchers Find

Today a group of German scientists presented data suggesting Earth is absorbing more sunlight than in the past, reports Ars Technica, "largely due to reduced cloud cover."


We can measure both the amount of energy the Earth receives from the Sun and how much energy it radiates back into space.... The new paper finds that the energy imbalance set a new high in 2023, with a record amount of energy being absorbed by the ocean/atmosphere system. This wasn't accompanied by a drop in infrared emissions from the.

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