The balance between heat gained from the sun and lost to space determines how fast the planet warms
Tomas Griger/Alamy
This year is on course to be the hottest on record, with an average global surface temperature more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. But there is some better news: the overall amount of heat energy being gained by the planet has fallen sharply from a record spike early in 2023.
At the time, there were suggestions that the spike in heat gain…
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