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News Release 10-059
"Missing" Heat May Affect Future Climate Change
Satellite instruments and ocean sensors are limited in their ability to measure Earth's heat build-up
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![Images of earth showing reflected solar radiation on left and emitted heat radiation on right.](/news/mmg/media/images/missing_heat1_f.jpg)
Earth's energy is out of balance: more is absorbed from the sun than emitted back to space.
Credit: NASA
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![Graph showing the global net energy budget depicting that heat is building up on Earth.](/news/mmg/media/images/missing_heat2_f.jpg)
Ocean heat content estimates show that energy in the form of heat is building up on Earth.
Credit: NCAR/courtesy Science
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![Cover of the April 16, 2010 issue of the journal Science.](/news/mmg/media/images/science_041610_f.jpg)
The researchers' findings appear in the April 16, 2010 issue of the journal Science.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2010
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