Multi-year La Niña-El Niño transition influenced Earth's extreme energy uptake in 2022–23
Joint press release (in Japanese) by University of Tokyo and Hokkaido University
Abstract
Earth’s energy uptake—defined as the global mean net incoming radiation at the top of the atmosphere—surged in 2022–2023, contributing to record global surface temperatures and widespread climate extremes in 2023–2024. Yet, the causes of this extreme energy uptake remain unclear, reflecting limited knowledge of how internal climate variability shapes Earth’s energy imbalance. Here we investigate the drivers of the observed extreme energy uptake by using multi-model climate simulations and satellite-based observations. We show that the transition from the multi-year….
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Article Information:
Ko Tsuchida, Yu Kosaka & Shoshiro Minobe, Multi-year La Niña-El Niño transition influenced Earth’s extreme energy uptake in 2022–23, Nature Geoscience, (2026)
DOI: 10.1038/s41561-026-01921-6
