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Blue waters are visible through the eye of Hurricane Melissa on 28 October, 2025, just hours before it hit the southern coast of Jamaica.Earth's climate is more imbalanced than at any other time on record, with 2015-2025 confirmed as the hottest 11 years on record, as highlighted by the World Meteorological Organization's annualNotably, ocean heat content reached a record high in 2025, as the seas continue to absorb around 91 percent of the excess energy trapped by the unprecedented levels of greenhouse gases accumulating in our atmosphere.
Each year, a certain amount of solar energy reaches our planet. In a theoretical 'stable' climate, the amount of energy that comes in would roughly equate to the amount of energy that goes out. Massive amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have prevented that energy from making its way back into space. Instead, in an attempt to distribute itself across Earth, that energy is penetrating our environment, and in particular, our oceans.According to the report, just 1 percent of that excess, trapped energy is stored in the atmosphere itself. Five percent accumulates in the land . As well as solar energy, the WMO report notes the ocean has also absorbed 29 percent of carbon dioxide emissions released through human activities in the past decade. When carbon dioxide dissolves in water, it makes the liquid More acidic seawater makes it harder for calcifying organisms such as plankton and coral to build and maintain their shells, skeletons, and other calcium carbonate structures; very acidic waters can even dissolve them. Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities – namely, using fossil fuels to power nearly every aspect of our lives, and emissions from agriculture – have driven rapid and large-scale changes within a few decades.n this age of war, climate stress is also exposing another truth: our addiction to fossil fuels is destabilizing both the climate and global security," he adds."Today's report should come with a warning label: climate chaos is accelerating and delay is deadly."The report is based on data and input from national meteorological and hydrological services around the world, WMO Regional Climate Centers, United Nations partners, and dozens of experts.
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