The world's best climate models are not capturing the true extent of Earth's energy imbalance, and scientists aren't sure why.
Instead of mirroring real-life satellite observations, the models consistently underestimate a growing gap, or imbalance, between the amount of energy Earth receives from the sun and the amount the planet radiates into space, a new study shows. It's unclear what missing component would bring the models up to speed, but researchers think it could be related to how clouds interact with small particles in the atmosphere known as aerosols.
