Earth's vital signs reach record extremes, a climate report finds

Vital signs at record extremes

7 of 16

Seven of the 16 planetary vital signs tracked in the annual report are at record extremes, including sea level, ocean heat and the mass of the Greenland ice sheet.

The rate of global warming has roughly doubled, from about 0.19°C per decade between 1970 and 2010 to about 0.36°C per decade since.

This is no longer a warning for the future; it is a diagnosis of the present.

— The report's researchers

Renewable energy surpassed coal in global electricity generation in 2025, but the researchers say progress remains far below the scale and speed needed.