New Delhi, March 24 -- Earth's climate is more out of balance than at any time in observed history, the World Meteorological Organisation flagged on Monday. WMO's State of the Global Climate 2025 report for the first time included the earth's energy imbalance as one of the key climate indicators. This measures the rate at which energy enters and leaves the earth system. Under a stable climate, incoming energy from the sun is about the same as the amount of outgoing energy. However, increasing concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases have upset this equilibrium, WMO said. The earth's energy imbalance has increased since its observational record began in 1960, particularly in the past 20 years. It reached a new high in 2025. The warming of the atmosphere represents just 1% of the excess energy, whilst about 5% is stored in the continental land masses, WMO said while adding that more than 91% of the excess heat is stored in the ocean, which acts as a major buffer against higher temperatures on land. "Human activities are increasingly disrupting the natural equilibrium and we will live with these consequences for hundreds and thousands of years," WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said....