The Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN's weather agency has warned, BBC reported. 

The World Meteorological Organization says that our planet is gaining much more heat energy than it can release, driven by emissions of warming gases such as carbon dioxide.

This record "energy imbalance" heated the ocean to new heights last year and continued to melt our planet's ice caps.

And scientists fear that a natural warming phase called El Nino – expected to begin later this year - could soon bring further heat records, according to BBC.