The Earth became darker from 2001 to 2024, meaning it reflects less sunlight, a research team reports in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The development is more pronounced in the northern hemisphere than in the southern half of the planet, the study published on Monday revealed.
A team led by Norman Loeb from NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton in the U.S. state of Virginia discovered this previously unknown inequality between the northern and southern hemispheres after analyzing satellite data.
rljkeimig @lemmy.world - 2mon
It must be all of the solar panels absorbing the sun's rays, we had better get rid of all of them just in case, and we may as well throw in wind turbines as well for good measure.
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SeductiveTortoise - 2mon
We can just reverse wind turbines to make fans out of them and cool off.
throws_lemy in earthscience
The Earth is reflecting less and less sunlight, study reveals
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-earth-sunlight-reveals.htmlIt must be all of the solar panels absorbing the sun's rays, we had better get rid of all of them just in case, and we may as well throw in wind turbines as well for good measure.
We can just reverse wind turbines to make fans out of them and cool off.
WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOODNIGHT!
Chill, Morbo. Geez, what a tense news monster.
Careful, some loon might think that makes sense and set national policy based on that tidbit.
On our way to being Geidi Prime...
Theres already a dead ringer for Baron Harkonnen in a major position of leadership