Scientists have identified an overlooked axis dividing the planet into eastern and western halves — revealing a surprising balance in Earth's reflectivity.
A new axis divides Earth into eastern and western hemispheres, separate from the classical ones.
Both hemispheres reflect approximately equal amounts of solar radiation into space.
The symmetry is surprising given the uneven distribution of land and oceans.
A report by 74 researchers worldwide finds the planet is absorbing heat at an unprecedented rate, with the 1.5°C threshold potentially breached around 2030.
Earth's energy imbalance has more than doubled over two decades, hitting an all-time record.
The critical 1.5°C threshold above pre-industrial levels may be crossed around 2030.
74 scientists: choices made this decade will define the pace of warming for generations.
All four astronauts assigned to the Artemis 3 mission are men, prompting the agency's chief to publicly justify a selection once billed as a historic first for women.
NASA has assigned an all-male, four-person crew to the Artemis 3 lunar mission.
Agency leadership insists the selection was merit-based, not gender-driven.
Artemis 3 was originally presented as the mission to land the first woman on the Moon.
A new study links an extreme rainfall event and landslides in Sumatra to the deaths of a significant share of an already critically endangered primate population.
Four days of rain and landslides in Sumatra killed 7% of the orangutan population.
Sumatran orangutans are among the rarest and most endangered primates on Earth.
Researchers warn extreme weather will increasingly threaten species already on the brink.