NASA confirmed that the earth lost its symmetry and is getting dark: how does humans affect?

A recent study of the NASA confirmed that Planet Earth lost its symmetry and is getting dark little by little. How does this translate?

An investigation of The US Space Agency Published in the magazine Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences He concluded that the earth no longer reflects sunlight in a balanced way between hemispheres. The north lost the ability to reflect energy towards space faster than the south.

The specialists analyzed 24 years of satellite observations to verify the difference in the process that bears the name of Hemispheric symmetry in Albedo.

What are the causes?

The main cause of the earth being losing the ability to reflect solar radiation It would have to do with climate changeaccording to study researchers.

«All kinds of things were observed in observations and simulations that tend to suggest that this hemispheric symmetry is a fundamental property of the climatic system, but no one found a theoretical framework or an explanation for it,» he said Norman Loebphysicist at the NASA Langley Research Center, who directed the new study. «We always observe, but we don’t explain it completely.»

The earth is getting dark little by little. Illustrative photo of New Delhi, India. Photo: Reuters

It should be noted that, for example, the loss of sea ice and snow in the Arctic, which reflect sunlight, leaves exposed dark areas that absorb more heat.

The absorption of radiation, in turn, is reinforced by the increase in steam in the atmosphere.

And, although it is good news, the reduction of industrial pollution in Europe, the United States and China also caused suspension particles that increase the solar reflex.

Although the difference between the current reflex capacity and that before the NASA study is minimal, the conclusion of the investigation accounts for that The phenomenon can have long -term cumulative effects.

What will affect humans?

«The sum of all these pieces results in this trend»Loeb concluded. “But what was mysterious to me was that the clouds did not compensate. If this hemispheric symmetry is a fundamental property of the system, the clouds should provide more reflection in the northern hemisphere to compensate for non -cloudy properties. And I don’t see it, at least, not yet”.

A satellite photo of the planet Earth. Photo: Reuter

The loss of symmetry could influence – although very slowly – Frequencies of heat waves, the melting of glaciers and the distribution of rains (The intertopical convergence zone, a region where much of the planet’s rainfall is concentrated, moved to the north, which could modify the flow of water in Central America, Sub -Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia).

With these conclusions, NASA maintains that The planet’s climate system can be modified and departed from the expected.

Meanwhile, Loeb and his colleagues plan to continue monitoring asymmetry with Ceres – a program of the nineties – and investigating their causes with more sophisticated climatic models.