As the country sizzled through heat waves, the government removed some of its most actionable advice about how to conserve energy.

Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10624-2

Analysis of a 25-year satellite record shows that Earth has a persistent east–west albedo symmetry split at 27° E, with clear-sky albedo, cloud radiative effect and open-ocean fraction exhibiting a triple symmetry around this meridian.