it's not as high as Japan or Italy.

Compared to its average distance of 93 million miles.Our planet spins at an angle — about 23.

Denver and Columbus see solar energy climb from about 145 watts per square meter in winter to 430 in summer — nearly a 300% difference.that detail barely registers compared to the power of the planets tilt.1 million miles farther from the sun than it is in early January when it reaches perihelion.

But the planets distance has little to do with it.New Orleans and Phoenix — near 30 degrees north in latitude — the amount of solar energy reaching Earths atmosphere in summer is more than double what those cities receive in winter.

but as we prepare for more sunshine and sweltering temperatures.

even a relatively small change in distance results in about a 7% drop in the amount of solar energy reaching the planet.In Ukraine's fourth summer of full-scale war the fields around Sumy are dotted with corn and sunflowers.

Talks between Russia and Ukraine have delivered only prisoner exchanges.in an attack that killed nine people – all civilians - including her mother.

killing four people and injuring nearly 60.but feared her eight children might not be safe there either.