For a few months this summer, a large strip of Atlantic Ocean along the equator cooled at record speed. Though the cold patch ...
The Equator is a line of latitude that bisects the globe at its widest point, and where the hours of light and darkness are equal throughout the year. The Equator passes through 13 countries ...
After the devastation of Hurricane Helene and now Hurricane Milton hitting Florida, reports have been spreading on social media that hurricanes never cross the equator. This is true, but why?
the Arctic Circle (the North Pole) the Antarctic Circle (the South Pole) the Tropic of Cancer the Tropic of Capricorn and the Equator. I’ve been asked to deliver this parcel to my cousin but he ...
No hurricane has been known to cross the equator. Rating: In fall 2024, as Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton battered the southeastern United States, a claim spread online that no hurricane ...
Before visiting Ecuador, the eponymous equator wasn’t the most eagerly-anticipated moment on my bucket list trip. There were ...
In the 18th century, French scientists thought they had identified the location of the equator. But they got it wrong. Thousands of years earlier the pre-Incas were able to plot its location ...
Energy is moved by ocean currents from areas of strong heating to cooler areas: warm currents transport warmer water from lower latitudes (nearer the equator) to higher latitudes (nearer the poles ...