Happy September equinox! Or, as we say north of the equator, happy autumnal equinox! On Saturday, September 23, at 6:50 A.M. UTC (2:50 A.M. EDT or 11:50 P.M. Friday PDT), the sun will be directly ...

Later, around March, the white, icy mantle will melt as spring approaches. These seasonal changes, however, are not applicable, especially for countries on the equator. Citing Britannica, the equator ...

As Earth twirls around its axis, its circumference is widest at the equator. So a spot on the equator has to travel a lot farther in 24 hours to loop around to its starting position than ...

One such thought provoking scene is the peculiar behaviour of hurricanes around the equator. While these powerful storms wreak havoc in various parts of the world, there's a fascinating boundary ...

During an equinox, the center of the sun is on the same plane as the equator. After the vernal equinox in March, the Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the sun until the June solstice, when the sun ...

IN NATURE, vol. xxi. p. 129, Mr. Croll gives his reasons why the equator is not much warmer in January than in July, notwithstanding the greater nearness of the sun at the former season.

The spring equinox will occur at 5:01 a.m. EDT on Thursday. An equinox occurs when the Earth's equator aligns with the sun, resulting in a "nearly" equal amount of daylight and darkness at all ...

Before visiting Ecuador, the eponymous equator wasn’t the most eagerly-anticipated moment on my bucket list trip. There were giant tortoises to meet, cloud forests to climb and Indigenous ...