Thursday is the first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, in the Northern Hemisphere. During an equinox, the center of the ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

During the Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE), the spacecraft took the first measurements of this kind ...

The Al-Ojeiri Scientific Center has announced that the cold winter season will come to an end starting Saturday, giving way ...

Explains the concepts of latitude and longitude, which are used to locate places on Earth. It describes how latitude is ...

Depending on variety, onions grow well no matter how long the growing days are. Choose ones that grow well here and meet your needs for taste and storage.

This produces a speed at the equator of about 1,037 mph (1,670 km/h). You won't be moving quite as fast at other latitudes, however. If we move halfway up the globe to 45 degrees in latitude ...

How is this possible? Latitude is a function of the rotation of the Earth. Our planet rotates on its axis determining the North and South poles, and the Equator. Latitude is a measure of the north ...

The part of the world where we live lies exactly halfway between Earth’s equator and the North Pole. Mid-latitude locations like Minnesota’s feature distinct seasons in which the ...

with perpendicular lines of longitude and latitude. The Mercator projection also inflates the size of lands the further they are from the equator. Landmasses such as Greenland, Canada, Russia ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-led Equator Initiative announced the global call for nominations for the Equator Prize 2025. This prestigious award recognizes nature-based solutions ...